One of the more frustrating steps involved in setting up a custom domain comes with entry of the DNS addresses, into the domain host or registrar's Domain Manager wizard. Whether you are setting up a new domain, just purchased directly from a registrar - or re publishing an existing domain, purchased using "Buy a domain" - the addition of the proper DNS addresses is essential to successful custom domain publishing.
Sometimes, you just can't get the domain manager wizard to accept what you are provided by "settings instructions". Other times, you enter the proper values, your Zone Update is accepted by the domain manager wizard - and the Blogger Publishing wizard rejects your attempts.
Even after repeated attempts to publish your blog to the domain, you can get another "Another blog ..." error - maybe an "Error 12" or variant. This may be in spite of the fact that you are retrieving a new "Name" / "Destination" periodically from "settings instructions", and dutifully adding or updating the domain ownership verification "CNAME" Alternately, you may just be adding the base DNS "A" or "CNAME" addresses.
Every blog owner needs to realise that the Domain Manager wizards have conventions for entry of both the "Name" ("Label" / "Host"), and the "Destination" ("Target" / "Points To") values in the DNS address records ("Zone Entry"). The conventions used will vary, from Domain Manager to Domain Manager - and the differing conventions will affect the success of your domain publishing attempts.
In some cases, the Domain Manager will immediately reject your entry, if you mis enter the value. In other cases, the entry will be accepted - but Blogger will reject your attempts to publish. Either scenario can be caused by misentry of either the "Name" or "Destination" value, and your overlooking the differences between "absolute" vs "relative" addresses.
This problem is observed by some as the mysterious "period" / "full stop".
Here, I will note that this problem is one which neither Blogger nor Google can resolve. Whether you purchased the domain using "Buy a domain" - or directly from the registrar - if you must use the Domain Manager wizard provided by the DNS Host / Registrar, your understanding of the conventions observed by that Domain Manager are your responsibility. There are conventions for the "Name" and for the "Destination" values - and you have to find out, and follow, each.
For a domain of "mydomain.com", you will probably enter the published address - "www.mydomain.com" - as "www". This says that the "Name" value is "relative" to the domain URL. You can't enter the domain root, "mydomain.com", as "mydomain.com" - as this would give you a DNS address of "mydomain.com.mydomain.com" - and yet another "Another blog ..." error. You will probably need to enter the domain root as "@" or a similar special character. This, too, is your responsibility to verify.
If you are asking for help in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, and I am advising you, I'll be asking you for three essential values.
Sometimes, you just can't get the domain manager wizard to accept what you are provided by "settings instructions". Other times, you enter the proper values, your Zone Update is accepted by the domain manager wizard - and the Blogger Publishing wizard rejects your attempts.
Even after repeated attempts to publish your blog to the domain, you can get another "Another blog ..." error - maybe an "Error 12" or variant. This may be in spite of the fact that you are retrieving a new "Name" / "Destination" periodically from "settings instructions", and dutifully adding or updating the domain ownership verification "CNAME" Alternately, you may just be adding the base DNS "A" or "CNAME" addresses.
Every blog owner needs to realise that the Domain Manager wizards have conventions for entry of both the "Name" ("Label" / "Host"), and the "Destination" ("Target" / "Points To") values in the DNS address records ("Zone Entry"). The conventions used will vary, from Domain Manager to Domain Manager - and the differing conventions will affect the success of your domain publishing attempts.
In some cases, the Domain Manager will immediately reject your entry, if you mis enter the value. In other cases, the entry will be accepted - but Blogger will reject your attempts to publish. Either scenario can be caused by misentry of either the "Name" or "Destination" value, and your overlooking the differences between "absolute" vs "relative" addresses.
This problem is observed by some as the mysterious "period" / "full stop".
- If you omit the period, and it is required, the Zone Update may take place - but the Blogger Publishing wizard will overlook or reject the resulting DNS address.
- If you add the period, and it is not allowed, the Zone Update will reject your attempt.
Here, I will note that this problem is one which neither Blogger nor Google can resolve. Whether you purchased the domain using "Buy a domain" - or directly from the registrar - if you must use the Domain Manager wizard provided by the DNS Host / Registrar, your understanding of the conventions observed by that Domain Manager are your responsibility. There are conventions for the "Name" and for the "Destination" values - and you have to find out, and follow, each.
For a domain of "mydomain.com", you will probably enter the published address - "www.mydomain.com" - as "www". This says that the "Name" value is "relative" to the domain URL. You can't enter the domain root, "mydomain.com", as "mydomain.com" - as this would give you a DNS address of "mydomain.com.mydomain.com" - and yet another "Another blog ..." error. You will probably need to enter the domain root as "@" or a similar special character. This, too, is your responsibility to verify.
If you are asking for help in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, and I am advising you, I'll be asking you for three essential values.
- The BlogSpot URL.
- The domain URL.
- The "Name" value provided by the "settings instructions" document.
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