{"id":6114,"date":"2014-09-09T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T04:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=6114"},"modified":"2022-04-06T17:47:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T09:47:49","slug":"10-easy-steps-domain-pointed-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/10-easy-steps-domain-pointed-website\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Easy Steps Having Your Domain Pointed to Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"10<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

10 Easy Steps Having Your Domain Pointed to Your <\/strong>Website<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Always wondered how to get your domain to your Blogger<\/a> ( Blogspot ) , Tumblr<\/a> or WordPress.com<\/a> website?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s 10 easy steps to having your domain pointed to your website :<\/p>\n

1) \u00a0When ordering a domain name<\/a> on the domain seller\u2019s secure order page, you are entitle to enjoy\u00a0free domain privacy protection (Whois protection).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

2) After receiving confirmation of your domain registration, enter the billing system of your domain seller ( example : billing.exabytes.sg\/mypanel\/clientarea.php<\/a>).<\/p>\n

3) Click on My Domains<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0 Then, click Manage Domain as shown below.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0 Make sure your Nameservers are set to OpenSRS default DNS. Save the settings. Then, click on DNS Management at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

ns1.systemdns.com<\/strong>
\nns2.systemdns.com<\/strong>
\nns3.systemdns.com<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"nameservers<\/p>\n

6) After that, click Manage DNS<\/strong> and create CNAME<\/strong> records and point it to your respective website.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Nameservers,<\/p>\n

\"DNS\"DNS<\/p>\n

Blogger \u2013 (Beware, there is a dot behind) :
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For domains, add to CNAME at DNS Management ,<\/strong><\/p>\n

www \u2013 CNAME ( Alias )- ghs.google.com.<\/p>\n

* \u2013 CNAME ( Alias ) \u2013 ghs.google.com.<\/p>\n

Optional option: After add the both CNAME, You can also enter A-records, which links your domain (without \u201cwww\u201d) to an actual site (www.example.com). If you skip this step, visitors who leave off the \u201cwww\u201d will see an error page.<\/p>\n

Tumblr :<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For domains, add to CNAME a<\/strong>t DNS Management ,<\/strong><\/p>\n

@ \u2013 A ( Address ) \u2013 66.6.44.4<\/strong><\/p>\n

www \u2013 CNAME ( Alias ) \u2013 domains.tumblr.com<\/p>\n

For subdomains, add :<\/strong><\/p>\n

blog \u2013 CNAME ( Alias ) \u2013 domains.tumblr.com<\/p>\n

WordPress.com :
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For domains, update your nameservers respectively :<\/strong><\/p>\n

NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
\nNS2.WORDPRESS.COM
\nNS3.WORDPRESS.COM<\/p>\n

For sub-domains, add to CNAME at DNS Management :<\/strong><\/p>\n

subdomain.yourdomain.com. \u2013 CNAME ( Alias ) \u2013 yourblog.wordpress.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Example for subdomain :<\/strong><\/p>\n

blog.abc.com \u2013 CNAME ( Alias ) \u2013 abc.wordpress.com<\/p>\n

After that, remove other records if there is any.<\/p>\n

Save the settings and continue with the post log-in steps.<\/p>\n

Blogger ( Blogspot ) :<\/strong><\/h2>\n

7. After an hour or so, go to your Blogger ( Blogspot ) dashboard and click Settings.<\/p>\n

8. Under Basics section, go to Publishing, where you will see your current blogspot address.<\/p>\n

9. Click on Set up a third-party URL for your blog.<\/p>\n

\"Publishing<\/p>\n

\"Publishing<\/p>\n

10. Enter your own domain and save. And that\u2019s about it ! It should take around 24 hours for the domain to be pointed to your blogspot website. If you are still seeing the error, try again and repeat the whole process.<\/p>\n

Tumblr :
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n

7. Click Settings (the gear icon) at the top of your Dashboard and the blog you would like to update on the right side of the page.<\/p>\n

\"Tumblr<\/p>\n

8. Click the pencil to the right of the username section and enable \u201cUse a custom domain.\u201d and enter your domain or subdomain.<\/p>\n

\"tumblr<\/p>\n

9. Click \u201cTest your domain\u201d Correct the problems if there is any. Keep testing your domain until it is successful.<\/p>\n

\"tumblr<\/p>\n

10. Hit \u201cSave\u201d and you are done ! After re-configuring your domain, you must wait up to 72 hours for the changes to take effect.<\/p>\n

When you visit the subdomain or domain, you should see a Tumblr error page \u2014 this means that the domain is correctly pointing to Tumblr, but that your blog hasn\u2019t been configured to use it yet.<\/p>\n

WordPress.com :<\/strong><\/h3>\n

7. Once you logged into your main WordPress Reader dashboard, click the \u201cMy Sites\u201d tab on the upper left header.<\/p>\n

\"WordPress<\/p>\n

8. Click\u00a0Domains and click on button to \u201cMap an Existing Domain\u201d. Enter your domain and click the\u00a0Go\u00a0<\/strong>button.<\/p>\n

\"WordPress<\/p>\n

\"WordPress<\/p>\n

9. If the name servers or DNS management is set correctly, your domain should be able to be mapped.<\/p>\n

\"WordPress<\/p>\n

10. Finally, after mapping your domain onto WordPress.com, just update your domain or sub-domain as your primary domain at \u201cMy Domains\u201d and your domain will be pointed to your website given around 72 hours for completion.<\/p>\n

If it is unable to see the change, clear your browser cache and try again.<\/p>\n

\"WordPress<\/p>\n

Still searching for the perfect domain name<\/a> for your redirect? You should check our SG Domain Name<\/a> too. Exabytes SG Domain name come with FREE DNS Management, and you can manage your DNS records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10 Easy Steps Having Your Domain Pointed to Your Website Always wondered how to get your domain to your Blogger ( Blogspot ) , Tumblr or WordPress.com website? Here\u2019s 10 easy steps to having your domain pointed to your website : 1) \u00a0When ordering a domain name on the domain seller\u2019s secure order page, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[35,36,80,81,109,134,152,215,221,225,231,232,246,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-6114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sharing-tips-for-success","8":"tag-blogger","9":"tag-blogspot","10":"tag-dns","11":"tag-domain","12":"tag-facebook","13":"tag-hosting","14":"tag-microblog","15":"tag-singapore","16":"tag-social-media","17":"tag-steps","18":"tag-tumblr","19":"tag-twitter","20":"tag-website","21":"tag-wordpress"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/blogspot1.gif?fit=540%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbHhPQ-1AC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6114"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22740,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114\/revisions\/22740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}