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How to Set Custom Domain Name in Blogger

Posted: 21 Apr 2010 11:28 AM PDT

If you have already a domain name and want to use that domain name with blogger then this article will help you to define the prerequisites and hence you will be able to set the custom domain name with your blogger account.
Custom Blogger Domain

This is as simple as hosting your blog within blogger but without .blogspot domain.
example: http://www.geekblogger.org, yes correct my blog is hosted in blogger :).

1) If you don't have any domain already then Choose and Register Your Domain.

The first thing you'll need to do is to choose a domain name, like example.com and register it. You can register domain names from any of a number of different registrars, and you can use .com, .org, .net or any other valid addresses. Remember: you only need to get the domain name; you don't have to pay extra for hosting service. The easiest way to register a domain is to buy your domain directly through Blogger. If you go this route, we'll automatically configure all of your relevant DNS settings and attach your new domain to your existing blog immediately.

Update the DNS Settings:

DNS stands for Domain Name System, and a DNS server determines what site a given address takes you to. So far, you have a domain name but none of the servers on the internet know what to do with it yet. To take care of this, you need to do two things:

Create a CNAME record for your blog's address, which should be a subdomain of the form www.example.com.

ghs.google.com.

here

Create 'A' NAME records for your naked domain (blog.com)

Note: The following information applies to naked domains only!! If you're setting up a subdomain then this does NOT apply to you! :-)

Creating A records for your naked domain is important as it allows Google to redirect people who use in your naked domain name (blog.com) to your blog page (www.example.com). If you do not do this, visitors who leave off the www will see an error page.

There are four separate A records you will create, and can be done from the same control panel you accessed your CNAME records. Simply point your naked domain (example.com, without the 'www') to each of the following IP addresses:

216.239.32.21
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21

Your DNS setup is now complete!

Update Your Blogger Settings

Almost done! At this point, you have a domain name, and the DNS servers know to direct people to Google when they want to see your blog. But Google hosts lots of blogs, so we have to make sure the right one is associated with this domain. You'll do this on the Settings | Publishing tab for your blog in Blogger.

If you're publishing on Blog*Spot, you'll see a link near the top offering to switch you to a custom domain. Go ahead and click that link.

The Blog*Spot Address setting now changes to Your Domain. Fill in the domain you registered, and then save your settings.

Now the only thing left to do is to tell everybody about your new address!

Notes:

If your new domain isn't taking you to your blog, wait another day or two to make sure all the DNS servers have been updated. If it still isn't working, contact your registrar to make sure you entered the DNS settings correctly.

Your original Blog*Spot address will automatically forward to your new domain. That way, any existing links or bookmarks to your site will still work.

You can use this feature with domains (e.g. example.com) or subdomains (e.g. ). However, you cannot specify subdirectories (e.g. example.com/blog/) or wildcards (e.g. *.example.com).

Your posted images will continue to display on your blog as described here.

After making the changes check who.is, and your ANAME and CNAME records should be display something like given below here.

You can get the errors given in below screen shot during the setting of custom domain with your blogger account.

1) Another blog is already hosted at this address.
2) Blogs many not be hosted at naked domains.
What is a naked domain?

A naked domain is simply a domain name without the 'www' prefix. For example, google.com (naked) instead of www.google.com(non-naked.) To fix this, simply enter the non-naked (means add www before domain name) version of your domain and save your settings.

Solution:
1) solution of the problem 1 is that you might have already hosted blog some where else, wait 24 hours after changing the ANAME and CNAME records.

2) solution for problem 2 is just add the www as prefix against your domain name.

That's all you need to do for running your custom domain blog withing blogger.

Let me know if you have any doubt or query :)

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Posted: 21 Apr 2010 09:35 AM PDT

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