Saturday, April 10, 2010

Domain not working without www

This is a nasty problem that I had with my domain http://www.freecallshub.com. I have a blogger account and I hosted my blog at GoDaddy.com. I tried forwarding my domain using Godaddy's forwarding option but it will work only for few hours and then again it will stop working. I finally found a way to make it work.
The issue with this is that you need to tell Google that you want to forward your domain without www. This way the nameservers get updated and that way you can forward your domain.com to www.domain.com without any issue. To do this follow these steps.
1. Login to your blogger account
2. Go to Publishing under settings.
3. You will see a checkbox under your domain name which says forward your domain to www.domain as shown in picture below.






4. Check that box and save your settings.
It will take some time to update your name servers. Once they are updated you will be able to go to your website without typing www. This is the easiest way to do it.
If you do not see this option please switch to blogger domain and then publish it to custom domain again. Post comments if you can not get this working. I will put up a video tutorial on how to do this.
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39 comments:

  1. salmanAugust 30, 2010 at 1:12 AM

    ya i also see this problem many time

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  2. Emilee JoySeptember 4, 2010 at 3:36 PM

    I did this, several times, and it's still not working. Any suggestions?

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  3. lifepkNovember 24, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    setting is same like you describe here it's been still not working i think its a dns problem.

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  4. ProgrammerNovember 24, 2010 at 9:28 PM

    Dear Emilee and lifepk,
    When did you make the change? It might take 2-3 days for this information to propogate among different routers.

    Regards,
    Programmer

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  5. GiniApril 4, 2011 at 12:01 AM

    nice tip.
    Thank u

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  6. alapJuly 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    It is working for me. Thank you..

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  7. John ChristophersJuly 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    Thank you so much for the help! I really appreciate it.

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  8. ProgrammerJuly 24, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    My pleasure John!

    Regards,
    Programmer.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2012 at 6:56 AM

    Thank you, it worked for my blog :)

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  10. MaxsongzFebruary 23, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    Thanks, It works :)

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  11. WinsoftfreeFebruary 23, 2012 at 11:13 PM

    Wirks with my wordpress blog

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  12. fairuserFebruary 26, 2012 at 4:47 PM

    Thank you! I was really pulling my hair out on this one; thinking I had not set up the C Name correctly.

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  13. BosunMarch 15, 2012 at 10:44 AM

    I don't use blogger or WordPress. My site is pure HTML but its stii not working. What do I do?

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  14. Benny B BrewerMarch 27, 2012 at 1:21 AM

    Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for and I didn't even see it there first time I looked! You've got a follower now!! Thank you!

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  15. PK CareerApril 27, 2012 at 11:52 AM

    i have done these steps but i face this problem, my problem still is not solved any suggestion

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  16. Umar MuftiMay 5, 2012 at 4:53 AM

    Refer below URL
    http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/static.py?hl=en&ts=1233381&page=ts.cs

    And do the following:
    Go to DNS Control
    Modify/Add "A Host"
    Under "Host" enter: @
    Under "Points To" Enter the IP Address you obtained earlier.
    You are done! Site is forwarded without the www prefix when entered into address bar.

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  17. Justin EkemaOctober 10, 2012 at 8:21 PM

    That worked perfectly and nobody else can seem to find this page, but I did and I am glad for it.

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  18. MikeDecember 22, 2012 at 4:11 AM

    Thanks that worked Perfect!! I could get it to work prior but only for a short time.

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  19. Lowongan Kerja dan Karir TerbaruJanuary 2, 2013 at 12:01 AM

    Thanks, it works perfectly.

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  20. betting2x1March 10, 2013 at 11:37 AM

    Thank Mate this work V E R Y NICE !!! :D

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  21. Lowongan KerjaApril 10, 2013 at 8:37 PM

    its correct, ever experienced this sort of thing and exactly the same explanation to what I do

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  22. Toko Sepatu GrosirMay 8, 2013 at 4:52 AM

    Thank you! I was really pulling my hair out on this one; thinking I had not set up the C Name correctly.

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  23. Klik Lowongan PekerjaanMay 8, 2013 at 4:54 AM

    so nice broo

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  24. GuilhermeJune 11, 2013 at 6:30 AM

    thanks

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  25. AdminJune 13, 2013 at 4:53 AM

    i already did it yesterday, and i am waiting the time it works, hope its soon, thanks admin for this great post @@

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  26. UnknownJuly 18, 2013 at 11:43 AM

    Thanks, it worked for me...missed this earlier

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  27. Cole NussbaumerJuly 21, 2013 at 11:24 AM

    Thanks for these instructions, but I'm still having issues. When I enter "@" as Hostname in GoDaddy, I get the error: "Your hostname cannot contain invalid characters". Any idea what else I can try here? I've already modified my Publisher settings in Blogger, but my site only comes up if you enter the www prefix (www.storytellingwithdata.com).

    Thanks for your help!

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  28. Toko sepatu MurahDecember 8, 2013 at 8:26 PM

    ada blog yang berbahasa Indonesia ga bos
    soalnya aneh gak nerti bahasa asing

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  29. Khalid RashidJanuary 16, 2014 at 6:29 PM

    thanks man i do it gsmhoster.com

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  30. Brother BearSeptember 25, 2014 at 11:46 PM

    thanks.. :)

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  31. Sridhar RathodOctober 22, 2014 at 6:54 AM

    its not working with me

    it is showing this is parked free at godaddy.com

    help me out to resolve this problem.

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  32. Baba's RenuNovember 3, 2014 at 8:27 PM

    still not working - chefveeru.com

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  33. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2015 at 9:53 PM

    its worked for me......my blog/site fullpkgames.tk

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  34. Zee MarkJanuary 8, 2015 at 8:44 AM

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  35. UnknownMarch 3, 2015 at 12:22 AM

    Thanks for conformation

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  38. Kenneth C. AgudoNovember 15, 2017 at 6:01 PM

    Wow thanks this works for me :)

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