So I just got my new Heroku Cedar Stack set up with a custom URL, and surpassingly it was a bit more confusing than I thought ( on the Namecheap side).

Below are the steps I used to configure my custom domain, mbseid.com with my Heroku instance.

From the console run this heroku toolbelt command:
`
$ heroku domains:add www.mbseid.com
`

Then in Namecheap, log into your admin and select your domain:

  • Navigate to All Host Records
  • Then for the www host name, enter mbseidblog.herokuapp.com.
    • (KEY: must end with a .) with a CNAME record type.

You will then be good to go.