# Set up Custom Sub/Domains (Email + Job board)

## Jobfront Custom Domain Configuration

Customize Jobfront subscriber experiences for your brand.

You can customize the email address that is used to send your job alert newsletter to subscribers (ex: custom [jobs@your-community.com](mailto:jobs@community.com) vs default [your-community@jobfront.io](mailto:community@jobfront.io)).

You can also customize the url location of your job board (ex: custom jobs.your-community.com vs default your-community.jobfront.io).

**(Summary) Steps To Add Custom Domains**

1. Let us know what domain/subdomain and email address you’d like to use
   1. Domain & Subdomain
      1. yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com
   2. Email Address
      1. <jobs@yourdomain.com>
2. Wait for Jobfront to configure your selected options (within 1 day)
3. Set Up A Custom Email Address For Your Newsletters. Add 3 CNAME DNS records to your domain via your hosting provider. See below CNAME records to add. (Email Address Verification)
4. Set Up A Custom Domain For Your Job Board. Add 1 CNAME DNS record to your domain via your hosting provider. See below CNAME record to add. (Job Board Verification)
5. Notify us that you have added all CNAME records, and we will verify and let you know when confirmed
   1. This step may take up to 72 hours, as we want for DNS propagation. Usually it’s finished within a few hours.
6. Set Up Your Subdomain To Point To Jobfront Job Board. Add 1 CNAME DNS record to your domain via your hosting provider. See below CNAME record to add. (Job Board Subdomain Redirect).
7. Done. Visit your jobs subdomain and test send an email to confirm configuration.
   1. This step may take up to 72 hours, as we want for DNS propagation. Usually it’s finished within a few hours.
8. Please reach out if any questions/concerns and we can walk through the process together live.

**Set Up A Custom Email Address For Your Newsletters**

1. Verify domain ownership via DKIM CNAME records
   1. We need to create 3 new CNAME records on your domain; This allows us to verify domain ownership for our email services. Please see below Resources - How to add a CNAME record

| Type  | Name                       | Value                      |
| ----- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| CNAME | request from jobfront team | request from jobfront team |
| CNAME | request from jobfront team | request from jobfront team |
| CNAME | request from jobfront team | request from jobfront team |

**Set Up A Custom Domain For Your Job Board**

1. Verify domain ownership via CNAME record
   1. We need to create a new CNAME record on your domain; This allows us to create an SSL Certificate to send encrypted traffic to jobs.\[your-domain].com. Please see below Resources - How to add a CNAME record

| Type  | Name                       | Value                      |
| ----- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| CNAME | request from jobfront team | request from jobfront team |

**Set Up Your Subdomain To Point To Jobfront Job Board**

Redirect your subdomain, likely jobs.\[your-company].com, to point to your jobfront job board

| Type  | Name                       | Value                      |
| ----- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| CNAME | request from jobfront team | request from jobfront team |

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**Resources - How to add a CNAME record:**

* Google - <https://support.google.com/a/answer/47283>
* GoDaddy - <https://www.godaddy.com/help/add-a-cname-record-19236>
* Cloudflare - <https://community.cloudflare.com/t/how-do-i-add-a-cname-record/59>
* Namecheap - <https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/9646/2237/how-to-create-a-cname-record-for-your-domain/>
* AWS - <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/managedservices/latest/ctref/management-directory-dns-add-cname-record.html>
* Note, if you are required to include a “TTL” please use 300, or the default for your domain hosting service


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