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Reviewing our Part #2 story.
While setting up my new Message Board, among the many options found is:
"Custom Domain Name" New!
Instructions were given. All I needed to do was to create a new sub-domain and setup
that sub-domain to be configured correctly.
Hiring the Message Board to do a Custom Domain.
I tried to follow those instructions. Creating a new sub-domain was pretty easy.
However, then the new sub-domain needed to be configured. I found that I just did
not get the idea of what to do to configure properly!
However, the Message Board offered a service. For $29.95, they would setup a new
sub-domain for me and configure it properly. Wow! I took them up on this deal
and figured that it was a $29.95 education course.
If the Message Board would be able to setup a Custom Domain for my account with them,
then copying what they did and creating a new sub-domain for my Blogger account should
be a snap! And it was!
But there was an obstacle. A "Class C" item was needed in the new sub-domain for
Blogger. What could it be?
In order to find out, I went back into my Blogger
account's Settings Section where the Custom Domain option for Blogger is located.
There I found instructions for setting up a Custom Domain! I was sooooo surprised
to find these instructions.
Why had I not seen these instructions before today? These instructions must be new.
Or how could I have missed them?
Click image to view.
Sub-domain instructions for several ISPs.
Click on the "setup instructions" link, and you will get a BIG surprise! Specific instructions
describing exactly how to configure your new sub-domain so that you may publish using
Blogger's Custom Domain routine!
The most important item shown in these instructions, is the Class-C description pointing to
to the Google site properly.
I am unable to explain the Alexa 3-month report trend. It appears
that more readers tune in to my other webpages, i.e.; MsTioga Magazine stories. But there is
no denying this Alexa 3-month trend report!
Using FTP.
During this period, I tried many times to use Blogger's FTP routine and got
mixed results. After New Blogger was rolled out, FTP was evolving. Blogger reported problems
with FTP that they were trying to fix. Several months after New Blogger rolled out,
Blogger announced that their FTP routine was working properly and I tried using FTP again.
However, when I published on FTP, the only Tioga-George Blog page that could
seen by readers was today's post. When readers tried to view past Tioga-George Blog posts,
only today's post came up!
Blogger rolls out Custom Domain.
For several months after New Blogger rolled out, Custom Domain was not available.
When Blogger came out with their new Custom Domain routine, I tried over and over again
to publish on a Custom Domain. However, only my Home Page would come up. Very peculiar!
I assumed that the problem might be with my Blogger template which does not conform to
the New Blogger standards. But I found out only recently, that this assumption wasn't
correct!
Blogger's Custom Domain routine did work. Only thing was, I did not know how to set up
Custom Domain properly.
My new Message Board.
During March, 2008, I stumbled upon a website offering a hosted Message Board service. This
service looked really neat, and I decided to give it a try.
While setting up this Message Board, I came upon a link announcing:
"Custom Domain Name" New!
Instructions were given detailing how to setup a custom domain! I was stunned! If this
Message Board service could do a Custom Domain, why couldn't I do it with my
Tioga-George Blog?
Blogger now has the instructions!
Tuning into Blogger's settings, led me to find the pages describing how to properly setup
a Custom Domain. Also, there were instructions how to setup a CName
