My 1and1 domain tutorial...

Finally, I have the time to set up my own tutorial for those who are still having trouble with making their 1and1 domain names to work like mine here. Well, it is not that complicated peeps. All I actually did was follow the BlogSpot/Blogger tutorial domain "name set up", and tinker with how to forward my domain to work the way I have it. I got to make both my domain name with the www prefix and the one without the www prefix to work just fine. So here, let me share my secret key to make them work. First, you log in, of course, then find and click "Domains or Manage Domains" and follow the blogger/BlogSpot tutorial; "set up instructions" with creating a "Sub domain". Yes, create a sub domain first by clicking "New" and choose "Create Sub domain", then fill in the blank with www and click "Ok". Next, select your sub domain; put a check in the box and find the "DNS" tab above and pick "Edit DNS Settings". As soon as the page opens, choose the "CNAME" to edit it. You will then see the "Alias*" input box, there you put in the ghs.google.com and you are good to go. But...oops! I think you need to check on the agreement square box...LOL-it's up to you I guess, and click "Ok" to be done with it. Next, let's work with getting your domain name that has no www prefix to cooperate with forwarding it to your blog. For that to be done, you need to select your default domain name yourdomainname.com and pick the "Destination" tab, there choose "Edit Destination" then select destination, on the pull down menu select "Forward Your Domain" and type in your BlogSpot blog url/web address: http://www.you.blogspot.com or better yet your custom domain name that has the www prefix: http://www.yourdomainname.com. For the forwarding type choose the "Frame Redirect" and lastly, provide all your information for the Title *, Meta description, and Meta keywords, then click "Ok" to finish. You are done except you need to set up your BlogSpot blog to work with your domain name. It's simple...you did that already, but if you haven't, do the following; log in to your BlogSpot blog, click "Setting" and choose "Custom Domain" and fill in the blank with your new custom domain name that has the www prefix www.yourdomainname.com and click "Save Settings" below. At last, your blog will work with your domain name now. You are all set, done!

P.S. I forgot to say that any changes made to the DNS settings, will take up to 24 hours, not to all but to most blogs.