For Blogger users, custom domain redirects are handled on Google's end. Unfortunately, Google Apps does not currently have that handy redirect www.yourdmain.com to yourdomain.com feature. So that means if you want your web site create with Google Apps Web Pages accessible from both the primary domain and the www subdomain, you have to setup a 301/302 redirect - otherwise known as domain forwarding.
For GoDaddy domains this is rather quick and painless to set up. We will start with the DNS settings first and then it is just a matter of making one settings change in Google Apps.
Before we start, if you purchased your domain via Google Apps or Blogger, you may have some extra Google IPs (64.233.179.121, 66.249.81.121, 72.14.207.121 ofr example) floating around in your A records that will give you headaches. Delete them before you start the DNS configuration process.
First create or edit the www CNAME record to point at ghs.google.com by logging into GoDaddy and pulling up the Total DNS settings for the domain you are editing:
Then edit the Forwarding settings for your primary domain to point at your www subdomain:
Now, you may have to wait fifteen to twenty minutes for domain forwarding to activate, but once it has, typing in yourdomain.com in your web browser will automatically redirect to www.yourdomain.com.
To set up Web Pages to show up at your custom domain, log in to Google Apps and browse to your Web Pages settings:
Click on Change URL:
And make sure that your Web Pages URL is set to your custom www subdomain:
If you have followed all these steps, yourdomain.com will redirect to www.yourdomain.com and show your Google Apps Web Pages.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Setting Up Google Apps Web Pages For GoDaddy Domains
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Hi,This is interesting.
But how would you point your domain say xyz.com to your blogspot blog like xyz.blogspot.com ??
I use eNOM btw. But i have the solution to the 'www.' problem.
I think there is a more elegant way of making www.domain.com and domain.com point to the same server than using forwarding.
Create an additional CNAME record that is identical to the www entry, but replace the www with domain.com.
Now you won't be sending browsers the 300 and 301 error messages that comes when you implement redirecting.
jaklang,
Create a subdomain xyz.
Then follow the steps I mentioned in my previous post.
Create a CNAME for xyz.blogspot.com that points to the same server that xyz.com (and I'm assuming www.xyz.com) points too.
I meant 301/302, not 300/301 in my previous post.
Are the NS27 and NS28 the name servers for google apps.
So should this be changed as well in godaddy.
Currently I have mine set up to NS01 and NS02
Thanks
Hi. Thanks for the detailed help. I have followed your instructions but when I type in my domain www.chouselive.org I get an error:
server not found error 404.
what am I doing wrong?
@Car:
Yeah, I have the same 404 Not Found error.
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