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Congrats, that’s a catchy domain name you got there. I noticed it’s setup with a redirect, have you considered blogspot’s CNAME feature? It lets you host your

Congrats, that’s a catchy domain name you got there. I noticed it’s setup with a redirect, have you considered blogspot’s CNAME feature? It lets you host your blogspot blog at a custom domain like yours without redirecting to a subdomain. The benefit is if you ever switch where the content/blog is hosted, any links/bookmarks to your site can still work. They have a guide for various registrars (see below), but there’s likely a guide for whichever vendor you are using. https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/58317?hl=en https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/58317?hl=en

DoreenMichele 8y ago
Congrats, that’s a catchy domain name you got there. Thanks. It took some effort to come up with it. have you considered blogspot’s CNAME feature? No, I am not planning on using blogspot's CNAME feature. It breaks when you type in yourdomainname.com. You have to include the www for it to work. This is a bug that causes problems. I would rather it just be a redirect for now. That serves my stated purpose in buying a domain name. Given the budget for this project ($0) and my own finances (dicey, at best), I don't anticipate changing to paid hosting. Besides, I am quite fond of blogspot.
- StavrosK 8y ago
  You can use a static website generator and netlify.com, which is free and can be set up in minutes. I use it for my sites and I'm very happy with it.
- asimpletune 8y ago
  I'm really into https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com
  - DoreenMichele 8y ago
    Thanks. Could you tell me a little bit about why?
- gelstudios 8y ago
  I don’t currently use blogspot so I don’t know about that bug, or if they support multiple CNAME records. It’s not obvious but, using the same mechanism that allowed you redirect to blogspot will allow you to redirect the bare “@“ record (pocketputer.com) to www.pocketputer.com
  - DoreenMichele 8y ago
    Thanks. I will see if I can't resolve it on an existing site where I am using the CNAME feature. If I can, I might do that here as well.
  - DoreenMichele 8y ago
    Just an FYI: Since the last time I fussed with this, they fixed some of the issues that were problematic with custom domain names. One of those that I had forgotten was a security issue. So I do now have this set up as the actual domain name for the site and I think it all works without any weird security issues or bugs that I know of.

DoreenMichele 8y ago

Congrats, that’s a catchy domain name you got there. Thanks. It took some effort to come up with it. have you considered blogspot’s CNAME feature? No, I am not planning on using blogspot's CNAME feature. It breaks when you type in yourdomainname.com. You have to include the www for it to work. This is a bug that causes problems. I would rather it just be a redirect for now. That serves my stated purpose in buying a domain name. Given the budget for this project ($0) and my own finances (dicey, at best), I don't anticipate changing to paid hosting. Besides, I am quite fond of blogspot.

StavrosK 8y ago
You can use a static website generator and netlify.com, which is free and can be set up in minutes. I use it for my sites and I'm very happy with it.
asimpletune 8y ago
I'm really into https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  Thanks. Could you tell me a little bit about why?
gelstudios 8y ago
I don’t currently use blogspot so I don’t know about that bug, or if they support multiple CNAME records. It’s not obvious but, using the same mechanism that allowed you redirect to blogspot will allow you to redirect the bare “@“ record (pocketputer.com) to www.pocketputer.com
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  Thanks. I will see if I can't resolve it on an existing site where I am using the CNAME feature. If I can, I might do that here as well.
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  Just an FYI: Since the last time I fussed with this, they fixed some of the issues that were problematic with custom domain names. One of those that I had forgotten was a security issue. So I do now have this set up as the actual domain name for the site and I think it all works without any weird security issues or bugs that I know of.