Custom domain customised

How easy was that?! I wanted to use my own domain to 'host' my blog.

I looked at going down the FTP publishing route, but that requires the articles to be published to my host, thus using disk quota (albeit only a tiny amount of space).

Using a custom domain for my blog requires one update to my domain settings - I want to use an address like blog.spfweb.co.uk, so I just followed blogger's instructions on using custom domains

My host provider is UK based 34SP.COM. They allow you to update your own DNS records:

1. Login to your account at 34SP


2. Click the 'more' link next to your hosting account


3. Scroll to the DNS MANAGEMENT section


4. Add a new DNS record:




• Record type: 'CNAME'


• Domain: the prefix for the domain, in my case 'blog'


• Canonical name: enter 'ghs.google.com' (no trailing dot), and the drop down next to it should be '.'


• Click 'add record'

You will have to wait up to 24 hours before the changes take effect. Use dig or other name lookup tool to confirm that your new host name resolves to ghs.google.com.

When the update has taken effect, continue with the instructions to update your blog's publishing settings. (If you don't wait for the DNS changes at 34SP to take effect but continue with changing your blog's publishing settings, your blog will be inaccessible for a while until the changes take effect.)