blogger custom domain name setup guide
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
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Blogger Custom Domain Name Setup Guide
rotecting your valuable brand online
Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
Blogger is one of the most popular Blogging services online.
We want you to be able to use your new Domain Name with Blogger’s service.
Therefore we’ve created this tutorial.
Blogger Custom Domain Name Setup Guide
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
Head over to Domainmonster.com and register yourself a domain name.•Start with our Domain Name Search. •Add a domain name to your basket.•Then checkout.Easy as that!Now let’s link that domain name to Blogger!
Extra Link – How to Choose a Domain Name
Step One – Register a Domain Name
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
Now we can set up your DNS to point at Blogger’s servers.
This involves modifying the Domain Name System records relating to your domain.
Here are a series of screenshots to take you through the process.
Step Two – Set up your DNS
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
1. Login to your Domainmonster.com account.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
2. Select the domain name that you want to use with your Blogger blog and click the Manage button on the right hand side of the page.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
2. Select the domain name that you want to use with your Blogger blog and click the Manage button on the right hand side of the page.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
3. Click the ‘Manage DNS’ option in the centre of the screeen.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
4. Check the box next to the ‘A record’ with the Hostname www.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
5. Now click the ‘Save DNS Updates’ button at the bottom of the screen.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
6. Next, in the ‘Add Record’ section, click the first dropdown menu and select ‘1’.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
7. In the next dropdown menu, choose the ‘CNAME’ option.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
8. In the ‘Alias’ field, simply enter “www” (without quotation marks).
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
9. In the ‘Address’ field, simply enter “ghs.google.com” (without quotation marks).
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
10. Now click the ‘Add Record’ button just below these fields.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
11. Next, you’ll need to make sure that the ‘A’ box is checked in the ‘Update Records’ part of the screen.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
12. Delete the contents of the ‘IP Address’ field and enter “216.239.32.21” (without quotation marks).
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
13. Click Save DNS Updates
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
Part 1 done!
Your domain name is now set to point at the Blogger.com servers.
[Don’t forget that this process can take up to 8 hours to fully take effect!]
The next part of the process is to let Blogger know which domain name you’re pointing towards which blog!
There you go!
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
1. Select the blog that you wish to use your custom domain name with.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
2. Click the ‘Settings’ option from the left hand menu.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
3. Now, in the ‘Publishing’ section, click the ‘Add a custom domain’ link.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
4. Type your domain name (including www.) into the text box.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
5. Click the ‘Save’ button.
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
[If you get an error and another CNAME record is
listed, simply follow steps 6 – 10 from the earlier part
of this slideshow, substituting the Alias and Address
fields for the fields provided by Google, and then
repeat the Blogger steps.]
Note
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
There you have it Monsters!
Your Domain Name is now pointing to your Blogger
blog.
It really is that simple!
Blogger Custom Domain is Now Setup!
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Blogger Custom DomainName Setup Guide
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