| Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | lauratj | 4/17/12 4:18 PM | I'm trying to set up a custom domain name with godaddy yesterday following instructions on this link http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/static.py?hl=en&ts=1233381&page=ts.cs - pretty simple and straight forward however when I saved I've got this e |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | Nitecruzr - Blogger Top Contributor | 4/17/12 4:42 PM | What's the BlogSpot and domain URLs? [FAQ] What's Your BlogSpot And / Or Domain URL? |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | Ruth Clark | 4/17/12 5:54 PM | Mine did the same. It transferred the GoDaddy name successfully, but now my old name has yet to redirect, and it's been over 48 hours. My domain is feather http://spirit.com, and I need my old name (http://ruth-writes.com) to redirect there. |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | lauratj | 4/17/12 6:17 PM | My blog URL is http://halfhalfprojects.blogspot.com.au/ And the domain is http://www.halfhalf.me |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | Nitecruzr - Blogger Top Contributor | 4/17/12 6:30 PM | Did you use the New Blogger GUI (orange / tan on white) - or the Classic Blogger GUI (brown / dark blue) - when you got the "bX-wj5l1f"? |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | lauratj | 4/17/12 8:41 PM | That one was from the new blogger. I used the old classic blogger yesterday though and it didn't work either - from memory I think it has a different error code generated but I didn't report it. |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | lauratj | 4/18/12 8:47 PM | Hello, wonder if you have any updates for me or if the issue has been resolved yet? Shall I give it another go today? |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | Nitecruzr - Blogger Top Contributor | 4/18/12 8:50 PM | Blogger Support claimed to have resolved some custom domain issues last night, so yes give this one a go. |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | lauratj | 4/18/12 9:04 PM | It's working perfectly now, thanks so much!! I just have one more question while you're here - the blog is now set up for http://www.halfhalf.me, but when I typed in http://halfhalf.me in the address it goes to an error 404. Is this something that I can fix with t |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | Nitecruzr - Blogger Top Contributor | 4/18/12 9:17 PM | An HTTP trace shows a problem, and some clues. http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/11/diagnosing-problems-with-custom-domains_11.html Sending request: GET / HTTP/1.1 Host: http://halfhalf.me User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:11.0) Gecko/20100101 |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | lauratj | 4/19/12 4:51 AM | I've just changed the setting on godaddy to redirect http://halfhalf.me to http://www.halfhalf.me - was this what I meant to do? It might not work straight away? I might check back tomorrow if I'm still getting the 404 error. |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | Nitecruzr - Blogger Top Contributor | 4/19/12 6:34 AM | Bingo. http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/11/diagnosing-problems-with-custom-domains_11.html |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | lauratj | 4/21/12 1:31 AM | Everything works perfectly for me now, thanks so much you've been a great help!! |
| Re: Error when setting up custom domain with godaddy | Nitecruzr - Blogger Top Contributor | 4/21/12 1:41 AM | Kewl. Thanks for the feedback! http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2006/09/peer-support-it-works-only-if-you-help.html |