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I am trying to update my handle with my domain @earvinpiamonte.com in Bluesky. It requires me to add a TXT record in my DNS records.

I head on quickly and check my Vercel deployment and I noticed a warning in the Domain settings, "DNS Change Recommended".

So I tried to edit it by clicking on the "Edit" button and there is no way to edit or add a DNS record. I tried re-adding the domain earvinpiamonte.com but still resulted with the warning and still no way to add a DNS record.

I checked my domain in Namecheap and there I found out I have two records for name servers:

1. ns1.vercel-dns.com
2. ns2.vercel-dns.com

I took me some time to figure out what is wrong and what needs to change.

I went to my domain in Namecheap and updated my Name Servers from "Custom DNS" to "Namecheap BasicDNS".

After the update of name servers type in Namecheap, I went back to my domain settings in Vercel and removed the existing earvinpiamonte.com and www.earvinpiamonte.com.

Then I added the domain earvinpiamonte.com again leaving "Redirect" checked and the environment to "Production".

After saving, my domains looked like this:

It showed errors for the two records, "Invalid Configuration".

Notice the change in the UI? Setting the errors aside, finally, I can now see the DNS records provided by Vercel that I need to configure in my domain settings in Namecheap.

For earvinpiamonte.com, I have A type for the host @ with a corresponding IP. And for www.earvinpiamonte.com, I have CNAME type for the host www.

I copied these two records in Namecheap under "Advance DNS".

I noticed that Namecheap added a period . at the end of the value for the wwww record. I don't know why Namecheap added that. But I just left the period as is after saving.

I went back to Vercel and refreshed the domain settings.

It took some time for the changes to propagate. I believe Vercel automatically refreshes this but I can't wait for it so I clicked on the "Refresh" button a few times before the errors went away.

That's it! I finally resolved the warning in the DNS settings of my domain in Vercel.

I checked my website and it is still working perfectly. Redirect to www still works just like before.

So, yes, to add DNS records, I need to add them in my domain provider which is Namecheap. I didn't see the option to add DNS records previously because my name servers were set to "Custom DNS".

I was also able to update and verify my handle in Bluesky.

🎵 I might lose my mind like a melody, melody