Create & Connect a Freenom Subdomain to your Blogger Website
A subdomain is a domain name that is part of a larger domain name. For example, the subdomain "blog" is part of the domain name "example.com". Subdomains are often used to create different sections of a website, such as a blog, a forum, or an online store.
In this article, we will show you how to create and connect a Freenom subdomain to your Blogger website. Freenom is a free domain registrar that offers a variety of domain names, including subdomains.
To create and connect a Freenom subdomain to your Blogger website, you will need the following:
- A Freenom account
- A Blogger account
- The subdomain name that you want to create
Once you have these things, you can follow the steps below:
- Create a subdomain in Freenom.
- Connect the subdomain to your Blogger website.
We will walk you through each of these steps in detail in the following sections.
To create a subdomain in Freenom, you will need to:
- Go to the Freenom website and log in to your account.
- Click on the "My Domains" tab.
- Select the domain that you want to create a subdomain for.
- Click on the "Manage Domain" button.
- Scroll down to the "DNS Management" section.
- Click on the "Add New Record" button.
- In the "Record Type" field, select "CNAME".
- In the "Name" field, enter the subdomain name that you want to create.
- In the "Target" field, enter the domain name or IP address that you want the subdomain to point to.
- Click on the "Add Record" button.
For example, if you want to create a subdomain called "blog" for your domain "example.com", you would enter the following information in the DNS management section:
- Record Type: CNAME
- Name: blog
- Target: example.tk
Once you have added the subdomain record, it can take up to 24 hours for it to take effect.
Here are some additional things to keep in mind when creating a subdomain in Freenom:
- The subdomain name must be unique.
- The subdomain name cannot be longer than 63 characters.
- The subdomain name cannot contain any spaces or special characters.
- The subdomain name cannot be a reserved word.
To connect a Freenom subdomain to a Blogger website, you will need to:
- Create a subdomain in Freenom, as described above.
- Go to your Blogger account and click on the Settings tab.
- In the Publishing section, click on Custom Domain.
- In the Custom domain field, enter the subdomain name that you created in Freenom.
- Click on the Save button.
It can take up to 24 hours for the subdomain to connect to your Blogger website.
Here are some additional things to keep in mind when connecting a Freenom subdomain to a Blogger website:
- The subdomain name must match the domain name that you entered in the Blogger settings.
- The subdomain name must be pointed to the Blogger website's IP address.
- You may need to wait for the DNS changes to propagate before the subdomain will be accessible.
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