Custom domain on Blogspot

I am not going to change this blog to my own domain yet, but here is the way how to do it.

When you have registered domain you must think if you use the primary address like domain.com, or use a subdomain like blog.domain.com.

First you create the unique blog with subdomain.blogspot.com address.

Then you have to create proper DNS settings.
The exact way may vary depends on the given place. The settings are in your registrar domain's panel, or DNS server - if it is separate from registrar ( like DynDs ), or in your main page host cpanel - if the host enables that option.

a) use http://domain.name ( or http://www.domain.name )

In DNS settings you need to set two CNAME records of domain.name and www.domain.name to Google server (ghs.google.com).
In Blog Settings click custom domain option and then enter the name of your domain.
Next you can check www to non www (or vice versa ) redirect box in blogger settings [beware that it is 302 redirection, but googlebot seems to not care about it].
If you have domain registered at Godaddy's you can set only one CNAME record, and set 301 redirection from www to non www form at Godaddy's panel settings.

In most of the cases if you set only one record for domain.name, you will have two phisical addresses pointing to two different places, one to blog another to somewhere else.

b) use http://subdomain.domain.name

In this case pages from you basic domain form www.domain.name are on different host, and your blogger hosts pages from subdomain blog.domain.name only.
You need to find the IP address of main page host.
In DNS settings panel put

A record pointing domain.name to host IP
CNAME record pointing blog.domain.name to ghs.google.com
A record pointing *.domain.name to host IP

Now www form and all subdomains are set to your host, but blog.domain.name is ponting to blogspot place.



The work has been tested on domains from Krakow Travel Guide
and Kazimierz Tourist guide