Tumblr is a great blogging service for people that love simplicity. I also love tumblr blog. It have a lot of function for you to play. You even can make it look more professional. Just like what I have write in previous post GoDaddy Latest Coupon, having your own domain name will make your site or blog look more professional, attractive and have it’s own value in it. Tumblr also allowed you to have your own tumblr domain name to be used with it instead of the tumblr sub-domain name. So, here it is the tutorial on How to setup custom domain with Tumblr.
Actually, this tutorial is especially dedicated to myohelmie ohdemit since he is the one that asking me about how to use custom domain in Tumblr via Twitter/Syuxx.
Okey, first of all the things that you need is your own domain name. You could buy a free one or just use the free CO.CC domain name. It still work in the same way. But, in this tutorial I will use the domain name that I have bought using the GoDaddy Coupon discount.To register the CO.CC domain name, you may refer to this post: Register CO.CC free domain.
Setup the Custom Domain A Value
After you have your own domain name, go and select the DNS Server setup. All you have to do is insert the following DNS Nameservers to all the boxes in your DNS Server setup in your control panel. Here’s the DNS Nameserver that you need to put in to intergrate the domain name with tumblr:
- ns1.everydns.net
- ns2.everydns.net
- ns3.everydns.net
- ns4.everydns.net
Put the DNS in your Manage DNS Server setup just like the following diagram:
In CO.CC domain name, it will look like this:
After you have put the nameserver, register your own free account at EveryDNS website. Then, login to your account. To activate and intergrate your custom domain name to your tumblr, add your domain name first into your account.
And then, click on your primary domain name that you wanted to point it to tumblr account.
After that, insert the following value to your Record Value: 72.32.231.8. Delete first the CNAME type that was on your Current Records. Makesure you fill the record value it just like this:
And then, delete again the another A type that is different Record value from the above. And then, we need to add another Record value. But this time, only put “www” on the domain name.
Now, you were done. Make sure the final results will look like this on the Current records
If yes, let move to the next step.:
Setup custom domain into Tumblr blog.
Login to your Tumblr account and move to the Dashboard. Click on Customize. On the customize page, you will see a tab called “Info”. Click on it. Then, tick the bottom box called use a custom domain name. Fill in your tumblr custom domain name there and save changes.
Then, you will need to wait for 72-hours or less for the tumblr domain name to take effect on directly point to your tumblr blog. To check whether the DNS server you have setup before is correct or not, use this tool called Check Domain by tumblr.
Now, you already have your own tumblr blog with your own domain name. Visit my tumblr blog for example: Hxppy Madness.
20 Comments
hey syuxx !
thx fr de info
and the dedication fr me.
:D
haha. no problem dude.
this might helping others too that want to make their own blog with tumblr plus custom domain.
kan senang ade tutorial camni..hehe :-)..
hoho. thats really nice!
@mohd Hafifi
well, im really glad to help everyone
@eyeman
thanks dude
hi syuxx
is it possible to use a sub-domain e.g. tumblr.mydomain.com ? my primary domain is already pointing elsewhere. would it complicate thing though?
hmm.
@ redblaque
Yeah, it is possible :)
wa…
2 lebih kurang cm hosting ker?
ku xphm sb ku hanyala seorang noobie…..
@redblaque
yes it is possible. Tumblr allowed you tu use sub-domain such as blog.yourdomain.com. All you have to do is poiting the Type A to their DNS Server just like above
@dyson
thanks
@skyjuice
Tumblr also kinda like a blog hosting. But you dont have any full control on it like wordpress blog.
bjaya juak kmk setup domain ngan tumblr, makseh atas tutorial tok.
wahh, good to hear that.
hehe. makseh aa sudi ngekot juak tutorial ya.
haha
wow this was really hard to do gave me a big headache, if i put in my website without the www in tumblr it wouldn’t work and also figuring where to change the servernames was hard to find and finaly at everyDNS it said i also had to change the server name in the whois registry and omygod how do you do that?!! screw it
oh so by the way thanks :)
soalan :
kenapa x setup A-record terus kat co.cc nyer control panel tu.. kenapa nak kena setup nameserver to everydns , then kat everydns baru setup A-record?
@maja
that everydns step is for godaddy domain user.
thank you for the info :)
I get it now.
Thanks so much!
I would have never figured this out without you. You’re a godsend to the Tumblr community. :D
Great post, well detailed, nicely explained and also saved me money :)
Really appreciate your tutorial! Thank you very much.
I NEED HELP!
Am i suppose to use the record value: 72.32.231.8
Or am I suppose to use my own?
You're such a ballslicker