Custom domains

Every site gets an InfoEmu subdomain out of the box. You can also serve it on your own domain (docs.example.com, www.example.com, …).

Availability: custom domains are included with every hosted site — static sites, docs sites, and managed forums. (Self-hosted installs manage their own domains and TLS.)

How it works: the CNAME model

You never point your DNS at an IP address. Instead, your dashboard shows a stable edge hostname for your account (for example edge.infoemu.com), and you create a CNAME record from your domain to it:

docs.example.com.  CNAME  <edge hostname from your dashboard>

Because your record targets a hostname rather than an IP, InfoEmu can move or scale its edge without you ever touching DNS again.

Attach the domain

1. In your dashboard, open your site and add the custom domain.
2. Create the CNAME record above at your DNS provider.
3. Back in the dashboard, hit Check now. Once InfoEmu confirms the record, it automatically issues a TLS certificate for your domain — after that your site is served on https:// with no further setup.

Certificate issuance normally completes within minutes of a successful check; if your DNS hasn’t propagated yet, the check tells you exactly what it looked for, and you can re-run it any time.

Your custom domain becomes canonical

Once a custom domain is active, your original InfoEmu subdomain redirects (301) to it — visitors and search engines see one canonical address, never a duplicate mirror. For managed apps (like forums), the app’s own base URL switches to the custom domain automatically. Detach the domain and the subdomain serves your site directly again.

Apex domains

A CNAME cannot be set on a bare apex (example.com) with classic DNS. Use one of:

• a subdomain (www.example.com, docs.example.com) — simplest, or
• a DNS provider that supports ALIAS/ANAME/CNAME-flattening at the apex (for example Cloudflare), pointed at the same edge hostname.

Troubleshooting

See the knowledge base: My CNAME is not verifying and Where is my TLS certificate?