Site is working on my side but is down on speed tests and uptimerobot

Hey, my site is working perfectly on my end (both on desktop and mobile), but when I run a Cloudflare speed test, it fails. It's also down on uptimerobot (https://stats.uptimerobot.com/7eg2tZKYZE)
I'm so confused
I can send you the link to it in DMs if needed.

KKURAMA Hey, my site is working perfectly on my end (both on desktop and mobile), but wh...

bun•4/1/24, 11:52 AM

i cant open the site perosnally

bun•4/1/24, 11:52 AM

maybe its just cached for you

Bbun i cant open the site perosnally

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 11:52 AM

You can't open which site?

bun•4/1/24, 11:52 AM

https://themultiversealliance.com

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 11:53 AM

Can you screenshot it?

bun•4/1/24, 11:53 AM

bun•4/1/24, 11:53 AM

lol https://www.themultiversealliance.com/ works

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 11:53 AM

Oh alright then, so I didn't manage to reroute it lol

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 11:53 AM

Any idea how to?

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 11:54 AM

I thought this would work

KKURAMA I thought this would work

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:19 PM

you can't do CNAME on apex, it's against DNS Spec.
Some providers will automatically flatten it/support flattening it, and some won't. That also would only work if your apex was added in CF Pages as well, which isn't possible unless you're using CF DNS

CChaika you can't do CNAME on apex, it's against DNS Spec. Some providers will automatic...

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:19 PM

Oh damn, didn't know that.. Do you know of a workaround way to fix it in my case?

KKURAMA Oh damn, didn't know that.. Do you know of a workaround way to fix it in my case...

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:20 PM

Why not just use CF DNS? It's going to be faster then namecheap and you get all of Cloudflare's features/etc, completely free as well

CChaika Why not just use CF DNS? It's going to be faster then namecheap and you get all ...

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:21 PM

I'm not sure how to set the whole thing up, I've bought the domain on namecheap and hosted the site with CF pages but apart from that I'm a bit confused

KKURAMA I'm not sure how to set the whole thing up, I've bought the domain on namecheap ...

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:33 PM

How to use CF DNS? You just add your website in the Cloudflare dashboard under Websites -> Add Site, and change the nameservers at Namecheap: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-to-change-dns-for-a-domain/

Cloudflare Docs

Change your nameservers (Full setup) · Cloudflare DNS docs

If you want to use Cloudflare as your primary DNS provider and manage your DNS records on Cloudflare, your domain should be using a full setup.

How to Change DNS For a Domain - Domains - Namecheap.com

CChaika How to use CF DNS? You just add your website in the Cloudflare dashboard under W...

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:44 PM

What's the difference between doing it this way (adding CF's nameservers etc.) and doing CF's automatic "Custom domains" process?
I tried the first way without success, dead end, so I tried the second way and it worked
Now I just need to know how to redirect ------.com to www.------.com

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:44 PM

That's basically the only issue I have

KKURAMA What's the difference between doing it this way (adding CF's nameservers etc.) a...

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:45 PM

Custom Domain in Pages Project is just the ability to add Custom Domains which serve your Pages Project

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:46 PM

Changing nameservers allows you to use the entire Cloudflare CDN as normal, including the ability to add apex domains/non-www in Pages. You get control over the waf/security settings, all of the redirect rules/other options, etc

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:46 PM

plus namecheap's dns is just going to be slower then CF's

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:46 PM

Ah alright I think I get it

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:46 PM

I'm gonna try then, thank you

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:48 PM

Then I need to wait up to 24 hours and receive an email, then non-www will correctly redirect? @Chaika

KKURAMA Then I need to wait up to 24 hours and receive an email, then non-www will corre...

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:49 PM

once your domain is active in Cloudflare, you can either add your apex as a Pages Custom Domain, or add a redirect for it yea

KKURAMA I thought this would work

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:49 PM

the way you showed here, if it was setup in CF, would just serve the website on your root as well. CNAMEs are not redirects.

CChaika the way you showed here, if it was setup in CF, would just serve the website on ...

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:50 PM

Oh I thought they were, my bad

CChaika once your domain is active in Cloudflare, you can either add your apex as a Page...

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:50 PM

how do I add the redirect?

