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BOLAJIAJANI:
I've been trying to post this for ages(since last year) but for one reason or the other I'd been unable to. The screenshots I made for it even lost among other files along the line.

Difficulty Level: Super Easy

This tutorial is for bloggers and future bloggers on that intend to change the name..com of their blog to a custom top-level domain name e.g(example.com) or a subdomain(e.g sub.example.com).

Why do I need to change to a custom domain name?



1. If one is going to monetize his/her site, some importants Affiliate Programs and Ad companies may not accept a subdomain.
2. Some are usually too long, since they are a subdomain to .com and it may be hard for people to memorize
3. Does not look professional and may be looked at by people as one of those free blogs.
4. Custom domains are very good for Search Engine Optimization(SEO).
5. Changing to a custom domain name makes your blog more unique, I think.


What do I need To get Started

1. A blog
2. A domain name with control panel with dns control
Note: you can also use a webhost control panel to make this changes, if your name servers are pointed to it already.
Short notes

1.What is a CNAME?
A CNAME, or Canonical Name record is an entry within the Domain Name System(DNS) that specifies where a user can find your web pages, or any other URL . You'll use this to associate your custom domain name with your blog.

2.What is an A record?
Every host on the Internet has a unique number. This is called an IP address and has a notation of four numbers (bytes). The numbers are separated by a dot. An IP address might be 50.28.9.216 This IP address is hard to remember and hard to communicate with your friends or business relationships. To make life easier the Internet uses names, or domain names, to recognize IP addresses. Therefore, instead of 50.28.9.216 we could say www.simple.com, which is much easier to remember. This is very similar to having your very own name listed in the phonebook: your name has a number there as well your phone number. An A record is nothing more then an assignment of an IP address to a name.

Changing to a Custom Sub Domain Name
In this tutorial I will be emphasizing on using the domain control panel, Using Smartweb specifically and also talk about other registrars. Basically, the settings is almost the same with all registrars, and this tutorial is just to show you the psyche of linking your custom domain to your blog using any registrar.


1.Log in to your domain control panel
2.Click on my domains tab
3.Click on view details button beside the domain you would like to link your blog to.
4.when the page loads click on DNS management , after the page loads, you'll see a select box=> Select CName and enter www.yoursubdomain in the host text box and ghs.google.com in the address text box, then save changes.
5.Then add another CNAME with a special alias name which would be given to you by google whenever you request to change to a custom domain name e.g 7ibkexqsrgr3 pointing to a special destination host e.g gv-tme7vz5zcxbod3.dv.googlehosted.com
6.Also create four A records pointing to four different google IP addresses:
216.239.32.21, 216.239.34.21, 216.239.36.21, 216.239.38.21 for your desired domain name. Although the previous step is optional you can just create for one IP but it is highly advisable to create A records for the four IP addresses
7.Now, log in to your Blogger Account. Afterwards you click on the Settings tab, then Publishing tab, again click on the custom domain link.
8.Now, click on the switch to advanced settings link. You should see a page with a text box to enter your sub domain name, enter your sub domain name with www(e.g www.subdomain.domain.com). Then tick the box with redirect your domain without www to the one with www(e.g redirect subdomain.domain.com to www. subdomain.domain.com) or else people who type in your subdomain without the www won't be able to access your site. Done.


How to get your special CNAME and destination host
From your blogger account, go to settings. Then under blogger address, go to Add a custom domain. Now, go to switch to advanced settings, then settings instructions.
There you should get basically this tutorial and the data you need.

Changing to a Custom Domain Name
Follow the above step, but when it comes to where to enter the www.subdomain.site.com during the creation of the CNAME record, interchange it with www That's all.


NOTE: Note if you purchase your domain with Smartweb without a webhost account you won't be given access to the DNS manager(that might change later),but you can ask them to make the changes for you. Also, when using the DNS manager of other domain names registrar you may need to enter the[b] TTL[/b](Time To Live) value. It is mostly 4hrs(14400) by default, but you can change it if you know what you're doing, but don't make it short to avoid catastrophic ramifications.

Also, before moving to the last step above, wait for about an hour for your DNS settings to propagate. It may take up to 48hrs to propagate, but the highest have seen is 2hrs and the least is 4mins or less.


