How to setup a custom domain for a blogger site
Blogspot is a really good option for blogging. But it's more sensible to get a custom domain name for your blog that is to say www.example.com not the www.example.blogspot.com. Though it depend on if you really want to do this. In this post we are going to teach you how to successfully publish your blog on a custom domain without affecting you former posts. Take the following steps to switch to your own custom domain.
Step 1: Purchase a custom domain
You must have purchased a custom domain from a domain name provider. If you haven't you should buy one before proceeding to the next step. You can get domain from go daddy,domain.com and much more.
Step 2: Setting up your domain name on your blog
Open your blog and click on Basic under Settings.
In the "Publishing" section, click +Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog.
Type the URL of the domain you've purchased, the domain must be entered with the www.
Click Save.
After saving it you will see an error, and two CNAMEs listed below. Each CNAME is composed of two parts - Name, Label or Host and Destination, Target or Points to.
Go to your domain registrar's website and locate the DNS (Domain Name System) settings in the control panel.
Now it's time to enter the CNAMEs. Where it says Name, Label or Host simply enter "www" and list ghs.google.com as the Destination, Target or Points to.
You should also enter the second CNAME in the same way.
After that creat A-records, which links your naked domain (example.com) to an actual site (www.example.com). If you skip this step, visitors who did not include the "www" will see an error page.
After completing the first A record , enter your domain name in the format example.com, and list the I.P. addresses shown below in the "A" section. You'll need to create four separate A-records which point to four different Google IPs.
216.239.32.21
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21
Before you move onto the final step, wait about an hour for your DNS settings to activate. If you attempt the final step before your settings are activated, we'll let you know with a warning message.
After your settings have been activated, you need to make sure Blogger knows about your custom domain so that Google can direct readers to your blog. Just head back to Blogger and update the information on your Settings | Basic tab.
In the "Publishing" section, click +Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog.
Under "Third party domain settings," enter in the URL for your custom domain in the text box provided.
Click Save.
That’s it! Your blogspot.com address will soon redirect to your new custom domain -- be patient, as it might take up to 24 hours for the redirect to start working. If you're still seeing an error after 24 hours, it means you have miss out the setup somewhere.
KEY FACTOR SOURCE :Google support.
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