News!! Switching Your Spider Web Log From Ane Custom Domain To Another

This article is close how you lot tin modify a Blogger weblog to role a dissimilar custom domain.

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Previously, I've described how to use a domain that you lot bought from  Google / Blogger for something other than a Blogspot blog.  But sometimes, you lot may desire to choke on using the blog, but switch it betwixt custom domains - ie give it a dissimilar URL.

Example:
Fred  started out alongside fred-goes-fishing.blogspot.com, as well as initially purchased fred-fish.com.   But later using that for a while, he establish that it wasn't quite right, therefore he changed to  FredsFishyTales.com.

There are several ways to exercise this, but the simplest, as well as I believe most successful, is to:

1)  Switch the weblog dorsum to role Blogspot (for a brusque time), as well as then
2)  Repeat the custom domain purchase as well as switch procedure for the novel domain, and
3)  Tidy upwardly the one-time custom domain.

Switching the weblog dorsum to Blogspot:

1  Log inwards to Blogger alongside the concern human relationship that owns the domain.

2  From the Dashboard,

In pre-Sept-2011-Blogger (the one-time interface):  choose    Settings > Publishing > Switch to:  blogspot.com 

In pre-Sept-2011-Blogger (the one-time interface):  choose    Settings > Basic, and inwards the Publishing surface area click on the cross to the correct of the Edit link

This changes your weblog dorsum to live on www.YOUR-BLOG-NAME.blogspot.com, as well as removes the DNS records that pointed your weblog to the one-time custom-URL.

It may direct keep a few hours (I've heard upwardly to 72) for these changes to live on applied to computers roughly the world, therefore people who become to the one-time custom domain may yet acquire re-directed to your weblog for a solar daytime or two. 

Apparently it tin direct keep some fourth dimension for Comments to live on switched back, therefore earlier doing the side yesteryear side pace you lot may desire to await for a brusque while, a brace of hours or peradventure fifty-fifty a brace of days.

Switching the weblog to the novel custom domain:

1)  Make sure as shooting that the Google account which you lot desire to ain the novel domain has administrator rights to the blog.

(This isn't an number if you lot solely direct keep i Google account, but may live on worth thinking close if you lot conception to transfer the weblog to individual else inwards future.)
 
2)  Log in to Blogger alongside that concern human relationship

3)  From the Settings > Publishing tab, direct Switch to Custom Domain

4)  Use the measure blogger method of buying the novel domain.

I really strongly recommend setting upwardly an administrator concern human relationship for the novel domain therefore that you lot tin grapple this domain inwards the future

If you lot are asked if you lot desire to enable Sites, reply NO.

If all goes well, your weblog should forthwith live on pointing to the novel web-site address that you lot direct keep purchased.   If there's a problem, postal service a inquiry inwards the Blogger Help Forum.  Include the URL of your weblog as well as the domain lift (aka URL, website-address) that you're trying to switch to.

Once the novel custom domain is working, you lot way too desire to modify the rootage for whatever RSS feeds that were coming from the one-time domain.


Cleaning upwardly the one-time custom domain:

Even if you lot don't desire it whatever more, you yet ain the one-time custom domain for equally long equally you lot had purchased it for.   If you lot got it from Google, this volition live on until a yr later your terminal purchase. The solely exception is if you lot purchased from a registrar who allows refunds (most don't.)

You may desire to sure as shooting that you're non going to automatically renew the one-time domain (make sure as shooting the box is un-ticked instead of ticked).  

In the meantime, though, your options for the one-time custom domain include:

• Do nothing

Anyone who goes to it volition but acquire a 404 / site non establish error.

• Use a weblog to enjoin people close the redirect:

Create a novel blog that but has i postal service explaining where your one-time weblog has gone.

Set upwardly this novel weblog to role the one-time custom domain from Settings > Publishing > Switch to Custom Domain > Switch to Advanced Settings.

I'm 99% sure as shooting that you lot don't demand to worry close the set-up instructions, because they volition direct keep been done the kickoff fourth dimension around.

• Use a domain re-direct

This agency that anyone who goes to your one-time domain (either straight or yesteryear selecting it from Google search results) is automatically taken to your novel domain.

There is a way to exercise it from Blogger - but it's a hack that tends to acquire your weblog detected equally spam.

The improve way is to ready a re-direct alongside the domain registrar (ie whichever of GoDaddy as well as eNom the one-time domain was purchased through).  The directions for doing it are different for every domain registrar, therefore you lot demand to read their assistance instuctions.  You exercise demand to move inwards the domain command panel to acquire the access details.  If you lot don't direct keep the details (ie domain administrator ID as well as password) for doing that, endeavour using this help-process choosing:
- I never created an administrator account, then
- I signed upwardly at Google.com/a as well as purchased a domain lift at the same time

If you lot demand help, banking corporation stand upwardly for the back upwardly forums (etc) provided yesteryear the relevant domain registrar.

• Use the one-time domain for something else

Previously this could include AdSense for parked domains (if you're already an AdSense publisher) - but that choice has forthwith been turned off>   So you lot may desire to investigate other , or something totally dissimilar - run across the 2nd business office of using a custom domain for something other than a Blogspot blog for assistance alongside this.

You may fifty-fifty desire to sell the one-time domain to individual else, inwards which illustration you'll demand to larn close the domain transfer process.

Related Articles: 

Using a custom domain for something other than a Blogspot blog

AdSense for parked domains

Setting upwardly the domain administrator for your domain

Automatically renewing your custom domain

Understanding Google accounts

Transferring ownership of your weblog to some other Google account

Blogger as well as other Google products - an overview

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