How to link your Blogger Blog to your Custom Domain

By the recent updates in Blogger platform, linking Blogger blog to your custom domain name has become more safe. Because The Blogger team makes a condition to success that link by adding the ID of the Blogger blog owner to the control panel of the target website.
As an example here in my site bodydiv I own my custom domain but the blog sited in Blogspot.com, so many blogs websites sited their own blogs to Blogspot.com.
After registering your custom domain name ( I have explained how to get a free website here ) do these steps:

1. Go to the dashboard of your Blogger blog >> Settings like in the picture:




2. Click on [add a custom domain] it will show you the next image




3. In this step just click on Switch to advanced settings then enter your custom domain name and click save, caution here, enter your real domain name started with www. A new expanded section contained a code which explained in the next image




• There is a question here, What is "ghs.google.com" means?? It allows your blog to be linked with your custom domain name. And the letters and digits followed is your ID, it means you are the real owner of the blog, the connection between Blogger.com and your site depends on this ID. So you must enter these digits and letters in it's place in your website's control panel.
4. This is the pre final step, Go to control panel of your site, sign in and search for CNAME. In our example which is the website we have created in post in earlier time, here we click on Advanced DNS settings in Domains section as shown below




5. Now it's time to fire the trigger by entering the code given to us in step 3 into CNAME settings, in front of www enter ghs.google.com, but the other code you have to insert new line and name it, like the picture below




• Now save your work, you have to wait till your settings take effect. May be it will takes some time, or maybe immediately.
  I have finished, please forgive me for my English. I hope you have benefited of this lesson and don't forget to give a comment in the comments section below. Bye.

Read More →

Get Your Custom Domain For Blogger Blog

Many people are blogging for a long time at blogspot.com address, but a few of them decided to upgrade to a custom domain like in the picture above.
I know that you have to pay small amount of money to do so. But there is a possibility to register your chosen domain name and cover the hosting costs. Both free for an entire year.

Let us begin!

First go to gybo.com, This site is working with google.com, it means you must have a google account, if you don't have go to gmail.com and make one, it's free too. I like free stuff I hope you do.

1. Then click on the blue GET STARTED button.
2. After that click on the big button [Get on the web].
3. Next click on [Create your website] button - look at this picture as a guide



4. In this step you have to sign in with google, a popup window will appear to write your google id and password, after signing in you have click Allow access, there is no risk so be assured.


5. Tick or not the Subscribe to updates, as you like. Click Create your website
6. In this step Create a different password than gmail, this password for your new account in gybo.com, look at the picture



7. Now it's time to choose your domain name, choose domain from this screen and type your target name as anew domain, don't forget to choose it's type (.com, .net, or .???) what ever you like.



8. If your domain name you have entered is available a new screen with a new message telling you "Your domain is available! Continue to register your domain.". All you have to do is to click the blue button with [Get Domain]


9. Well done tell now, all your steps are strait to you website. A very important step now you have to enter your contact imformation, like your name, address, phone number, town etc. Don't forget to save the information you have entered to jump to next step
10. In this step you will notice the zero cost for your new website. All you have to do is tick yes to I agree to the Terms of Services and click Submit like in the picture below



11. Don't worry of this step, You must me a credit card holder to continue, your card will not be credited but it's necessary because they don't want to open it widely for scammers. Even if you don't have credit card you can use fake one

That was the last step, once you entered the credit information and clicked Purchase you well scream wow I own a website now.
Later I will explain how to link that site with a blogger blog.
Have a nice time.

Read More →