Connecting Vercel-Managed Domain (Apex + www) to Webstudio
Connecting Vercel-Managed Domain (Apex + www) to Webstudio
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The community member is trying to connect a domain purchased through Vercel to their Webstudio project. They need to connect both the apex domain (ally-studio.tokyo) and the www subdomain (www.ally-studio.tokyo) to Webstudio. Since Vercel doesn't allow a CNAME for the apex domain, the community member used an ALIAS record, but Webstudio showed an error. To work around this, the community member created a placeholder project on Vercel to enable their redirect feature. The current setup is that the apex domain redirects to the www subdomain, and the www subdomain is a CNAME pointing to Webstudio. This setup is working, but the Vercel console shows an "invalid configuration" for the www domain. The community members in the comments suggest switching the DNS provider to Cloudflare and using Cloudflare's A record as an alternative solution.
Hi! I’m trying to connect a domain purchased through Vercel to my Webstudio project, and I need both the apex domain (ally-studio.tokyo) and the www subdomain (www.ally-studio.tokyo) to point to Webstudio.
Since Vercel doesn’t allow a CNAME for the apex domain, I used an ALIAS record, but Webstudio shows an error saying “custom hostname does not CNAME to this zone.”
To work around this, I created a placeholder project on Vercel to enable their redirect feature. My current setup: • The apex domain (ally-studio.tokyo) redirects to www.ally-studio.tokyo using Vercel’s redirect feature. • The www subdomain (www.ally-studio.tokyo) is a CNAME pointing to Webstudio.
This setup is working fine; however, the Vercel console shows “invalid configuration” for the www domain because it’s not pointing to their infrastructure.
What’s the recommended way to properly connect both the apex and www domains to Webstudio when the domain is managed through Vercel? Thank you!
