New Domain!
Aha! Just got my new domain~! I'm not on http://xylement.blogspot.com http://www.Xylement.com !! Registered the domain with GoDaddy.com, it cost only $9.99 per year. If you haven't got one, you should get one from GoDaddy as well..
It took me sometimes to link it with my blog. Crap... googling for the guides and there are so many guides which some don't even work. =.="
It's alright, I'll just post a guide here by myself then. Here's the steps that you need to do first...
please be AWARE! That this guide is only for those who are using BLOGGER / BLOGSPOT and domain registered with GoDaddy.
Modify the CNAME for the host (alias) named www and point it to ghs.google.com. This means that if a user types in www.yourdomain.com, Google will dynamically point the user to any Google server that's available and loads your page fastest.
Just follow the steps below..
1) Login to your GoDaddy account, mouse over the DOMAIN link and you shall see My Domains , well... click on My Domains.
2) That will bring you to the Domains page. Click on your domain name. That will bring you to the page below. Click on Total DNS Control and MX Records.
3) You should now be inside the Domain Manager. You will be modifying one and adding another CNAME here. Do not delete or alter your A Record (Host). (Some tutorials will tell you to do that, but it will only cause trouble later on.)
Modify the CNAME for the host (alias) named www and point it to ghs.google.com. This means that if a user types in www.yourdomain.com, Google will dynamically point the user to any Google server that's available and loads your page fastest.
So now your www.yourdomain.com should work fine upon publishing in Google (it won't yet, you haven't set up Blogger yet). But what if a user decides to just type yourdomain.com, without the www prefix? It will probably load up the GoDaddy parked website.
4) Now click "Ok / Save". You should now be back at the "My Domains" screen. You've just changed "www.yourdomain.com" to point to your Blogger account instead of what ever option you have set in GoDaddy.
5) Now click on the "Domains" tab. Click on the link that says forwarding is disabled. We will need to change this so that when people type in "yourdomain.com" they get "www.yourdomain.com" since that is the address your Blogger account will be located at. Put a check next to "Enable Forwarding", then type "www.yourdomain.com" in the field below it. Make sure that you select "Moved Permanently" as the redirect type. Now click "Ok".
6) And that is all we have to do on the GoDaddy front. Let's now move on to your Blogger account. Login to your Blogger account, select your blog, and go to the Settings tab and then click on the Publishing subtab.
7) Right now you're publishing on Blogger, but we want to use your new domain name so go ahead and click on Custom Domain.
Okay, that will bring you to the page below.
8) On the same page, click on Switch to Advanced Settings, like in the screenshot below.
9) On the Advanced Settings page, type your domain name in the box. Don't forget the www prefix. Then press the Save Settings button.
10) Leave the Redirect box UNCHECKED. Now your domain which is www.yourdomain.com should be working. However the URL yourdomain.com is probably still parked at GoDaddy. Let's remedy that, shall we?
Voila! Now both ways of typing in your URL are working! Yay!
Okay no. It might not work RIGHT away. Or maybe it will. This one: www.yourdomain.com will probably work right away. But this one: yourdomain.com might take a few minutes to an hour or maybe more, not sure. So if it's not working, give it a couple of hours.
Okay no. It might not work RIGHT away. Or maybe it will. This one: www.yourdomain.com will probably work right away. But this one: yourdomain.com might take a few minutes to an hour or maybe more, not sure. So if it's not working, give it a couple of hours.
Well... hope it helps!