How To Setup/Host Custom Domain On Blogger

Blogger has already introduced custom domain name. If you purchase a domain name through Blogger, there’s no issue in setting it up because Blogger automatically configures CNAME. However if you purchased the domain name separately, you have to manually configure it. This post I’m going to show you how to host your own domain name on Blogger.
Mainly you have to follow 4 major steps, they are:

1. Adding custom domain on Blogger
2. Getting your domain ownership verification token
3. Change DNS (Domain Name System) settings
4. Verifying Domain name ownership on Blogger

If you don’t have a Blogger account first you have to create it, if you have a Google account you already have a Blogger account, so just log-in to Blogger.

Step 1: Adding custom domain on Blogger

1. Go to http://www.blogger.com/.
2. Now if you already have a blog, select which blog should use the new custom domain name.
3. Go to your selected blog's “Settings > Basic”.
4. Under the “Publishing”, click “Add custom domain”.
5. Now in the “Advanced settings” type your new domain name URL.
6. Click “Save” button. Then Blogger should display this error: “We have not been able to verify your authority to this domain. Error 12. Please follow the settings instructions.”
7. Click “settings instructions”. If you click this link before that error (above), you can’t configure CNAME correctly.

Step 2: Getting your domain ownership verification token

1. Now you will be redirected to the “How do I use a custom domain name for my blog?” page.
2. On this page, tick the “On a top-level domain (www.example.com).” option.
3. Once you’ve chosen an option, setup instructions appear. At the beginning of the instructions you should see something similar to the screenshot below. Pay attention to the two codes highlighted in the screenshot. Those are your domain ownership token. In my example the codes are “J6VKJNRFUXD3" and “gv-JWLTPCFOOA27RPMP3PPRPPW4KZUGVEMMZK365WBH4UHOPYEFUBMA.domainverify.googlehosted.com.”. Your token will be different. 

Step 3: Change DNS settings

1. Go to your domain name registrar’s “DNS console” panel and log-in.
2. Navigate to the “Host Records” click edit.
3. Add a CNAME (Canonical Name) record.
   • For Host Name/Name/Label or Host” field, enter “www” without quotes and
   • For Address/Destination/Target or Points To field, enter “ghs.google.com” without the quotes.
4. Now add another CNAME record. This is for domain ownership verification. 
   • In the Host Name field, paste the first code you get in step 2.3, ex: "J6VKJNRFUXD3".
   • In the Destination field, paste the second code, ex: “gv-JWLTPCFOOA27RPMP3PPRPPW4KZUGVEMMZK365WBH4UHOPYEFUBMA.domainverify.googlehosted.com.”.
   (Use your own codes generated in step 2.3, don’t use the two codes above).
5. Now we should add A (Address) records. If you already have A records, modify them. If not, click “Add” button.
6. You have to add 4 separate A records, pointing to the following Google IP addresses:
   • 216.239.32.21
   • 216.239.34.21
   • 216.239.36.21
   • 216.239.38.21
7. Enter each IP into an “Address” field. In the corresponding “Host Name” field, enter your domain’s naked URL (without “www”, e.g example.com).
8. Finally click “Save” button and wait for a few minutes to update all your domain settings.

Step 4: Update your Blogger settings

1. Now go back to “Settings > Basic > Publishing” on Blogger and again enter your custom domain name with “www”.
2. Tick “redirect” option.
3. Finally click “Save” button. If it again displays “Unable to verify authority…” error, wait for a few hours to update your DNS settings and again add your domain name. This time no need to follow Host Records modifications, just add domain name to Blogger publishing section.
4. That’s it, now your blog has a custom domain name.

Posted By: Haxjer Hunt Tuesday, 28 January 2014

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How To Create Your Own Run Commands

There is no doubt that Microsoft Windows is the most widely used operating system in all parts of the world. Apart from being simple to use, it is quite rich in features as well, which makes our lives quite easy.
The Run command available on Windows operating system is one such power packed feature that lets you to open a document or an application instantly with the help of just 1 command. So, rather than clicking several icons or using multiple commands, you can use the Run command to open any program or document instantly.




But, do you know how to create your own run commands? Well, it is really easy, which involves just few steps. Through this article, I will help you understand how to access your favorite applications by creating custom Run commands.
Open Run Command
Before I show you how to create your own Run commands, let’s take a quick look on how to open Run Command. First of all, you need to open the Run window by just pressing the Windows Key along with the R key, i.e. Windows + R. Now, you have to type the name of the program that you desire to open up or execute. Unfortunately, not all programs can be accessed through this method. So, let me show you how to create Run commands that do not come as inbuilt commands.

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Step to Be Followed

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Step 1. The first step is to select the software or application for which you want to make custom Run command. For example, let us consider Google Chrome as the example here. Remember, you can choose any application other than which is already there in the Run command.

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Step 2. In the second step, right click on the desktop of your computer system and make a new shortcut.
Right click > New > Shortcut

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Step 3. As you select the Shortcut option in the 2nd Step, it will open up a dialog box. And, the dialog box will ask you path of the application or software for which you want to create the Run command.

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Step 4. Now, you need to browse through the files and choose the one that shows “chrome.exe”. Well, it is quite obvious that all the executable files can be found in the C drive (or wherever the Operating System has been installed), inside the folder “Program Files”. For example, “C:\Program Files\Google Chrome\chrome.exe”

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Step 5. Once you are done with Step number 4, just click on “Next” button and simply provide a relative name to that shortcut. Remember, the same name will be used later in the Run command.
For example, “GC” for Google Chrome

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Step 6. Now, click on the “Finish” button. Once it is done, an icon related to that application or software will show up on your computer’s screen. It means that the process of creating shortcut has been done successfully.

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Step 7. In this step, just cut and paste that recently made shortcut icon into your computer’s root drive, in its Windows folder.
For example, C:\ Windows , Make sure you are the administrator of the computer or have its password.

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Step 8. Now, you are done with the set up and can run the application through Run Command. Just go to Run and enter the keyword “GC”, and Google Chrome will begin executing.

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Posted By: Haxjer Hunt Wednesday, 13 November 2013

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