Bloggers only

This tutorial is for bloggers and future bloggers on
blogspot that intend to change the
name.blogspot.com of their blog to a custom
top-level domain name e.g(example.com) or a
subdomain(e.g sub.example.com).
Why do I need to change to a custom domain
name?
1. If one is going to monetize his/her site, some
importants Affiliate Programs and Ad companies
may not accept a subdomain.
2. Some are usually too long, since they are a
subdomain to blogspot.com and it may be hard
for people to memorize
3. Does not look professional and may be looked
at by people as one of those free blogs.
4. Custom domains are very good for Search
Engine Optimization(SEO).
5. Changing to a custom domain name makes
your blog more unique, I think.
What do I need To get Started
1. A blogspot blog
2. A domain name with control panel with dns
control
Note- you can also use a webhost control panel
to make this changes, if your name servers are
pointed to it already.
Short notes
1.What is a CNAME?
A CNAME , or Canonical Name record is an entry
within the Domain Name System(DNS) that
specifies where a user can find your web pages,
or any other URL . You'll use this to associate
your custom domain name with your blogspot
blog.
2.What is an A record?
Every host on the Internet has a unique number.
This is called an IP address and has a notation of
four numbers (bytes). The numbers are separated
by a dot. An IP address might be 50.28.9.216
This IP address is hard to remember and hard to
communicate with your friends or business
relationships. To make life easier the Internet
uses names, or domain names, to recognize IP
addresses. Therefore, instead of 50.28.9.216 we
could say www.simple.com , which is much easier
to remember. This is very similar to having your
very own name listed in the phonebook- your
name has a number there as well your phone
number. An A record is nothing more then an
assignment of an IP address to a name.
Changing to a Custom Sub Domain Name
In this tutorial I will be emphasizing on using the
domain control panel, Using Smartweb specifically
and also talk about other registrars. Basically, the
settings is almost the same with all registrars,
and this tutorial is just to show you the psyche of
linking your custom domain to your blog using
any registrar.
1.Log in to your domain control panel
2.Click on my domains tab
3.Click on view details button beside the domain
you would like to link your blog to.
4.when the page loads click on DNS management
, after the page loads, you'll see a select box=>
Select CName and enter www.yoursubdomain in
the host text box and ghs.google.com in the
address text box, then save changes.
5.Then add another CNAME with a special alias
name which would be given to you by google
whenever you request to change to a custom
domain name e.g 7ibkexqsrgr3 pointing to a
special destination host e.g gv-
tme7vz5zcxbod3.dv.googlehosted.com
6.Also create four A records pointing to four
different google IP addresses-
216.239.32.21, 216.239.34.21, 216.239.36.21,
216.239.38.21 for your desired domain name.
Although the previous step is optional you can
just create for one IP but it is highly advisable to
create A records for the four IP addresses
7.Now, log in to your Blogger Account. Afterwards
you click on the Settings tab, then Publishing tab,
again click on the custom domain link.
8.Now, click on the switch to advanced settings
link. You should see a page with a text box to
enter your sub domain name, enter your sub
domain name with www(e.g
www.subdomain.domain.com ). Then tick the box
with redirect your domain without www to the
one with www(e.g redirect
subdomain.domain.com to www.
subdomain.domain.com) or else people who type
in your subdomain without the www won't be
able to access your site. Done.
How to get your special CNAME and destination
host
From your blogger account, go to settings. Then
under blogger address, go to Add a custom
domain. Now, go to switch to advanced settings,
then settings instructions .
There you should get basically this tutorial and
the data you need.
Changing to a Custom Domain Name
Follow the above step, but when it comes to
where to enter the www.subdomain.site.com
during the creation of the CNAME record,
interchange it with www That's all.