Some of our clients may already own a Blogspot site with a lot of already written articles. To connect this Blogspot site to your domain purchased from Ovation Hall, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Connecting Your Blogger to Your Domain
- Sign in to Blogger.
- Select the blog you want to update.
- On the left, click Settings Basic.
- Under “Publishing,” click + Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog.
- Type the URL of the domain you’ve purchased.
- Click Save.
- You’ll see an error with two CNAMEs.
- Name, Label or Host: Enter the name as the subdomain, like “blog.” or “www.” For destination, enter “ghs.googlehosted.com.”
- Destination, Target or Points to: This is different for each person and is specific to your blog and your Google Account.
- Go to your Ovation Hall Client Area – https://ovationhall.com/clientarea/. Locate your DNS Management at Domains > Manage Domain on the right panel.
- Under “Host Name,” type the subdomain you entered in the previous step.
- Under “Address,” type “ghs.googlehosted.com.”
- Enter details for the second CNAME, which are specific to your blog and Google Account.
- Wait for at least an hour for your DNS settings to activate.
- Repeat steps 1 through 6. Your blogspot.com address will redirect to your custom domain. It may take to 24 hours.
Step 2 (optional): Add www. to your domain
To change your domain (example: mydomain.com) to www.mydomain.com, set up a naked redirect.
- Go to your Domain DNS Management as explained above.
- Open your DNS settings.
- Enter your domain name in the format example.com.
- Add four A-records which point to Google IPs.
- 216.239.32.21
- 216.239.34.21
- 216.239.36.21
- 216.239.38.21
- Sign in to Blogger.
- Select the blog you want to update.
- On the left, click Settings Basic.
- Under “Publishing,” under “Blog Address,” check Redirect [mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com].
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