Having difficulty adding a new domain from new registrar.

Hello!

I used to develop websites back in the day when one would simply tell a domain registrar to point the domain at the host and away you went. It felt very easy back then, however, now I’m decades out of practice.

Currently, I’m helping a friend with his websites that were setup here by another person, and I’m desperately trying to play catch up… also… I’m old now, so this is quite frustrating!

The setup (as I understand it): Hosting - He has one droplet, and within that virtual machine are several folders. Each folder is a different website.

Domains - He has several domains with Liquid Web for said websites. They are configured their with A Records and other such stuff I’m only recently learning about.

The Problem: He has a new domain registered with Namecheap. I have the website uploaded into a new folder into his droplet. For the life of me I can’t figure out how to get that domain pointed to that folder.

The domain names that are on Liquid Web have A Records that point to his IP address.

An Attempt: I tried doing that on Namecheap, but it didn’t work.

Another Attempt: Namecheap and DigitalOcean’s tutorials say to use DigitalOcean’s nameservers in Namecheap, and then setup the domain and A Records in DigitalOcean. So I tried that, and now when I enter his domain name into a browser I get directed to the root folder of his droplet. Apparently, I can’t use an A Record to point to an internal folder. So, this attempt also seems like a bust.

A Question: How did the guy before me get DigitalOcean to direct each domain to their respective folders? I can’t find any configurations that hint to this anywhere.

Wrap-up: Like I said, I’m old and way out of practice when it comes to this setup stuff. I could really use some help, and some grace for my ignorance (and flat out stupidity). I feel like I can still run circles around most people when it comes to HTML and CSS, but this setup stuff really punches me in the gut!

So, thank you for your help!