Comments on: How I got Custom Domains to work with New Blogger http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/ Better Blog Tips for Bloggers, by the Original Blogging Bloke Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:44:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Best New Blogger Custom Domain Setup with a Subdomain http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-3009 Best New Blogger Custom Domain Setup with a Subdomain Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:33:25 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-3009 [...] is an update to my previous post about setting up the New Blogger with Custom Domains. I’ve been playing around with the DNS [...] […] is an update to my previous post about setting up the New Blogger with Custom Domains. I’ve been playing around with the DNS […]

]]> By: The Best Setup for Custom Domains with New Blogger http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-3008 The Best Setup for Custom Domains with New Blogger Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:25:32 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-3008 [...] is an update to my previous post about setting up the New Blogger with Custom Domains. I’ve been playing around with the DNS [...] […] is an update to my previous post about setting up the New Blogger with Custom Domains. I’ve been playing around with the DNS […]

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1063 Blog Bloke Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:53:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1063 <a HREF="http://Blog Bloke.blogspot.com/2007/01/best-setup-for-custom-domains-with-new.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="The Best Setup for Custom Domains with New Blogger"><b>UPDATE:</b></a> UPDATE:

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1062 Blog Bloke Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1062 I'm still working on it Protesto. Obviously there are different ways to set it up and I'm experimenting to see which is best. It is unfortunately a slow and frustrating process because DNS changes can sometimes take days to propagate. I’m still working on it Protesto. Obviously there are different ways to set it up and I’m experimenting to see which is best. It is unfortunately a slow and frustrating process because DNS changes can sometimes take days to propagate.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1061 Blog Bloke Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1061 Thanks Jason. What a hassle! I would hold off on doing deleting the account while we are still investigating this. Thanks Jason. What a hassle! I would hold off on doing deleting the account while we are still investigating this.

]]> By: Jason Heath http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1060 Jason Heath Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:03:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1060 Here is how Google Apps support instructed me on how to delete my account:<br/><br/>To delete your Google Apps for Your Domain account, please use one of the<br/>following methods to verify that you own the domain name:<br/><br/>Verification option #1: create a special CNAME record<br/><br/>Create the following CNAME record for your domain through your domain<br/>hosting provider.<br/><br/>[special 5-letter word] points to ghs.google.com<br/><br/>If your domain host is separate from your domain registrar, make sure<br/>you're modifying the CNAME record with your domain host. For help creating<br/>this CNAME record, visit<br/>https://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=47283.<br/><br/>Verification option #2: uploading a special HTML file<br/><br/>1. Create an HTML file and name it gafyd.html.<br/>2. Enter the following characters anywhere in the HTML file: ZEBRA.<br/>3. Save and upload this HTML file to your website. Be sure to upload the<br/>file to your root directory.<br/>4. Check http://your-domain.com/gafyd.html to make sure the file was<br/>uploaded properly.<br/><br/>Once you've completed one of the verification options, reply to this<br/>message. I'll review the request and delete your Google Apps account, if<br/>ownership is verified. This will delete all data associated with your<br/>Google Apps account. You and your users won't be able to re-enable or<br/>retrieve deleted information. Here is how Google Apps support instructed me on how to delete my account:

To delete your Google Apps for Your Domain account, please use one of the
following methods to verify that you own the domain name:

Verification option #1: create a special CNAME record

Create the following CNAME record for your domain through your domain
hosting provider.

[special 5-letter word] points to ghs.google.com

If your domain host is separate from your domain registrar, make sure
you’re modifying the CNAME record with your domain host. For help creating
this CNAME record, visit
https://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=47283.

Verification option #2: uploading a special HTML file

1. Create an HTML file and name it gafyd.html.
2. Enter the following characters anywhere in the HTML file: ZEBRA.
3. Save and upload this HTML file to your website. Be sure to upload the
file to your root directory.
4. Check http://your-domain.com/gafyd.html to make sure the file was
uploaded properly.

Once you’ve completed one of the verification options, reply to this
message. I’ll review the request and delete your Google Apps account, if
ownership is verified. This will delete all data associated with your
Google Apps account. You and your users won’t be able to re-enable or
retrieve deleted information.

