How to create a custom domain name for blogger blogspot

Yesterday I bought a custom domain for my what is, why? blog.
It's very easy to setup a custom domain for your blogspot blog if you go through the inbuilt blogger process for buying a domain name for just $10 per year.

Goto blog settings



Goto Publishing



Click on Custom Domain



Check for availability of the domain name you need



Continue with the registration/payment (Google Checkout)



It will take upto 3 days to fully redirect all traffic from your old blogspot doamin to new domain name.

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What is, why? Now has a custom domain

www.whatiswhy.com is the new domain for what-is-why.blogspot.com
After 2 years of blogging I was finally able to go for a custom doamin name :)
After about 3 days all traffic will be redirected to www.whatiswhy.com

You may ask why do I need a custom domain, many people say varies things but for me it's pure self satisfaction and showing the world my dedication and seriousness for this blog.

Buying a custom domain is very easy with blogspot. You can register a custom domain for $10 (1 year) with Google (godaddy partner). All the setting up will be done for free and you also get a valuable Google App account free.
I will write a separate post on all the steps involved.

What started as a self discovering blog soon turned out to be an addiction.

http://www.whatiswhy.com

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How to add related posts in blogger - Blogger Related Posts Service Widget

Adding related posts right under a blog post is a good way to increase your page views and provide visitors with more options. There is no gadget in the blogger (blogspot) gadgets that will help you in related posts. So I looked for a code that matches my needs, finally I came across this awesome service created by Yu-Jie Lin.



These step will add related posts under you blog post.

1) Goto Layout -> Edit HTML -> Edit Template

2) TAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT TEMPLATE (DON'T SKIP)

3) Expand Widget Templates

4) Look for,

<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'/>  ...</div>

OR

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3' />

5) Add this code

<div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3'/>  ...</div>
<div id='related_posts'/>

OR

<p class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-3' />
<div id='related_posts'/>

6) Look at the end of the template code and Add this code before the </body> tag.

<script src='http://www.google.com/jsapi'/>
<script src='http://brps.appspot.com/brps.js' type='text/javascript'/>

You can find all the steps, customization and one click widget publishing tool in this site http://brps.appspot.com

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