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p_w_montecarlo_mc
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Subject: connecting to blogger - a redirect and a CNAME together? Date Posted: Feb 16, 2009 9:42am PST
 
I have tried to set both the domain and www subhost to point to ghs.google.com CNAME records - does not work. Not sure if this is because blogger does not seem to allow the 'redirect domain.com to www.domain.com' box to be ticked any more ..

Any advice on the correct way to set up blogger with dynadot DNS?

I think we need a CNAME plus a redirect - which is obviously mixing pure DNS with custom hosting ..

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Re: connecting to blogger - a redirect and a CNAME together? (p_w_montecarlo_mc) Date Posted: Feb 19, 2009 5:51pm PST
 
In Blogger, your custom domain should be "www.domain.com."  

After you do that, you'd log into your Dynadot account and your "www" CNAME would point to the host ghs.google.com.

You won't be able to send people to your URL domain.com, but the www.domain.com version of your site should work.  

Your settings should look similar to what is shown below.  

How do I create a CNAME?

To create a CNAME:

  1. Log into your Dynadot account.
  2. Click on the "Domains" tab at the top of the page.
  3. Check the box next to the domain name and then press the gray "Set Name Servers" button.
  4. Click on the "DNS" tab.
  5. For your first domain record, select "Forward" as the type and enter "http://www.yourdomainname.ext" as the Target Host.
  6. For your first subdomain record, enter "www" as the subdomain, select "CNAME" as the record type and enter the CNAME record given to you.
  7. Press the gray "Use Dynadot DNS" button.

Your settings should look similar to what is shown here.










Please note, it might take some time for your changes to propagate.

A CNAME may be necessary for your domain to work with the following: Blogger, Blogspot, TypePad, iweb, MobileMe, zenfolio, ning

From Help Section: Account Management > Name Server Settings > How do I create a CNAME?



[This post has been edited by dynadot_staff on Feb 19, 2009 5:52pm.]
justwondering
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Re: connecting to blogger - a redirect and a CNAME together? (dynadot_staff) Date Posted: Oct 18, 2009 2:28pm PDT
 
It is EXTREMELY frustrating to have such issues pointing your domain to Blogger.  I hope you guys fix this issue and make it simpler so that we can have both sites http://mydomain.com AND http://www.mydomain.com.

Thanks! - I still recommend Dynadot over "1&1" and "GoDaddy" because of interface.  Other than this issue . . . I think you're great.
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Re: connecting to blogger - a redirect and a CNAME together? (b_w_davie_us) Date Posted: Oct 19, 2009 5:37pm PDT
 
b_w_davie_us:

Actually, once you set up your Blogger account, if you go back to your custom domain settings, there should be a checkbox that says "Redirect domain.com to www.domain.com."  Once you check that box, both versions of your site should work.
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Re: connecting to blogger - a redirect and a CNAME together? (dynadot_staff) Date Posted: Feb 5, 2010 1:46pm PST
 
Thanks for this information - I was looking all over for this exact topic. I think you might want to add it in the 'help' section for those of us who are just starting out :)
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