Using your own Domain Name with Weblogs.us

NOTE: Thank you to Kate at KateReads.com for submitting this updated domain name setup FAQ entry to us 🙂 She has been blogging with us since 2005! Setting up a custom domain name for your Weblogs.us blog Option 1. Setting up GoDaddy using GoDaddy’s DNS manager Follow the instructions here: http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/7920/adding-or-editing-arecords?locale=en For your A record, use… Continue reading Using your own Domain Name with Weblogs.us

Receiving email notifications from WordPress

One of the limitations of Weblogs.us is that we don’t run an SMTP server. This means that by default, WordPress blog notifications (such as comment notification, or password reset) are NOT sent out. The reason that emails don’t get sent out is because WordPress defaults to using the php mail() function, and since we don’t… Continue reading Receiving email notifications from WordPress

Setup up a domain name for a Weblogs.us blog

One of the my favorite features of Weblogs.us is our free domain name support. If you register your own cool domain name then you can use it with your Weblogs.us blog for free :-). If you haven’t messed with DNS records before then it can be a bit scary to setup. So we have a… Continue reading Setup up a domain name for a Weblogs.us blog