Pointing your domain to Squarespace with cPanel

This guide will walk you through connecting your website to Squarespace using the Zone Editor function in cPanel

Create the Squarespace DNS records

Get started by logging in to your cPanel account. If you have forgotten your cPanel credentials, they were included in the original Welcome to Serversaurus or IMPORTANT: Hosting Documentation email which you should find in your inbox otherwise follow these instructions on how to update your cPanel password.

1. Navigate to the Zone Editor using the find function to help you, if you host your DNS remotely make the edits there.
2. Use the Zone Editor to edit the www.your-domain-name-goes-here.com.au CNAME to point to ext-cust.squarespace.com
3. Add the verification CNAME provided by Squarespace (verify.squarespace.com + unique record provided by Squarespace)
4. Remove the A record for your main site (ie. your-domain-name-goes-here.com.au)
   Add the following A records:

   your-domain-name-goes-here.com.au A 198.185.159.144
   your-domain-name-goes-here.com.au A 198.185.159.145
   your-domain-name-goes-here.com.au A 198.49.23.144
   your-domain-name-goes-here.com.au A 198.49.23.145

Set Up Domain Mapping at Squarespace

1. Log in to your Squarespace site
2. Within the Site Manager section click Settings to access your domains
3. Click Link Existing Domain to add your domain to your Squarespace site.

The DNS changes can take up to 48 hours to propagate across the entire internet. You will also need to make sure that you have the Toggle WWW set to Display WWW.