Blogger tells y'all lot which domain registrar they're going to utilisation inward add-on to lets y'all lot modify to the other 1 if y'all lot wishing to. Apart from this, Google hides well-nigh of the "technical" domain registration details from you: y'all lot are invited to set upwardly a domain administrator depict of slice of describe of piece of occupation organisation human human relationship (in Google Apps), merely flush this is optional.
But inward that location may come upward upwardly a quaternary dimension when y'all lot wishing to utilisation your domain for to a greater extent than than merely a blog: eg, Fred may wishing to utilisation www.fred-fish.com to sell line-fishing trips or every chip public gateway to a massive database of line-fishing achievements, neither of which are functions that Blogger (easily) provides.
To utilisation a Google-Blogger purchased domain for something other than a Blogspot blig, y'all lot involve to:
- Move your blog away from the domain
(you powerfulness motion it utilisation a subdomain or virtual host off the domain after on - merely the offset measuring is merely to complimentary upwardly the domain for other use. - Change the domain-name-server settings for the domain to quest to the right family for the "something else" that y'all lot wishing to utilisation it for.
Even though y'all lot purchased the domain using Blogger, your access to it is through the Google Apps ascendency panel: from inward that location y'all lot acquire the login details for the domain registrar (currently either goDaddy or eNom that Google used to buy the domain).
How to re-use your domain
Unlink the domain from your blog:
1 Log inward to Blogger alongside the depict of slice of describe of piece of occupation organisation human human relationship that owns the domain.2 From the Dashboard, guide Settings > Basic > Publishing and click the cross on the right of the Edit link beside your spider spider web log name.
This changes your spider spider web log dorsum to www.YOUR-BLOG-NAME.blogspot.com, inward add-on to removes the DNS records that pointed your spider spider web log to your custom-URL.
It may cause got a few hours (I've heard 72) for these changes to apply to computers all closed to the world, thence people who perish to your custom domain may soundless acquire re-directed to your spider spider web log for a twenty-four hr period of time or two.
Also, Google (and other search engines) testament soundless cause got indexed links to your spider spider web log contents at your custom domain. These testament gradually suffer replaced when
- you topographic point novel content at your custom domain and
- it gets indexed past times the search engines and
- the novel content-indexing replaces information inward the cached Google results inward various computers closed to the world.
Next - link the domain to what y'all lot wishing it to show
3 Find, or create, the domain administrator login details for your domain:I've previously described how to set upwardly the domain administrator for your domain.
- If y'all lot haven't done this already, y'all lot involve to find the relevant email inward add-on to ready the depict of slice of describe of piece of occupation organisation human human relationship now.
- If y'all lot cause got done it, y'all lot involve to remember the administrator login inward add-on to password that y'all lot created.
- If y'all lot cannot remember the administrator details, inward add-on to thence perish to https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/YOUR-DOMAIN-NAME/ForgotAdminAccountInfo - topographic point inward the right value for your domain name, without www. or http:// at the start. Enter the captcha details, inward add-on to if y'all lot cause got ready an administrator depict of slice of describe of piece of occupation organisation human human relationship the details testament suffer emailed to your backup secondary address.
- If y'all lot never created an administrator depict of slice of describe of piece of occupation organisation human human relationship inward add-on to cannot uncovering the e-mail to exercise it now, utilisation this help-process. Choose:
- I never created an administrator account, then
- I signed upwardly at Google.com/a inward add-on to purchased a domain lift at the same time
You tin lone utilisation the help-process after y'all lot cause got un-linked your blog from the domain (ie steps 1-2 inward a higher family add-on left quaternary dimension for the modify to suffer applied to Google's servers - somewhere between a few minutes inward add-on to a few hours seems to work). If y'all lot endeavour to utilisation it piece your spider spider web log is soundless using the domain, y'all lot goal upwardly beingness directed dorsum to Blogger.
Note: if none of these processes attending y'all lot acquire ascendency of your domain administrator, banking concern fit the resources inward this article from Nitecruzr well-nigh the topic.
v Log in alongside the admin depict of slice of describe of piece of occupation organisation human human relationship inward add-on to password from Step 3.
half-dozen Go to the Domain Settings tab
vii Go to the Domain Names sub-tab
8 Choose the Advanced DNS settings link.
This opens a concealment that shows y'all lot how to acquire into the DNS console for your domain. It typically has
- Your domain-registrar sign-in lift inward add-on to password,
- Your domain-registrar customer service PIN - inward instance y'all lot involve to contact the registrar's customer services,
- Contact details for the domain registrar's customer service section
- A link that y'all lot tin utilisation to acquire to the to DNS console
10 Follow the directions inward that location to make the domain changes.
The steps required depend totally on what y'all lot are using the domain for: for attending alongside this, contact the the technical dorsum upwardly forum (or whatever) for the production that's beingness used to create the novel contents of your domain.
If y'all lot involve to a greater extent than help, banking concern fit out the Google Apps attending forum.
Where to uncovering to a greater extent than information
Automatically renewing your custom domainTransferring ownership of your spider spider web log to another Google account
Blogger inward add-on to other Google products - an overview
Recovering ascendency of your custom domain (external link)