Custom Domain in Blogspot
I bought a new domain just recently and wanted to try using blogspot as my host. One, it’s free and two, there are so many cool blogger templates out there that I’d like to try. You’ve all probably tried using a custom domain successfully but I wasn’t fortunate. I tried to follow all the steps from the Blogger.com help page but my changes are not taking effect. So I asked a friend who’s currently hosting her blog at blogspot and she sent me the following:
The steps are for domains registered at GoDaddy but I’m sure it’s almost the same with other registrars.
1. Log in to your blogger account and go to Settings > Publishing
2. Set the publishing to your blogspot address
3. Log in to your GoDaddy account and access the domain that you want to update
4. Select ‘Enable Forwarding’
- Select 302 Moved Temporarily
- Forward to http://name.blogspot.com
5. Select ‘Enable Masking’ and click OK
6. Open a new browser and type your new domain http://name.com. It should now redirect to your blogspot address (http://name.blogspot.com). It might take a while before the domain gets redirected to blogspot so be patient
7. When the domain redirection is working, go back to GoDaddy account and access Namerservers
8. Check Hosting Name Servers then click OK.
Your namerservers should now say:
Name Server 1: NS51.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
name Server 2: NS52.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
9. Now, click ‘Total DNS Control and MX Records’
10. Under the CNAME section, click ‘Edit’ for the www entry
11. Under points to host name, change @ to ghs.google.com
12. Login to your blogger account then go back to Settings > Publishing
13. Change publishing to custom domain and type in your new domain:
http://www.name.com
14. Save Settings
15. Check redirect name.com to www.name.com
16. Save Settings
Now this may all seem redundant and the original instructions might have worked with you. However, I know a couple of friends who experienced the same problem using their custom domains so I don’t think there’s any harm following the steps above.
salamat dito.. naghahanap nga ako ng steps e.
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joy, does this mean IF i buy a domain from mr juan..i can host it using blogspot - FOR FREE?
Thanks, Im going to do this
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Promise sana nga gumana ito sa bago kong domain! LOL. Thanks Dzoi!
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you gave me an idea. post ko yung para sa mga may host. well cgro next week. pag di na masyadong busy. =P
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