Custom Domain Publishing, And The 404 Error
When you work with a custom domain, after enduring / working around the frustration of DNS setup, and later the monolithic error "Another blog ...", you still see yet an error after you finally manage to publish your blog "myblog.blogspot.com" to "www.mycustomdomain.com". In some cases, this is seen after you add Google Apps to your custom domain.
Not Foundor its equivalent in another browser
Error 404
Live Search
Were you looking for: My Custom Domain?
When that happens, there's just one way to recover.
- If you haven't done so already, and if you're able to do so, correct your DNS setup.
- If you just removed or edited a DNS entry, examine the TTL value of the entry in question. To improve your chances of getting through this without seeing "Another blog ...", do nothing for a period of time equal to the TTL value!
- Publish the blog back to "myblog.blogspot.com".
- Publish the blog, again, to "www.mycustomdomain.com", using the "Advanced Settings" wizard.
- If you get the well known "Another blog ..." error, deal with that.
In some cases, you may have to publish back, then forward, twice in succession before this workaround will take effect. You're still looking at maybe 15 minutes of work, much less time than it took me to write this article. Though do not omit step 2 - better to be safe than sorry. Always allow time for TTL latency.
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I'm having this problem with www.daddyslittletaxcredits.com
How long do I have to wait after re-publishing to blogspot before I can again publish to a custom domain? Can I do it right away?
Vanilla,
By my reasoning, any improvement should be seen immediately. Just do 1 - 2 - 3, in sequence.
thanks for the help.. my blog is working now ... www.pinoyexpatuae.com
Thanks for this info it fixed mine which started doing a 404 out of the blue. I had to do it twice for it to work.
Excellent advice.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
Hello!!
This REALLY work!!! Thank you very, very much!!!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!
Wow, great job. I've been looking for hours online for a way to fix this problem, and your quick fix got it done in a matter of seconds. Thanks a ton, man!
Hi!
Thanks for great information, and yes it worked for us also! Both adresses work (www. and without) We just had to wait 15 min to see the result.
BUT... Now for the bad part; Our email account dosent work anymore, and we are a little desperate at this point because we sent a LOT of emails out the day before we changed things according to this site (1 week ago),and nothing has happened since (we havent recieved anything). So I tried to send a mail from my personal mail, and it never entered the inbox. I didnt get a mailerdemon mail either, so the mails are out there some where (lets hope that!!)
...So I sent a mail to godaddy support earlier today, and this is the answer they sent me:
You currently have a CNAME record (alias) that is refering to ghs.google.com for your domain playmedesign.com. You need to have the CNAME record removed in order to use our E-mail accounts.
But thats what I have to do to make the adresses work, right??!
Hmm, they are obviously made at me for doing it in another way, and they don't want to help me...
So, can anybody help me so I don't have to start all over?? I'm not THAT technical, and reaaaly don't want to spend a couple of days again searching the web for answers etc etc. Why is it so difficult to buy a domain!!! Arggh...
(I've probably spent a week all together on this shit.. Sorry, just a little frustrated here!)
thanx,
nat
PMD,
I wish I had better news, but we are just learning about DNS and "CNAME" referrals, and generally only for domains with very simple setups (ie nothing complex like "MX" records).
If your domain uses "MX" records (to what? maybe "mail.playmedesign.com"?), and if GoDaddy has setup their servers so adding a "CNAME" referral causes a conflict with the "MX" record, then you may have to make a choice.
My guess is, you'll have to forgo addressing the blog as "playmedesign.com", and only address it as "www.playmedesign.com". At least, you published to "www.playmedesign.com", so you just have to remove the "CNAME" for the primary domain, as GoDaddy suggests.
Hi! I've done the 3 steps, waited for 15 minutes. but without luck. Still receiving the error 404.
Ive reported the bx error but havent got any reply from blogger. grrr...
Any other tips to fix this? Thanks.
by the way, i've stumbled your blog:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/blogging.nitecruzr.net/
Apol,
I'm working on your problem, in your Blogger Help Group thread, but knowing the BlogSpot URL of the blog would be a big help.
Thank you - Thank you - Thank you! This has been such an aggravating and frustrating problem for me for months. I don't know how many times I've made forays out into the internet world and into the Blogger Help Forums trying to find an answer. You did it. It took all of 3 minutes to fix just exactly how you said to do it. I'm bookmarking you for sure. Thanks again.
Cheers dude :-)
i'm having the same problem with bangthebox.net, the fix works temporarily then goes back to 404.
frustrating, watching readership just tank.
Jorge,
Have you posted already in GBH: Something Is Broken, and I missed the post? If so, my apologies. I've been predicting that this problem would surface. I'd like to point Blogger towards your problem, and I need an open forum thread to start the ball rolling.
ASAP.
Thanks a lot Chuck! Your trick made my blog _foundable_ again!
Hi there,
I registered my custom domain(http://www.focuskeralam.com) but I am receiving the same error (404). As suggested by you, I republished to blogspot and tried again. but nothing happens. I am getting a message. "Another blog is already hosted at this address". Could you please guide me.
Hi Kusumban,
Now, what you must do is recycle your Google Apps settings.
Thank you, u help my life :P
I got your answer from Google Groups
I don't have a custom domain and my blogs displaying the "Not Found 404 Error" on a blank white screen on the top left.
What do I do?
URL= onlinegamestar.blogspot.com
I tried the 3 steps and they worked just fine, but just for a week. I´m having the same problem again. It´s been less than a month since i bought my own domain, so do you think that might be the problem?
Eduardo,
I'll pass this to Blogger Support, if you can provide the domain URL, and if you can wait for a day or so.
We'll see if they can diagnose the problem, with some authority.
Hello nitecruzr,
thanks for replying for my post in bloger help group. you solved by giving me this link.
i tried above mentioned 1 to 3 steps, started to work immediately..
i just tried 4 to 5 times that sequence..
Thanks
Sree
Hello, I'm getting the 404 error for my domain www.gausster.com
I can't even publish my blog back to the blogspot.com address because I get a bX-f42977 blogger error.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
Gausster812,
We're in the same boat on this one. Whatever they broke last week, it's apparently outside the scope of this procedure to resolve.
Thanks, Chuck, for such a quick response... I hope this gets fixed soon!
Thanks for this posting! You really saved me!
Thanks, solved my problems :)
Hi,just now I recovered 2 of my blogs following ur instructions.. Thanks a lot dude..Continue the good work.. Thanks again
Chuck, you rock! I was getting the 404 message and managed to get my blog up and running with a custom domain simply by publishing it back to blogspot and then republishing it under my custom domain. It might be nice if Google/Blogger bothered to explain this handy little step...
Thank you very much!!!! worked for me!
Finally got my custom domain working:
http://lagomorphs.org/
Woot!
Excellent work around. Kudos.
http://clearingtitle.com
what is a dns setup?
Janet,
You can see the DNS setup for any domain, using Dig. Or read about DNS, in general.
Thanks Bro, My domain voipcallsinfo.com had recovered from the same problem. I had followed your steps & my blog is now working properly.
Thanks for the trick.
Mohit
Hi Chuck--
The advanced settings, switch back to blogspot, then back to custom worked. Yay. You're awesome. Thanks. I'll remember you next time I have a problem. :-) Gracepete
Thanks for posting. This worked immediately for me.
Thanks Bro, it works after second attempt.
Hi there,
thanks for this documentation and your efforts to help us folks. After we have used your description to solve the problem, our blog is working fine on our webspace ;-) Have a look: www.blog.samui-mostwanted.com
Well done!
Thank goodness I found you! This helped recover my blog - your site is very much appreciated.
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