: Using your own domain name

You can access your website polls using your own domain name by creating a subdomain which points to Website Toolbox. You can choose any name you want for the subdomain.

For example, if you choose the subdomain "polls", your website polls URL will look like this:

http://polls.yoursite.com/...

Instead of

http://www.websitetoolbox.com/...

Please note that this method will only work if you have your own domain name and access to the DNS records for that domain.

Here is how the record should look:

Name	Type	Data
subdomain.yoursite.com.	CNAME	websitetoolbox.com.

Once you have setup the subdomain in your DNS records, you will need to modify the poll HTML code on your website to point to your subdomain URL instead of the Website Toolbox URL.

If you are having trouble with the subdomain setup process, a Website Toolbox representative can do it for you. There would be a one-time fee of $24.95 and you would need to provide the representative with the username and password for your account with your domain name provider. Please contact Customer Support if you are interested in this option.

You may need the Website Toolbox IP address as well. The IP address to use is 12.144.36.179. Only use the IP address as a last resort. If we change the IP address in the future, your subdomain will stop working correctly.

After adding the record you will need to wait approximately 12-36 hours for your changes to propagate throughout the Internet. Your subdomain may not work correctly until the propagation is complete.

Website Toolbox does not provide additional support for subdomains because each system is different. The setup process for each system may be different as well. For additional support you may want to contact your domain name and/or web hosting provider. Specific instructions for certain providers is available here.