How to Use Your Own Personal URL with an OpenCUNY site

You’ve decided that you want to use the OpenCUNY system, but maybe you’re not thrilled with the idea of opencuny.org/yoursitetitle/ as your URL. Now, you can use the OpenCUNY system and your own personal URL (i.e. yoursitetitle.com). Follow these steps:

1. Purchase a domain name (i.e. your personal URL, yoursitetitle.com). There are many registrars available on the web (just google “Domain Name Registration”) but we recommend using one of the following domain name registrars:
   > gandi.net
   > hover.com
   > moniker.com
   > namecheap.com
2. Log into the account for your domain name and find the area that lists your domain name servers (DNS). If you have trouble finding this area, look in your registrar’s FAQ for instructions on “changing name servers.”
3. Update your domain name’s name servers to the OpenCUNY name servers:
   ns1.opencuny.org
   ns2.opencuny.org
4. Once you’ve performed the above steps, contact the OpenCUNY Coordinators via the form below, so that we can approve your request. Note that requests may take up to 48 hours to be processed.