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Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of DNS and JSON

A GitHub account

A site


Getting Started
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<h2 id="heading-prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Basic knowledge of DNS and JSON</p>
</li>
<li><p>A GitHub account</p>
</li>
<li><p>A site</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="heading-getting-started">Getting Started</h2>
<p>Fork the <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/is-a-dev/register">is-a-dev/register</a> repo from GitHub.</p>
<h3 id="heading-creating-your-domain-file">Creating Your Domain File</h3>
<p>Go to the domains folder in your fork and create a JSON file. Name it after the subdomain you want. For example, if you create domains/example.json, you'll get example.is-a.dev. Here's a example file:</p>
<pre><code class="lang-json">{
  <span class="hljs-attr">"owner"</span>: {
    <span class="hljs-attr">"username"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"example-github-username"</span>,
    <span class="hljs-attr">"email"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"example@example.com"</span>,
    <span class="hljs-attr">"discord"</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"example"</span>
  },
  <span class="hljs-attr">"record"</span>: {
    <span class="hljs-attr">"A"</span>: [<span class="hljs-string">"127.0.0.1"</span>]
  }
}
</code></pre>
<p>Look at the <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.is-a.dev/domain-structure/">JSON Structure</a> for detailed instructions for creating the json file.</p>
<h3 id="heading-pull-request">Pull Request</h3>
<p>Submit a pull request with your JSON file.</p>
<h3 id="heading-wait-and-watch">Wait and Watch</h3>
<p>Most of the pull requests get merged in a day. Just chill and keep an eye on it. Look If they want changes or modifications before merging your pull request.</p>
<h3 id="heading-enjoy">Enjoy</h3>
<p>Configure your hosting with to use your new is-a.dev subdomain and enjoy.</p>
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