With Blogger to your own Domain - you can make these settings in the Dashboard
On the Dashboard of Blogger, you can add the redirection of your blog to a new Domain. To do this, you need to connect, of course, first of all, a Domain with a Provider.
- Call your Blog through the Dashboard of Blogger on.
- In the side menu on "settings" in the "Basic settings".
- Under the blog address, click on the Link to "+ URL, in the case of a third-party provider for my Blog setup."
- In the window "Advanced settings" and enter then in the URL of your new Domain in the input field. Make sure that you enter at the beginning "www.". Otherwise, you'll get a message that the Blog cannot be redirected. Click on "Save".
- Now you need to change DNS settings for your Provider.
With the recent Domain move
New Domain: a CNAME in the Provider to enter
The move from Blogger to your own Domain to make Changes in the DNS settings are necessary. We will show you the procedure for the Domain provider Strato. Here is the DNS setting CNAME only works for Subdomains, so you need to purchase a Hosting package. Checkdomain.de offers CNAME entries for your Domain, without the need to purchase a package. The procedure is the same:
- Log-in to a new browser window at Strato or check domain, and navigate to the desired Domain. At Strato, you can click on the Button "manage", in the case of check domain to "configuration" > "check domain-Nameserver".
- They open at Strato now the "DNS settings" and click "manage" behind "CNAME Record".
- Strato: Enable you to change the "CNAME entry", a text field will appear. Copy here the Blogger has specified entry, check the box next to the note of Strato, and apply the settings. At the time of check domain select "domain services" > "Blogger" and enable the "domain settings".
- You can switch back to the Browser with the Blogger Dashboard and click on "Save".
- It takes usually 3-6 hours, until the move to the new Domain is set up.
CNAME settings at Strato
In a further practical tip we show how you with a Blogger to Wordpress move.
