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Share your CAD with a free vanity URL based on your community ID, or connect a domain you own. Either link opens your community’s login page. When members log in through the link, Sonoran CAD automatically joins them to your community and takes them directly there. Example community login page at mwrpdev.sonorancad.com

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Free Vanity URL

Your free vanity URL uses your community ID: https://your-community-id.sonorancad.com. For example, the ID mwrpdev gives you https://mwrpdev.sonorancad.com. In Sonoran CAD, open Administration > Customization > Custom Domain to copy your community URL. You can also find it beside your community ID in the API key section. Vanity URLs are free and require no DNS changes. Share the link wherever you invite users; people who sign in or register through it are joined to your community automatically. Custom Domain settings under Administration and Customization in Sonoran CAD Copy your free community URL from Custom Domain.

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Use Your Own Domain

A custom domain displays your CAD login page at a domain or subdomain you own. It also supports custom branding for signups and password recovery emails.
If you are unsure how to add a DNS record, you will need to contact your domain registrar.

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  1. Enter your Desired Domain

In Custom Domain, enter a domain or subdomain you own, such as example.com or cad.example.com.

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  1. Add DNS Records

When updating or changing an existing DNS record the changes may not be visible until public cache expires. Depending on your DNS provider, this can be anywhere from a few minutes to 24-48 hours.

You can try running ipconfig /flushdns in a Windows CMD window and restarting your browser. Otherwise, you can test with other browsers/devices/users while you wait.
In your domain registrar’s DNS management panel, add two CNAME records using the name and content provided in Sonoran CAD, and add one TXT record to verify domain ownership.

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DNS Example

Cloudflare Users: Be sure to have the DNS record proxy DISABLED - and set to DNS Only.
The example below shows the TXT record verifying the community ID, and two CNAME records verifying domain ownership.

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  1. View your Custom Login Page

Users can now visit this custom domain to view the CAD with a custom login page, including receiving your branded emails for signups and password recovery messages.

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iFrame Method

If you are unable to use the DNS method, you can also host an HTML page that renders the CAD in an iFrame.

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  1. Download the HTML File

You can download a ZIP of the HTML page here.

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  1. Edit the HTML File

Replace YOUR_COMMUNITY_ID_HERE in the index.html file with your community ID.

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  1. Host the HTML File

Now that you’ve saved the custom URL inside of the HTML file, you can host this with your own domain on your own web server. Users can now register and access your CAD from your custom domain, and will even receive your custom branded emails for account actions.

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In-Game Tablet

If you wish to use a custom login page when using the in-game Tablet resource, you can set a convar in your server.cfg.

The easiest way to show your custom login page is to use a query string. "https://sonorancad.com/#/?comid=YOUR_COMMUNITY_ID_HERE" Simply replace YOUR_COMMUNITY_ID_HERE in the URL with your community ID.
EX: https://sonorancad.com?comid=midwestrp Add the following to your server.cfg before starting the tablet resource:
Fill in with your actual URL above with the comid you want.