The below image is an instance of this done using dnspark.net free service, although with invalid information. This was used cause most domain name sellers don't give full DNS control for domain purchases alone, although they often help make any changes needed. But this is how to do this using dnspark.net, assuming your domain provider won't make such changes for you. You log on to your domain control panel with the seller, find a link indicating where you can make certain changes on the domain.
After getting there change the domain name servers to that of dnspark i.e fns1.dnspark.net, fns2.dnspark.net. Now, that you've completed changing your nameservers, log on to dnspark.net(assuming you already have an account with them). Then, go to DNS hosting, then click on "add a domain". When the page loads input the domain(the one you changed its nameservers to that of dnspark) you wish to add, and then tick base DNS hosting. After that is done, then you should see something like the below image but this time just with the Nameservers records boxes and box.
Then you proceed to add the records, interchanging the type between A and CNAME records and clicking on update all after inputing a record till you are done inputing.


I just managed to show this using two different DNS manager. Feel free to drop a reply below, if you encounter any problem.

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Nice info.....Thanks.

multioption:
After successfully installing Wordpress through the cPanel, how do I configure the domain to point to Wordpress?

I keep getting the index page with /wp as the only folder. How do I remove this extension?

Thanks.

I still don't know why most people still prefer manual installation of their blogs or cms when u can quickly deploy softaculous to perform an auto installation without delay.

CHECK for softaculous on ur cpanel and reinstall wordpress through it. Am sure u will like it.

georgylee:
Our government is heartless

You can say that again

This survey is nothing but an obvious scam..........reading through the survey report.....I don't see reasons why anyone should take it serious. A survey telling us how babangida aliyu and lamido has been supporting the re-election of the incumbent president......The big question is ......why would the price of food and other consumables go up when people don't have money to buy? The purchasing power is not what it use to be.......I wish all the contesting candidates the best............but for this survey.........I think Nigeria and Nigerians deserve better.

My greatest concern is when I see our foremost professor use utme as a yard stick for educational development.

exam that has over 1.5 million application, yet can not boast of 300, 000 new applicants. Most utme applicants have sat for the exam more than once.

Utme is a fraud and it will not do this country any good if our government continue to scam the citizenry over their inability to make qualitative education accessible to all.

Wow......utme on people's mind

I was so surprise when i read a news on how the Jamb registrar Professor Dibu Ojerinde expressed disappointment on the reduction in the number of candidates who registered for the 2015 UTME examination. Its amuse me a lot when i see people using the number of candidates who registered for UTME as a yardstick in analysing the Nigeria Education system.

The questions is how many new candidate seats for the exam every year? One would ask why the validity of the UTME result dose not last more than a year? Why should an examination body take money from people knowing fully well the country dose not have a system than can accommodate up to 25% of the total registered candidates and still continue to conduct an exam whose result has just a year life span.

It is rather appalling to note that a country with low literacy level would continue to toll a path that has continue to make her citizens desperate and seek dubious means to gain tertiary admission. There were periods when the Nigeria education system has little or less fear concerning the conduct of examination, but the reverse is the case in our current world just because we have an educational problem that needs more than just conducting examination.

The government now result to mass failure to cover up of their failure, because when you have less than 40% Utme candidate with admissible scores into tertiary institutions be it university, polytechnic, or colleges of education and we already have a system that can’t take more than 25% of total admissible candidates, then, others are either considered to have failed or not eligible for admission after various institution must have taken their own fair share of money from each candidates through the conduct of the kangaroo exam call Post-Utme. I cant stop smiling, one is call Unified and the other post Unified, this dose not make any sense to any right thinking educationist or in any working society.
t or in any working society.

I don’t have to remind the registrar and most stake holders that we have countries that conduct almost similar examination but can not afford to conduct or fund an examination body whose results would last for just a year. The reason is simple, how do you expect a country that has a system than can take almost all or everybody who desire to acquire tertiary education and giving every individual a huge sense of belonging be you citizens or foreigners to conduct an exam that avail students just a year admission opportunity.

Same people continue to write Utme every year and our profs. and leaders sees that as educational development. In a country where less than three hundred thousand candidates (300,000) candidates take part in the West Africa Examination (WAEC) yearly? If secondary school examination bodies dose not conduct examination for half a million students in a year and Jamb continues to conduct exam for over I.5 million Nigerians, then there’s a problem with the education system which requires more than just conducting examinations like i earlier said.

Nigeria needs more funding in the education sector and politician should stop politicising the system. Examination bodies should not be seen as money making organ of the government, and it will be more appropriate if the lasting period of UTME result can be reviewed to about 2-5 years. I feel the pain of the Nigerian students and their ever increasing zeal to always move on until that aim of being called an educated fellow is actualised.

