> On Jan 22, 8:40 am, Melanism wrote:
> > I followed the instructions for the DNS settings last week but it
> > still hasn't gone through. My recent posts haven't published and my
> > layout hasn't changed.
> > My domain is registered as "melanism.com" but for the CNAME record, i
> > had to put "www.melanism.com." Is that the problem?
> > Sean
> Sean,
> Here's what I see so far:
> C:\>ping melanism.com
> Pinging melanism.com [216.39.58.194] with 32 bytes of data:
> Reply from 216.39.58.194: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=56
> Reply from 216.39.58.194: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=56
> Reply from 216.39.58.194: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=56
> Reply from 216.39.58.194: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=56
> Ping statistics for 216.39.58.194:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 99ms, Maximum = 101ms, Average = 100ms
> C:\>pingwww.melanism.com
> Pinging ghs.l.google.com [64.233.179.121] with 32 bytes of data:
> Reply from 64.233.179.121: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=245
> Reply from 64.233.179.121: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=245
> Reply from 64.233.179.121: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=245
> Reply from 64.233.179.121: bytes=32 time=103ms TTL=245
> Ping statistics for 64.233.179.121:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 78ms, Maximum = 103ms, Average = 96ms
> So the primary domain "melanism.com" is directed to Yahoo still.
> p12w3.geo.re4.yahoo.com (216.39.58.194)
> 216.39.48.0 - 216.39.63.255
> AltaVista Company
> You need "CNAME" referrals for both "www.melanism.com" and
> "melanism.com", if you want to use both for the custom domain. Or do
> you have the primary domain intentionally directed to Yahoo? I don't
> know enough yet about how you're using YSB.
> http://bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/2007/09/google-custom-domain......
> Chuck [Blog*Star 2006 - 2008]
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