How Configure DNS to Forward Domain Name to Facebook PAGE?

[planewryter]

N00B, here; struggling to understand how to forward a domain name (e.g., myoldbusinessname.com) to a Facebook PAGE created for the purpose (e.g., Redirecting...).

Have read CF Help files and community posts to the point I’m seeing double…but not seeing a simple way to do this.

After all my research…is this correct:

• Delete all A Records for myoldbusinessname.com?
• Use CNAME Records to resolve myoldbusinessname.com to Redirecting...?

Oi! Wish I knew how to do what seems to be a simple task.

Thank you in advance for any assistance!

[fritex]

@planewryter

N00B, here

Greetings and welcome to Cloudflare!
No need to worry, once we all did it first time and struggled with at least something
Community is here to help!

@planewryter

After all my research…is this correct:

I am afraid not exactly that way.

@planewryter

how to forward a domain name to a Facebook PAGE

Moreover, first you would have to make sure your domain is using Cloudflare (nameservers can be checked at your domain registar) and has been successfully added to your Cloudflare account.

Second, you would have to go to the DNS tab of your Cloudflare dashboard for your domain and make sure you have got an A yourdomain.com and A www records both being pointed to some IP address like 192.0.2.1

In case if you struggle a bit how to manage your DNS records, kindly see below two helpful articles about how to add or edit your DNS records:

Adding DNS Records

This tutorial covers adding general DNS records and specifically A, AAAA, CNAME, MX and TXT records. Go to the DNS app of your Cloudflare dashboard. Enter your credentials and click ‘Log In’ Click the domain in question Click [image] [Please note, the content of the records below are solely for example purposes and should be replaced by valid records with content provided by your web host] Please select which record you need help adding:

A Record

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Editing DNS Records

This tutorial covers editing DNS records. Go to the DNS app of your Cloudflare dashboard. Enter your credentials and click ‘Log In’ Click the domain in question On this page, you will see a list of the DNS records for your domain. This page is where you edit them. You will see the list of records like this: [DNS Page] You can click the edit button to the right of any record to change it, then click ‘save’ when you’re done. There is also a tutorial on Adding DNS Records Tutorial Refer…

Third, you would have create a Page Rule under the Rules → Page Rules tab, therefore click on the button “Create a Page Rule” with Forwarding URL - 301 Redirectfrom which one (*yourdomain.com/*) to which one you want (facebook.com/some-page).

Helpful articles:

Using page rules to perform redirects

Introduction to redirecting with page rules video [Cloudflare Community Tutorial - Redirecting with Page Rules in Cloudflare] Specific Use Cases You may find a specific tutorial for your use case here, if not then below is some general information and guidance: Redirect example.com to www.example.com Redirect www.example.com to example.com Redirecting One Domain to Another Forward A Subdomain To Discord DNS Records for Page Rules From the Cloudflare Help Center: …

Redirecting One Domain to Another

This tutorial covers redirecting one domain to another. For this, we will be redirecting domainA.com to domainB.com. The following settings need to be configured under the domain you are redirecting from, in this example, this is domainA.com Step 1, The DNS Record: The first thing you will need is a DNS record for @, www and any other subdomains you want to redirect, set to . This can point to any IP address as the redirection page rule will execute first. I would recommend pointing…

More about it here:

• Configuring URL forwarding or redirects with Cloudflare Page Rules

• Understanding and Configuring Cloudflare Page Rules (Page Rules Tutorial)

[planewryter]

@fritex; many, many thanks for the kind & informative reply.

• Much appreciated!

Clarification question: Regrets; I’m unclear as to the rationale for your reference to an IP address “…like 192.0.2.1”.

(Which appears to be a router IP address.)

Are you suggestion using some type of “Dummy” IP address?

• If so, may I assume it’s because the approach you suggest is based on the notion the IP address won’t be accessed because the re-write rules will be executed prior to invoking (say) 192.0.2.1?

With thanks!
Plane Wryter

[sdayman]

@planewryter

“…like 192.0.2.1” .

(Which appears to be a router IP address.)

It’s part of a reserved IP address range and is safe to use in a private setting. Since you need a DNS entry for a page rule to work, you need an IP address in there. Not one that will actually resolve to someone’s website, and not one that’s so bogus that it won’t pass validation. Home networks will often be in the 192.168 range, and Cloudflare won’t validate that for a hostname, but 192.0 is ok.