Set up a custom domain for your public troop website

Custom domains let you point your own domain (like troop123.org) at your Campfire public website, so visitors see your domain instead of the default troopwebsite.org address. This is a Campfire Pro feature.

Campfire Pro required

Custom domain setup requires a Campfire Pro subscription. See Upgrade to Campfire Pro.

How to set up your custom domain

Open troopcampfire.app and sign in.
Tap Account Settings (top right).
Tap Organization.
Tap Public Website and set up your custom domain there.
Add the DNS records Campfire shows you at your domain registrar.

Once your DNS is configured, your public site will be reachable at your custom domain in addition to its troopwebsite.org URL. DNS propagation typically takes a few minutes to a few hours depending on your domain registrar.

What DNS records to add

On Public Website, Campfire shows two A records. Both use the IP address on that page. There is no TXT verification record, and Campfire never asks you to put a CNAME on your root domain. The certificate is issued for you once the records resolve.

Name / Host: the domain you entered. For a root domain, most registrars write this as @. This record is required.
Name / Host: www. Same type, same IP. Campfire marks this one optional, and it is what makes www.yourdomain.org open the same site.

Campfire stores the domain without a www prefix. Typing www.troop123.org saves troop123.org. You do not register the www address as its own custom domain.

The www address

Add the www A record when you add the root record. Visitors who type either address reach the site, and the certificate covers both. A registrar redirect from www to the root also works if you skip the second record. Point www at the same IP Campfire shows you, not at a different one.

Each organization has one custom domain. The root, like troop123.org, is that domain. www is an alias of it.

Will this affect our email?

No. If you have email addresses on your domain — info@, scoutmaster@, and so on — they keep working exactly as they do now, whether they are real mailboxes or forwarding rules. Mail is routed by your MX records, and the records Campfire asks for are A records. Those are a different record type, so adding them does not change your mail. Leave your MX records alone.

What you'll need

A Campfire Pro subscription
A domain you own — registered through any major registrar (GoDaddy, Namecheap, Google Domains, etc.)
Access to your domain's DNS settings to add the records Campfire specifies