]]> By: protesto http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1059 protesto Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:33:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1059 blog bloke, how did you solve www and without www problem ? thanks. blog bloke, how did you solve www and without www problem ? thanks.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1058 Blog Bloke Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1058 <b>IMPORTANT UPDATE:</b> After several hours on the phone with the domain registrar I think I might have a fix for all of these problems. I just have to wait another 24 hours for it to propagate further to make sure. So stay tuned and I'll keep y'all posted. IMPORTANT UPDATE: After several hours on the phone with the domain registrar I think I might have a fix for all of these problems. I just have to wait another 24 hours for it to propagate further to make sure. So stay tuned and I’ll keep y’all posted.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1057 Blog Bloke Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:49:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1057 Hi Jason. Sorry to hear that the saga continues :-( <br/><br/>Have you also turned off your Custom Domain within the Blogger dashboard and switched back to your original blogspot address?<br /><br />Would you mind sharing with us the instructions for deleting a Google Apps account? Hi Jason. Sorry to hear that the saga continues :-(

Have you also turned off your Custom Domain within the Blogger dashboard and switched back to your original blogspot address?

Would you mind sharing with us the instructions for deleting a Google Apps account?

]]> By: Jason Heath http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1056 Jason Heath Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1056 I may try experimenting with Custom Domains some more, but my experience with it has been rough. If I play around with it again, I will be sure to use a test blog and not my main blog. My big mistake was setting up the Google Page Creator subdomain feature in Google Apps. Once it was set up, typing doublebassblog.com or jasonheath.blogspot.com into the address bar kept redirecting readers to a GoDaddy park page at welcome.doublebassblog.com. I disabled Page Creator and unpublished the page, then changed the Google Page Creator URL to gdffl, which confused it enough to allow my URL to work, but 12 hours later all traffic to my blog started getting sent to a GoDaddy park page at gdffl.doublebassblog.com!<br/><br/>I deleted any and all CNAME records pointing to ghs.google.com, and forwarded my URL to my blogspot address, but over 48 hours later it was still sending people to a park page at gdffl.doublebassblog.com. I finally had to call GoDaddy, which finally fixed the problem. <br/><br/>There is no option to cancel your Google Apps registration, so I finally e-mailed them. A couple of days later I got some fairly complicated instructions on how to cancel your account. They don't make it easy.<br/><br/>Easy to sign up, easy to screw up, impossible to cancel. I may try experimenting with Custom Domains some more, but my experience with it has been rough. If I play around with it again, I will be sure to use a test blog and not my main blog. My big mistake was setting up the Google Page Creator subdomain feature in Google Apps. Once it was set up, typing doublebassblog.com or jasonheath.blogspot.com into the address bar kept redirecting readers to a GoDaddy park page at welcome.doublebassblog.com. I disabled Page Creator and unpublished the page, then changed the Google Page Creator URL to gdffl, which confused it enough to allow my URL to work, but 12 hours later all traffic to my blog started getting sent to a GoDaddy park page at gdffl.doublebassblog.com!

I deleted any and all CNAME records pointing to ghs.google.com, and forwarded my URL to my blogspot address, but over 48 hours later it was still sending people to a park page at gdffl.doublebassblog.com. I finally had to call GoDaddy, which finally fixed the problem.

There is no option to cancel your Google Apps registration, so I finally e-mailed them. A couple of days later I got some fairly complicated instructions on how to cancel your account. They don’t make it easy.

Easy to sign up, easy to screw up, impossible to cancel.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1055 Blog Bloke Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1055 LOL! That IP address points to the <i>Defense Information Systems Agency</i>. I didn't know you were working undercover. ;-) LOL! That IP address points to the Defense Information Systems Agency. I didn’t know you were working undercover. ;-)

]]> By: CyberCoder http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1054 CyberCoder Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1054 The A Records for www and non www both point to the host IP address, if you have an A record you do not want a CNAME record with the same info.<br/><br/>So, the only CNAME is for blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com<br/><br/>Here is a copy straight from my Zone Files (IP addresses changed)<br/><br/>A Records:<br/> cyb3rc0d3r.com. IN A 11.11.111.11<br/> www.cyb3rc0d3r.com. IN A 11.11.111.11<br/>CNAME Records:<br/> blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com. IN CNAME ghs.google.com.<br/><br/>------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>And here is a snapshot of my Forward setting.<br/><br/>Forward to URL ACTIVE<br/> http://cybercoder.blogspot.com The A Records for www and non www both point to the host IP address, if you have an A record you do not want a CNAME record with the same info.

So, the only CNAME is for blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com

Here is a copy straight from my Zone Files (IP addresses changed)

A Records:
cyb3rc0d3r.com. IN A 11.11.111.11
www.cyb3rc0d3r.com. IN A 11.11.111.11
CNAME Records:
blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com. IN CNAME ghs.google.com.

——————————————————

And here is a snapshot of my Forward setting.

