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Go live on your own web address, and add your team

How to give your storefront a free Pattern Cloud address or your own domain, and how to add the people who work with you.

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Written by Sophie Mcdonald

Your storefront needs a web address that customers can visit. You can use a free Pattern Cloud address or your own domain. This guide shows you how to set either one up, and how to add the people who work with you.

Open the Domain tab

  1. At the top of the page, open Configuration and choose Website.

  2. On Website Settings, click the Domain tab.

    Website Settings with its tabs, ending with Domain

Use a free Pattern Cloud address

  1. Under Domain Type, choose Pattern Cloud Subdomain.

  2. Type the name you want. It can have letters, numbers and hyphens, from 2 to 63 characters. Your site shows the full address.

    Domain Type set to Pattern Cloud Subdomain, the name meadowlane typed, Your site: meadowlane.new.thepatterncloud.com, and Save Changes
  3. Click Save Changes.

If your studio already has an address, the app asks you to confirm the change first, because your site's address changes for everyone.

Use your own web address

  1. Under Domain Type, choose Custom Domain.

  2. Type your address, for example www.example.com.

  3. Click the question mark next to Custom Domain to see DNS Configuration Required.

  4. Where your domain is registered, add one of the two records shown: Option 1: CNAME Record (Recommended) or Option 2: A Record (Alternative).

    Custom Domain chosen with an address typed, and DNS Configuration Required with the CNAME record and the A record to add
  5. Click Save Changes.

Once it is saved, Domain Status appears with a Verify button: click it to check your address works. DNS changes can take up to 48 hours to propagate worldwide, so if it fails at first, try again later.

Add a team member

  1. At the top right of the page, click your initials to open your user menu, and click Team.

    The user menu open, with Team
  2. Under Users, click Add User.

  3. Enter their First Name and Surname, choose their User Type, and enter their Email.

  4. Choose a Password for them and type it again in Confirm Password.

    The Add User dialog filled in: First Name, Surname, User Type Designer, Email, Password, Confirm Password and Create User
  5. Click Create User. You'll see User created successfully.

They sign in with that email address and password. The User Type decides what they can open: Manager, Sales Staff, Designer+, Designer or Uploader. To see what each one can do, click the small i next to Manage user accounts and permissions for your studio.

The User Type list: Manager, Sales Staff, Designer+, Designer and Uploader

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