I’ve ached for an own domain, one of the things that hinders my decision to have one, is that I don’t know how to configure it to my blog. You may think it is effortless huh, but it’s complicated to me. Yes, I read a lot of articles regarding how to have an own domain, kind of preparing myself, but then again I have doubts because I am non-techie; I might wreck my blog, ha ha!
Last Holy Week I finally decided to have my own domain, I guess it was the right time, right time to ruin my blog, ha ha. Seriously, I think I am confident to apply the theories I have read online. So, I searched for registrars that offer cheap domain. Here’s what I found.
Actually, it’s not really $1.99, when I checked out, I was surprised that I need to shell out a $2.13, of course there are hidden charges. Anyway, it is still the cheapest from what I have searched.
So how I started?
I typed in my domain name, I’m glad it was available.
Next to do is to edit the CNAME (short for canonical name) Record of my domain name with my Blogger account.
1. From the Tools Menu, select DNS (Domain Name System) Manager.After this, I tried to configure my Blogger account to use my domain name.
2. Click Edit Zone.
3. In the CNAME (Alias) section, click the www record and in the Points To field, type ghs.google.com. 4. Click SAVE.
But it said it needs to be verified by Google.
Whut? I searched again how to do it.
So, I verified my domain name manually by adding a DNS TXT.
1. Log-in to my registrar (Hosting Dude).Here's how it looked like.
2. In the TXT section, in the Host field type in @ and in the TXT Value field, type google-site-verification=S1_...(sorry, I forgot the full text)
3. Click SAVE.
Then, back to my Blogger account.
1. From the Settings tab, select Basic.Now my domain was verified by Google, mapping my domain was done successfully! Weee...
2. From Publishing, click Add custom domain.3. Click Switch to Advanced Settings, and then I typde in my domain name.
4. Click SAVE.
Here’s another thing that I did, I wanted to change my blog’s email.
I sign-in to my old blog email address.
1. Go to Permissions, under Settings.
2. Click the Add Authors button and send in an invitation to my new blog email address.
3. Open my new blog email in a different browser, accept the invitation.
4. Open my blog using the new email address.
5. Now that my new email account joined the blog, click the drop down menu and choose Admin, and click Remove my old blog address.
6. I open my blog with my new blog email, and it worked!
7. I did not delete my old blog account; Google said that I should leave it active because photos I uploaded will break.
I also changed the comment notification of my blog.
Click Settings, under Mobile and Email, I just typed in my new blog email.
That’s it!
And I am so happy I made it.
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ReplyDeleteDon't forget to set up your canonical/www and non www redirects too.! It seems like the website http://maxinemusings.info doesn't redirect to http://www.maxinemusings.info :( .
ReplyDeleteYou should fix it and here is how you can do it :
http://www.bloggerbuster.com/2007/11/easily-redirect-readers-to-your-blogger.html
Hope it helps.
Wow congrats!!! Hope it's all fixed now.:)
ReplyDeleteNice and congrats for having your blog redirected.
ReplyDeletecongrats! nice work
ReplyDeleteCongrads on the redirection.. next step would be moving to WP and self hosting when you are ready :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new domain. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your new domain. i used GoDaddy for my domain.
ReplyDeleteI also like to get my own domain. Kaya nman pala ng budget. I just need to have my full time and attention in order to get one, medyo matrabaho eh.
ReplyDeletecongrats on your new domain! :) you domain is so cheap! good find! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat find! This is really cheap and affordable. Hooray to your domain!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your new domain! yay..great find. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Great job! It's so tedious pala!
ReplyDeletei want to have my own domain too! found a cheap one from Go Daddy.. However, I still need to know the highs and lows if I'll get a domain, still clueless about it eh.. :(
ReplyDeleteWow! Great deal for the domain! The lowest I could find was $3 from godaddy.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your new domain! Thanks for the guide.
ReplyDeleteDaddy Allan did the domain transfer for me. We got our domain from GoDaddy. We used a free domain naman for our other blogs.
ReplyDeleteMommy Maye
Hey, I'm with hostingdude too. The thought of transfering and migrating makes me panic. Good thing somebody did it for me.
ReplyDeleteCongrats again! Happy Blogging!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really techie, sis! You're brave to handle such task! Di ko carry yan.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very useful information especially those under blogger format. I'm in Wordpress kasi :) Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteWow, your domain didnt cost much! I also had problems on redirection with my mommy blog, but it was an issue with google's blogger then.
ReplyDeleteoh my! that is quite techy for me, i wouldn't be able to do that on my own. good for you! :)
ReplyDeleteI redirected my blog http://www.mommyunwired.com/ manually after a glitch with google. If I type the url with the www, the blog appears. But if it is without the www, as in I type only mommyunwired.com, it leads to an error 404. what do you think is the problem and the solution?
ReplyDeleteOh that's a lot of work...mine's easier, doing it inside blogger...but there were only 2 domain host to choose and I got in with GoDaddy for $10 a year. Okay na rin, less hassles hehehe....
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