Help
Plain-English guides for owners, with technical versions you can forward to your IT person.
Getting started
- How Guardhouse worksFrom your free site check to a live site, step by step, and what a real person reviews along the way.
- What the Guardhouse site check doesExactly what our automated site check looks at, what it never does, where its data comes from, and how to opt out.
- What we can move to GuardhouseWhich parts of your current website carry over, which we replace, and which we cannot move.
Your domain
- Pointing your domain at your new siteWhat it means to point your domain, the one or two small changes we ask for, and what to expect on go-live day.
- Pointing your GoDaddy domainHow to add the www record and forward your plain address when your domain is registered at GoDaddy.
- Pointing your Namecheap domainHow to add the www record and redirect your plain address when your domain is registered at Namecheap.
- Pointing your Squarespace Domains domainHow to add the www record and handle your plain address when your domain is registered through Squarespace Domains.
- Pointing your Cloudflare domainHow to add the www record when your domain's DNS is managed at Cloudflare, and how the plain address works there.
- Pointing your Hover domainHow to add the www record when your domain is registered at Hover, and what Hover can and cannot do for the plain address.
- Pointing your IONOS domainHow to add the www record and forward your plain address when your domain is registered at IONOS.
- Pointing your Network Solutions domainHow to add the www record when your domain is registered at Network Solutions, and what to do about your plain address.
- DNS technical referenceThe exact DNS records Guardhouse needs, how pre-validation avoids downtime, root-domain options, CAA requirements, and how to roll back.
Using Guardhouse
- Texting or emailing us changesHow to send website changes by text or email, what counts as one change, your monthly allowance, and how approvals work.
- Forms, donations, and newslettersHow contact forms, donate buttons, and newsletter signups work on your new Guardhouse site.
Account and billing
- Billing and your accountOur plans, when you are charged, how renewals work, and how to update your payment method.
- Owning your siteYou own your content and your site files. Here is how to leave and what we hand over.