New Domain!

...And it only took me sending my domain register a customer support message!

Putting a Register.com domain on a pre-existing Blogger (BlogSpot) blog.

Had quite a bit of trouble with it. Here's what I did:

• Find the Google help page about what to do
• You can find it here
• Sign in on Register.com
• Click on your domain
• Scroll down to the bottom where it says "Advanced Technical Settings"*
• Click on A to edit
• Add these four IP addresses to the right-hand column
• 216.239.32.21
• 216.239.34.21
• 216.239.36.21
• 216.239.38.21
• Leave the left-hand column blank
• Click on CNAME to edit
• Put www in the left-hand column
• Put ghs.google.com in the right-hand column
• Go to Blogger.com
• Go to your blog Settings > Basics (the main/first Settings page)
• Under "Publishing" there is a section called "Blog address"
• Click "Advanced settings"
• Add your domain name, with WWW in front
• Save and reopen
• Check the box for "Redirect MYDOMAIN.COM to WWW.MYDOMAIN.COM"
• Save again
• Check domain in new window
• If it works, awesome!
• If it doesn't appear within a few hours
• Contact Register.com support and let them know you've done everything on your end
• Magically, it WILL WORK eventually

*Note: If you have changed the DNS on Register.com, you must reset it to the original settings otherwise you won't find the A and CNAME at the bottom of the page.


Btw, I bought my .com address for $2. You can too. Just use the code Reg2ea at the checkout. (It was a Google ad, so I'm sure they're making even more money off of me by this.) It's only for new users and it's about as cheap as I could find it online. Enjoy!

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