# Need Step-up Assistance
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-step-up-assistance/76392
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [2017年十二月19日 05:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-step-up-assistance/76392 "2017-12-19T05:41:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@BrickWood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrickWood)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 05:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-step-up-assistance/76392/1 "2017-12-19T05:41:15Z")
**What would you like done?**
I’m 1 person trying to run an entire company - from product development to manufacturing to shipping. I do it all - therefore, I just don’t have time to properly set-up my Discourse forum. Here’s what I need done:
I need someone to take our current Discourse forum -
_[mydomainname.discoursehosting.net/](http://mydomainname.discoursehosting.net/)_
And set it up so it is visible on my current website as -
_[forum.mydomainname.com](http://forum.mydomainname.com)_
Don’t know if you need this bit of info - but our website is in Adobe Muse.
In addition, I need for you to set-up our Discourse forum so all of the incoming topics, are placed into a particular Category of our choosing.
**When do you need it done?**
The sooner the better.
**What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task?**
Hoping $40 to your PayPal account will cover everything.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@Umashankar\_Ankuri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Umashankar_Ankuri)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 06:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-step-up-assistance/76392/2 "2017-12-19T06:24:55Z")
Hey,
Seems like you hosted forum with [Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting)
Below DNS settings would do
Adding Your own domain & making it as primary
In order to add a hostname within your own domain to your forum, you need to create a CNAME record in your DNS for this hostname, and it should point to \_[mydomainname.discoursehosting.net/](http://mydomainname.discoursehosting.net/).
If (and only if) you cannot create a CNAME record (for instance if the hostname is the domainname), you should point an A record to some ip given by discousehosting. you can find in control panel of their
DNS Settings for e-mail
If you don’t have an SPF record yet, you’ll need to add one for your domain. At a minimum, the value should be the following if you’re only sending mail through us for that domain:
v=spf1 include:spf.[Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting) ?all
If you already have a TXT record with SPF information, you’ll need to add our servers to that record by adding include:spf.[Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting) in the record (before the last operator, which is usually ?all, ~all, or -all).
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 07:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-step-up-assistance/76392/3 "2017-12-19T07:54:09Z")
Your paid hosting should be assisting you with this – you are asking about DNS (domain name) settings. You would set those at the same place you purchased your domain name from.
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 08:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-step-up-assistance/76392/4 "2017-12-19T08:50:14Z")
Yes, indeed, you can just contact [support@discoursehosting.com](mailto:support@discoursehosting.com) if you need any help with such things. We’re there to help you!
I’m sending you a PM.
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### Author:  [@BrickWood](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrickWood)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 21:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-step-up-assistance/76392/5 "2017-12-19T21:41:20Z")
Thank you everyone for the answers!
Tech support at [Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting) emailed / pm’d us and they got it up and running super-fast!
One less thing on the To-Do list. The new forum looks great!
Thanks again everyone -
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年十二月19日 22:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-step-up-assistance/76392/6 "2017-12-19T22:02:13Z")