Setup a Custom Domain/Sub Domain for Tumblr, Posterous etc.

Both Tumblr and Posterous are the Best and FREE Blogging/Micro Blogging Platforms, where you can start your own Blog almost instantly. Apart from these two, there are dozens of other Websites which also allows you to create your own Free Blog.

 

When you start a blog on these websites, your Blog Address will be on a sub-domain E.g.: http://www.mrintech.tumblr.com/ and http://www.mrintech.posterous.com/ etc. – This looks very unprofessional, if you have a large reader base and are blogging on your niche seriously!

Serious Bloggers having a large reader base generally opts for a Domain Name, no matter which Blogging Platform they are using. In this Post lets check out How to Setup your Custom Domain Name/Sub Domain for sites like Tumblr, Posterous etc.?

Tumblr

Setting up Main Domain Name (http://www.example.com/ or http://example.com/) for Tumblr

When you want to Setup/Point your Main Domain Name i.e. http://www.example.com/ or http://example.com/ to Tumblr IP Address, you need to edit/change the A (Address) Record from your Domain Control Panel (See Example Screenshot below):

Check out THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL about Setting up an A (Address) Record for your Domain Name using Domain Control Panel. Also, get the IP Address for Tumblr (72.32.231.8) from here

Note: Although, Namecheap Control Panel and Posterous are used in the Video Tutorial, but the process of Setting Up/Changing A (Address) Record remains same, no matter which Domain Registrar/Blogging Platform you are using!

Setting up Sub-Domain (http://www.mrintech.example.com/ or http://mrintech.example.com/) for Tumblr

When you want to Setup/Point your Main Domain Name E.g. http://www.mrintech.example.com/ or http://mrintech.example.com/ to Tumblr IP Address, you need to follow these very simple steps:

1. Login to your Hosting cPanel Account and Look for Simple DNS Zone Editor Icon under Domains:

2. Click on the Simple DNS Zone Editor Icon and in the Next Page, select the Main Domain Name from the Drop Down Menu, whose Sub-Domain you want to Point/Setup for Tumblr IP Address.

3. As soon as you have selected the Main Domain Name, following entities will get displayed:

4. Now suppose you want to setup/point http://tumblr.mrintech.com/ to tumblr IP Address, then you will enter following information in:

Name Field: tumblr

Address Field: Tumblr IP Address

In the Name Field, make sure you ONLY enter the preferred name of your sub-domain i.e. tumblr, not full Sub-Domain Name i.e. http://tumblr.mrintech.com/ or http://www.tumblr.mrintech.com/ or tumblr.mrintech.com or www.tumblr.mrintech.com

5. Now hit the Add a Record Button and wait for your Sub-Domain to propagate – It may take upto 48 Hours for your Sub-Domain to get LIVE on the World Wide Web completely.

Posterous

Setting up Main Domain Name (http://www.example.com/ or http://example.com/) for Posterous

When you want to Setup/Point your Main Domain Name i.e. http://www.example.com/ or http://example.com/ to Posterous IP Address, you need to edit/change the A (Address) Record from your Domain Control Panel (See Screenshot with Posterous IP Address below):

Check out THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL about Setting up an A (Address) Record for your Domain Name using Domain Control Panel. Also, get the IP Address for Posterous (184.106.20.102) from here

Note: Although, Namecheap Control Panel is used in the Video Tutorial, but the process of Setting Up/Changing A (Address) Record remains same, no matter which Domain Registrar you are using!

Setting up Sub-Domain (http://www.mrintech.example.com/ or http://mrintech.example.com/) for Posterous

When you want to Setup/Point your Main Domain Name E.g. http://www.mrintech.example.com/ or http://mrintech.example.com/ to Posterous IP Address, you need to follow these very simple steps:

1. Login to your Hosting cPanel Account and Look for Simple DNS Zone Editor Icon under Domains:

2. Click on the Simple DNS Zone Editor Icon and in the Next Page, select the Main Domain Name from the Drop Down Menu, whose Sub-Domain you want to Point/Setup for Posterous IP Address.

3. As soon as you have selected the Main Domain Name, following entities will get displayed:

4. Now suppose you want to setup/point http://posterous.mrintech.com/ to Posterous IP Address, then you will enter following information in:

Name Field: posterous

Address Field: Posterous IP Address

In the Name Field, make sure you ONLY enter the preferred name of your sub-domain i.e. posterous, not full Sub-Domain Name i.e. http://posterous.mrintech.com/ or http://www.posterous.mrintech.com/ or posterous.mrintech.com or www.posterous.mrintech.com

5. Now hit the Add a Record Button and wait for your Sub-Domain to propagate – It may take upto 48 Hours for your Sub-Domain to get LIVE on the World Wide Web completely.

Similarly, most of the other Blogging Platforms allows you to Point your Main Domain Name/Sub Domain to their IP Addresses, so that you can easily get rid of their unprofessional and default sub-domain!!!

Before choosing any Blogging Platform, make sure you first gather information about its Custom Domain Name facility, as you may definitely require a Domain Name in future, in case your Blog goes viral!

Also See: Setup FREE Google Apps for your Blog

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