Republishing A Custom Domain Blog

Sometimes, when you are publishing a blog to a custom domain, you'll have a problem with the settings. Some settings problems can only be solved by repeating the publishing process. But you can't repeat the process - once a blog is published to a URL, you can't just publish again, to the domain URL.

In some cases, you have to publish the blog back to BlogSpot, then re publish to the domain. In other cases, you have to return the blog to a BlogSpot publishing, so you can solve some problems now - and return to the domain publishing, at some unknown time in the future.

This is all done from the Settings - Publishing wizard, which you access from the Blogger dashboard - and it's as easy as 1 - 2 - 3 - 4.

1. Always start by getting a new ownership verification token, and adding it to the domain DNS address list. Pay careful attention to DNS address entry conventions! If you are instructed to add a "CNAME", you do have to add a "CNAME" - regardless of older instructions!
2. If the blog is currently published to the non BlogSpot domain, you'll simply have to click on the "X", to re publish to the previous BlogSpot URL.
3. Click on

   Add a custom domain

4. Now, you have several possibilities.
   1. In many cases, you will be republishing to an otherwise properly purchased domain. Click on

      Switch to advanced settings

      The previously used custom domain should be already displayed, in the Advanced settings window. Click on the Save button, and your domain should be online.
   2. Occasionally, the domain was not successfully purchased, even though the BlogSpot URL redirects. Alternately, you may have let the domain expire - and you now have to buy a new domain. In either case, you have to purchase a domain, again.
5. OK, it couldn't be quite that simple, could it? Don't forget to select

   Redirect mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com

   if desired - and if you are not publishing to the domain root.

Solve the CAPTCHAs handily enough, and you can be done in 5 minutes. It's 5 minutes well spent, too.

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For more details on the re publishing process, see Roberto's Report: Re-Publishing to blogspot.com, and back to a Custom Domain.

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