tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480357.post81954405724420878..comments2008-05-02T14:06:17.153-04:00Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783404920615182265noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480357.post-1921204601407580552008-05-02T14:06:00.000-04:002008-05-02T14:06:00.000-04:002008-05-02T14:06:00.000-04:00Hey Maureen.<BR/>Try this tutorial:<BR/>http://y-oh-y.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-point-your-domain-name-to-blog.htmlNipponderer #1http://www.blogger.com/profile/14841434635778699854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480357.post-88498748009084922162008-04-24T16:07:00.000-04:002008-04-24T16:07:00.000-04:002008-04-24T16:07:00.000-04:00So maybe it is set up correctly? right now blog.mvgirl.net yields a 404. I figured I should get the same result as typing in ghs.google.com. But maybe I should suspend my disbelief and see what happens if I just take the next steps... Once I get brave :-)Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783404920615182265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480357.post-76189218925594027912008-04-23T23:35:00.000-04:002008-04-23T23:35:00.000-04:002008-04-23T23:35:00.000-04:00In the interim you can do what I did for my niece when I bought her a domain name. She uses blogger also. I just redirected the new domain I bought her back to the blogger URL. At the very least it is easier to tell folks to go to mvgirl.net then the long drawn out blogger URL.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271812630353300740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480357.post-60965930939419375952008-04-23T21:32:00.000-04:002008-04-23T21:32:00.000-04:002008-04-23T21:32:00.000-04:00It's not likely a bug.<BR/><BR/>The root of the DNS tree is "."<BR/><BR/>So ".com" is really ".com." <BR/><BR/>By convention, you can normally omit the trailing dot, but when you do that there are rules for completion that might apply.<BR/><BR/>In conventional applications, the rules are generally that if the name does not resolve exactly as it was typed, then the suffixes configured in the local machine's DNS search path are appended and additional attempt to resolve the name are made. Thus, if you had a host called "maureen.ibm.com", then from inside IBM you could just say "ping maureen" and your computer would find "maureen.ibm.com." and ping it. But if you entered "ping maureen.", it would not find it.<BR/><BR/>When configuring DNS entries, the rule is that if there is no trailing dot, it is relative to the parent domain for which you are creating the entry. Since your CNAME needs to point to a host tha tis outside your mvgirl.net domain, the trailing dot is required.Richard Schwartzhttp://www.powerofthewchwartz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480357.post-19894471765332012902008-04-23T21:27:00.000-04:002008-04-23T21:27:00.000-04:002008-04-23T21:27:00.000-04:00Let me know if you need help, I host quite a few things through ghs mapped domainsIdoNoteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066273905524270230noreply@blogger.com