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:50 PM

themultiversealliance.com/* to www.themultiversealliance.com/$1 I suppose

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:51 PM

you could use page rules yea, once you get it added in Cloudflare

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:51 PM

people usually go the other way around (www to apex/non-www), but it's up to you

CChaika people usually go the other way around (www to apex/non-www), but it's up to you

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:51 PM

Tbh I have no idea what "apex" means lol, not familiar with that term

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:51 PM

That's why I was gonna go for the less common workaround

KKURAMA Tbh I have no idea what "apex" means lol, not familiar with that term

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:52 PM

ah sorry
themultiversealliance.com -> apex/root
www.themultiversealliance.com -> subdomain

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:52 PM

Ohhh

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:52 PM

So I do that with page rules right

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:53 PM

Page Rules is one of the options you can use to do redirects yea

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:53 PM

Alright thanks!

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:55 PM

Imma try this

KKURAMA Imma try this

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:56 PM

did you change your nameservers in namecheap to the ones CF gave you?

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:56 PM

Yes

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:56 PM

Hopefully it doesn't take too long for the changes to propagate..

KKURAMA Hopefully it doesn't take too long for the changes to propagate..

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:57 PM

you did it following this? https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/767/10/how-to-change-dns-for-a-domain/, ex:

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:57 PM

just double checking you didn't do it under their DNS tab which wouldn't do anything

CChaika you did it following this? https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/artic...

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:58 PM

yep! custom dns, pasted both nameservers and hit save/confirm

Chaika•4/1/24, 1:59 PM

starting to see it updated in a few locations, just gotta give it some time, and then some time after that for your local dns resolver cache to expire

CChaika starting to see it updated in a few locations, just gotta give it some time, and...

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:59 PM

got it, where do you see that it's getting updated btw?

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 1:59 PM

or is it just an assumption

KKURAMA got it, where do you see that it's getting updated btw?

Chaika•4/1/24, 2:00 PM

You can query the authoritive nameservers for com. For example, in linux using dig

 dig com ns +short
a.gtld-servers.net.
b.gtld-servers.net.
c.gtld-servers.net.
d.gtld-servers.net.
e.gtld-servers.net.
f.gtld-servers.net.
g.gtld-servers.net.
h.gtld-servers.net.
i.gtld-servers.net.
j.gtld-servers.net.
k.gtld-servers.net.
l.gtld-servers.net.
m.gtld-servers.net.

 dig com ns +short
a.gtld-servers.net.
b.gtld-servers.net.
c.gtld-servers.net.
d.gtld-servers.net.
e.gtld-servers.net.
f.gtld-servers.net.
g.gtld-servers.net.
h.gtld-servers.net.
i.gtld-servers.net.
j.gtld-servers.net.
k.gtld-servers.net.
l.gtld-servers.net.
m.gtld-servers.net.

dig  themultiversealliance.com @a.gtld-servers.net ns
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;themultiversealliance.com.     IN      NS

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
themultiversealliance.com. 172800 IN    NS      irena.ns.cloudflare.com.
themultiversealliance.com. 172800 IN    NS      porter.ns.cloudflare.com.

dig  themultiversealliance.com @a.gtld-servers.net ns
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;themultiversealliance.com.     IN      NS

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
themultiversealliance.com. 172800 IN    NS      irena.ns.cloudflare.com.
themultiversealliance.com. 172800 IN    NS      porter.ns.cloudflare.com.

KURAMAOP•4/1/24, 2:00 PM

Oh nice! I don't have a linux machine but that's very good to know

Chaika•4/1/24, 2:01 PM

of course, doing so is bypassing every layer of caching, so it'll take a bit for it to propagate down/cache to expire

dig com ns +short a.gtld-servers.net. b.gtld-servers.net. c.gtld-servers.net. d.gtld-servers.net. e.gtld-servers.net. f.gtld-servers.net. g.gtld-servers.net. h.gtld-servers.net. i.gtld-servers.net. j.gtld-servers.net. k.gtld-servers.net. l.gtld-servers.net. m.gtld-servers.net.

dig themultiversealliance.com @a.gtld-servers.net ns ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;themultiversealliance.com. IN NS ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: themultiversealliance.com. 172800 IN NS irena.ns.cloudflare.com. themultiversealliance.com. 172800 IN NS porter.ns.cloudflare.com.

Site is working on my side but is down on speed tests and uptimerobot

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