🌐 Benefits of using your own Domain for your WEBKiosk
✅ High trust by visitors because they already know the domain. Users who come from your main website won’t have to leave the domain they are already on.
✅ Links always refer to your own domain, which increases your domain’s strength and popularity for search engine optimization (SEO) purposes.
✅ Search engines index your magazines directly on your domain, which makes them more likely to be clicked.
❓ Why does my Kiosk need a DNS configuration?
📌 The Domain Name Server (DNS) of your domain is managed by your hosting provider.
Yumpu needs to know which domain/subdomain points to the Kiosk, and your hosting provider needs to know which domain (www.mydomain.com) or subdomain (subdomain.mydomain.com) should be referred to Yumpu.
🛠️ Enter Domain/Subdomain at nameserver/host
1️⃣ First, you have to change the CNAME entry at your domain or subdomain.
2️⃣ If you don’t have a subdomain yet, you need to create one at your host.
3️⃣ Then enter "webkiosks.yumpu.com" as the CNAME entry for your domain/subdomain.
4️⃣ If possible, set the TTL value to 300.
5️⃣ The subdomain is now configured properly.
6️⃣ Depending on your host, it may take up to 24 hours for changes to take effect.
🔍 Test the configuration
Here’s how you can test your nameserver entry:
👉 Open the website: http://ping.eu/nslookup/
👉 Enter your domain, e.g., type "webkiosk.mydomain.com" in the field labeled “IP address or host name:”
📄 Example result if the nameserver entry is correct:
Ping.eu Server: Name: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53
Aliases: webkiosk.mydomain.com is an alias for webkiosks.yumpu.com.
webkiosks.yumpu.com has address 54.194.187.255
webkiosks.yumpu.com has address 34.252.160.116
webkiosks.yumpu.com has IPv6 address 2a05:d018:4b1:a001:d90c:dac3:5e8c:4404
webkiosks.yumpu.com has IPv6 address 2a05:d018:4b1:a002:7359:7123:c722:8efa
🌐 Now you can assign your domain/subdomain to your WEBKiosk
1️⃣ Go to "My WEBKiosk".
2️⃣ Click on "Add" in the "Domain" field.
3️⃣ Enter your domain/subdomain and then click "Save".
🔧 To use the domain you entered, you will need to activate it by selecting the respective domain name via:
"Tasks" → "Settings" → "Domain" dropdown menu
✅ Your WEBKiosk is now available with your own Domain
Example: https://webkiosk.mydomain.com
⚠️ Possible Error Messages:
🔴 webkiosk.mydomain.com is a CNAME to yumpu.com instead of webkiosks.yumpu.com
➡️ You need to change the CNAME entry at your host to webkiosks.yumpu.com
🔴 webkiosk.mydomain.com Domain has no CNAME value
➡️ No CNAME entry was recognized for your domain. Go back to Step 1 and enter the correct CNAME.
🔴 Please add a Domain
➡️ Please enter your domain in the domain field.