A blog is a website, but a website is not necessarily a blog: it can also be a separate site, designed entirely from A to Z by a programmer.
In fact a blog is the perfect platform to publish articles on the internet. It's simple to use and allows you to publish texts in chronological order.
Your blog is already a real website! To go a step further and have your own name, you can add a domain name to your free blog.
In this article I will explain how to buy your first domain name, and how to install it on your Blogger site. This step is not necessary - it's just a way of appropriating its site with an independent address blogger.
In fact a blog is the perfect platform to publish articles on the internet. It's simple to use and allows you to publish texts in chronological order.
Your blog is already a real website! To go a step further and have your own name, you can add a domain name to your free blog.
In this article I will explain how to buy your first domain name, and how to install it on your Blogger site. This step is not necessary - it's just a way of appropriating its site with an independent address blogger.
Cost and benefit of a domain name
A domain name does not cost very expensive: the three main .com / .net / .org (as well as French and Belgian .fr extension .be) and cost less than 10 dollars per year - it 'is to say, less than 1 per month!
There are many different extensions, but only the three main extensions are interesting. The most common and the best extension is .com
To purchase a domain name the site I recommend is OVH.com He is the first French web host and also Dollarpean. You can see the prices directly on their website.
Administer an entire site is complicated for a beginner. Fortunately, you can keep your site hosted on Blogger platform and add domain names: we simply converts the address of the website as we did for - "http://www.2015transam.com".
Choose a domain name based on the topic of your site and your keyword. Do not buy domain name with accent, and avoid as domain names with hyphens. Choose a short domain name.
No need to buy an accommodation, buy only a single domain name without any other additional service because you do not need.
Please keep the login information for your OVH account - you will next need to have is the installation of the domain on your site!
Install its domain name
The installation of a domain name request fifteen minutes. This must be done seriously and take the time to do each step - allowing sufficient time range.
Once your purchased domain name, go to the administration area of your blog and click on the Settings page, then on "Add a custom field."
Enter the domain name that you have purchased, and click the "Save": An error appears. This error are your site configuration information.
Do not close the configuration page. Open a new page and go this time on your OVH account (or the account of where you bought your domain name).
You will change several settings to tell OVH you want to use your domain name on Blogger. Here are the required action:
Activate your DNS zone by selecting the same options as those displayed on my screen capture. Remember to check "Minimum Area". Then go to your DNS zone and change the input A:
Just change the "Destination" field with the IP address 216.239.32.21 then Confirm. You will then need to repeat the following step three times to add three inputs "A" with your domain name.
Add a field "Type A", leave the first empty field and specify the following destination IP (an IP address field, you must repeat 3 times):
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21
Then you have to change the CNAME record for your domain name to indicate the address of the Blogger platform (at Google):
Be the first blank option and enter the address "ghs.google.com" in the Destination field and validate. The last step is to add another CNAME record:
In the fields "subdomain" and "destination" enter the information on the Blogger configuration page (which you left open). And confirm. Normally,
You should have 4 fields "A" and two fields "CNAME". If this is not the case, so take the time to read my instructions and add the missing fields.
Finally do not forget to validate the form on Blogger. Your domain name should work immediately if you have already bought a few days, or after 24 to 48 hours in other cases.
Sometimes it can take several days (due to a phenomenon called the "spread of dns") then do not panic! And if your domain name is still not working, check the steps one by one and compare your final result with mine. An error can be slipped into your setup.
A domain name does not cost very expensive: the three main .com / .net / .org (as well as French and Belgian .fr extension .be) and cost less than 10 dollars per year - it 'is to say, less than 1 per month!
There are many different extensions, but only the three main extensions are interesting. The most common and the best extension is .com
To purchase a domain name the site I recommend is OVH.com He is the first French web host and also Dollarpean. You can see the prices directly on their website.
Administer an entire site is complicated for a beginner. Fortunately, you can keep your site hosted on Blogger platform and add domain names: we simply converts the address of the website as we did for - "http://www.2015transam.com".
Choose a domain name based on the topic of your site and your keyword. Do not buy domain name with accent, and avoid as domain names with hyphens. Choose a short domain name.
No need to buy an accommodation, buy only a single domain name without any other additional service because you do not need.
Please keep the login information for your OVH account - you will next need to have is the installation of the domain on your site!
Install its domain name
The installation of a domain name request fifteen minutes. This must be done seriously and take the time to do each step - allowing sufficient time range.
Once your purchased domain name, go to the administration area of your blog and click on the Settings page, then on "Add a custom field."
Enter the domain name that you have purchased, and click the "Save": An error appears. This error are your site configuration information.
Do not close the configuration page. Open a new page and go this time on your OVH account (or the account of where you bought your domain name).
You will change several settings to tell OVH you want to use your domain name on Blogger. Here are the required action:
Activate your DNS zone by selecting the same options as those displayed on my screen capture. Remember to check "Minimum Area". Then go to your DNS zone and change the input A:
Just change the "Destination" field with the IP address 216.239.32.21 then Confirm. You will then need to repeat the following step three times to add three inputs "A" with your domain name.
Add a field "Type A", leave the first empty field and specify the following destination IP (an IP address field, you must repeat 3 times):
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21
Then you have to change the CNAME record for your domain name to indicate the address of the Blogger platform (at Google):
Be the first blank option and enter the address "ghs.google.com" in the Destination field and validate. The last step is to add another CNAME record:
In the fields "subdomain" and "destination" enter the information on the Blogger configuration page (which you left open). And confirm. Normally,
You should have 4 fields "A" and two fields "CNAME". If this is not the case, so take the time to read my instructions and add the missing fields.
Finally do not forget to validate the form on Blogger. Your domain name should work immediately if you have already bought a few days, or after 24 to 48 hours in other cases.
Sometimes it can take several days (due to a phenomenon called the "spread of dns") then do not panic! And if your domain name is still not working, check the steps one by one and compare your final result with mine. An error can be slipped into your setup.
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