Forward to URL ACTIVE
http://cybercoder.blogspot.com

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1053 Blog Bloke Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1053 CyberCoder, there's still a piece of the puzzle missing. I tried your setup and now it isn't working with the "www" prefix.<br/><br/>Please tell me:<br/><br/>1. What exactly do you have the "www" CNAME Alias pointing to?<br/><br/>2. What is your A Record?<br/><br/> Or better still, can you send me a snapshot? My email is working. Thanks bro. CyberCoder, there’s still a piece of the puzzle missing. I tried your setup and now it isn’t working with the “www” prefix.

Please tell me:

1. What exactly do you have the “www” CNAME Alias pointing to?

2. What is your A Record?

Or better still, can you send me a snapshot? My email is working. Thanks bro.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1052 Blog Bloke Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:46:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1052 Well that explains it. Actually I already tried a similar setup to yours but I had removed the URL forwarding. SO I'll put it back on and if it works you get the cigar. :) Well that explains it. Actually I already tried a similar setup to yours but I had removed the URL forwarding. SO I’ll put it back on and if it works you get the cigar. :)

]]> By: CyberCoder http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1051 CyberCoder Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1051 PS: Your email keeps bouncing.<br/><br/>This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification<br/><br/>Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: PS: Your email keeps bouncing.

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification

Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

]]> By: CyberCoder http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1050 CyberCoder Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:47:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1050 The first one is malformed, you can not have a www address with a subdomain, it will never resolve.<br/><br/>and the second one is misspelled.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://cyb3rc0d3r.com" REL="nofollow">http://cyb3rc0d3r.com</a><br/><a HREF="http://blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com" REL="nofollow">http://blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com</a><br/><a HREF="http://www.cyb3rc0d3r.com" REL="nofollow">http://www.cyb3rc0d3r.com</a><br/><br/>I just opened each one no problem, if they do not work it must be a DNS issue between where the servers are and your location. The first one is malformed, you can not have a www address with a subdomain, it will never resolve.

and the second one is misspelled.

http://cyb3rc0d3r.com
http://blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com
http://www.cyb3rc0d3r.com

I just opened each one no problem, if they do not work it must be a DNS issue between where the servers are and your location.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1049 Blog Bloke Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1049 Thanks CyberCoder. I checked it but <a HREF="http://www.blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com" REL="nofollow">http://<b>www</b>.blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com</a> and <a HREF="http://Cyb3rcod3r.com" REL="nofollow">http://Cyb3rcod3r.com</a> don't seem to be working. :-( Thanks CyberCoder. I checked it but http://www.blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com and http://Cyb3rcod3r.com don’t seem to be working. :-(

]]> By: CyberCoder http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1048 CyberCoder Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1048 Here is another way to get them both working.<br/><br/>Using cybercoder.blogspot.com and cyb3rc0d3r.com<br/><br/>1.) Blogger - I set the Domain here to blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com<br/>2.) Cname record - blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com to ghs.google.com<br/>3.) A Records - LEFT as is.<br/>4.) Forwarding - Forwarded my URL to http://cybercoder.blogspot.com<br/><br/>Now, it is a little different, but, the result is fine.<br/><br/>Cyb3rcod3r.com AND www.cyb3rc0d3r.com both go to = blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com<br/><br/>This will work fine with SE Crawlers and SERPS. Here is another way to get them both working.

Using cybercoder.blogspot.com and cyb3rc0d3r.com

1.) Blogger - I set the Domain here to blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com
2.) Cname record - blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com to ghs.google.com
3.) A Records - LEFT as is.
4.) Forwarding - Forwarded my URL to http://cybercoder.blogspot.com

Now, it is a little different, but, the result is fine.

Cyb3rcod3r.com AND www.cyb3rc0d3r.com both go to = blog.cyb3rc0d3r.com

This will work fine with SE Crawlers and SERPS.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1047 Blog Bloke Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1047 That's why I consider it only a "partial" fix because a lot of people like yourself don't use the "www" prefix. That’s why I consider it only a “partial” fix because a lot of people like yourself don’t use the “www” prefix.

]]> By: rangga http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1046 rangga Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/how-i-got-custom-domains-to-work-with/#comment-1046 hmm.. that's true, sorry I didn't notice that.<br/><br/>how if you just create one page that direct "www" page to the without "www", godaddy does that kind of service if I'm not wrong (that's kinda annoying though)<br/><br/>my experience, I never touch "w" three times just to open any website, but maybe someone else does =) hmm.. that’s true, sorry I didn’t notice that.

how if you just create one page that direct “www” page to the without “www”, godaddy does that kind of service if I’m not wrong (that’s kinda annoying though)

my experience, I never touch “w” three times just to open any website, but maybe someone else does =)

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