Source; https://www.eduwheel.com.ng/jamb-utme-result-should-last-more-than-a-year/

Most of these old men that make our policies now had a a better share of the good in this country. We have an educational system that is structured around the availability of jobs. If there are enough jobs......degrees would have been degree.

Now that pass degree has become a thing of the pass......I hope those with better degree can now get the jobs.....lol.......they should provide enough jobs and create enable environment for SMEs......in no time.....Nigerians will stop talking about classes of degrees.

Facebook is a social media website with users spanning over one billion globally. As a platform with such a huge audience, it would be profiting for advertisers who want a wide reach for their product to thrive. Though majority still see the platform as an avenue to meet old friends and make new ones, not knowing it serves so many purposes which include advertising.

I see people on countless occasions use the platform to advertise products and services but get discourage at the response they get. They feel like “I have 2000 friends on facebook ; why are they not seeing me?” its simple, you may have wide range of audience but that still does not guaranty wide view for your products.

You have to pay for ads.

I think this is simple but people don’t like to do it. Paying for ads is the only major mechanism that guaranties you having audience or people to view your product on social platform like facebook, google, yahoo, etc. before paying for ads you must know why you have to pay and what kind or type of ads to choose from before advertising on facebook. All ads type on facebook serves their unique purposes.

While choosing your ads on facebook you must consider the following:

1. Page post engagement: it means creating ads that boost your post, shares, video play and photo views. This is specifically good for people who have a particular product or services and want to channel the page audience to those particular product/services to gain more audience.

2. Page likes: creating ads to build your audience on facebook. These kinds of ads are specifically good for website owners who require huge audience.

3. Click to Website: this can be more useful for website owner because it is used to create ads which encourage people to view you website. It’s mainly good for people who need direct audience on their website or a particular product on their website.

4. Website conversation: it promotes specific action for people to take on your website.

5. App Install: this is an ads to encourage people to install your application.

6. App Engagement: The app install can also get u engagement but the app engagement gets you quick and reliable audience on your app.

7. Event Response: for organization or people who plan events, the event response increases audience on your facebook event page.

8. Offer Claim: for those who use the facebook offer on their page, this will promote facebook offer value created.

9. Video Views: for people who do video ads or own video based site, this will bring more people to view your video.

Basically, it’s more advisable for advertisers who intends to use facebook to promote products/services to be familiar with the use of facebook pages, because it make you track your performance and the performance of your ads. And you can also use your facebook page the same way u use your website. I will soon write an article on how to create and manage facebook pages. Just keep following as I get you the best of social media usage.

http://www.infotechdays.com/blog/2015/01/10/choosing-facebook-ads-that-work-for-you/

This is serious.......I actually thought the fee is the same across the country. LI getting paid for doing his job

I want to confirm if other states collects documentation fee from corps member in their respective local government.......2014 Batch B Corps members were asked to pay a compulsory 300 naira for documentation purpose in some part of Benue Sate. Pls share your views and experience about the matter.

Nigerians now see lagos as the federal government.......lagos government get blamed for every error emanating from insensitive attitude of the federal government.......Some of you guys should relax and reminisce over what's happening in lagos and ask yourself just one simple question.......What would have been the state of the country if the case of Ebola was firstly detected in the North, South South., East and other south west state.........I can't blame Nigerians because its who we are........always looking for a "sharp sharp" solution to solve problems.........more reason why even the most educated would believe acid bath could cure ebola......NACL+H2O= HCL + NAOH.

ajoskele: Though they could be annoying sometimes, soldiers are well-trained set of people who handle matters with high level of maturity.

Its obvious you are just visiting this country for the first time.....eya.......if soldier catch u.....ok ooo

osenzo: Pls oo mr op, it was just about 5 people that fainted. And there was no brutal beating or brutal punishment of any kind.

Yes we were punished from 3pm to 6pm but wasn't brutal. Some people's body isn't just used to that.

And pls d guy the disobeyed the soldier and brought 3hrs plauge on us wasn't beaten mercilessly oo. He was hit by d soldier due to his rudeness.

Pls get ur facts right. Am currently at d camp as am also a corper.

Did u just reaffirm the fact that the corps member was hit by a soldier and yet you as a graduate see no brutality in that......you also don't see brutality in three hours of punishment.......ah.......its obvious u have passion for the profession.....abi u don do man o war before? Daris is god oooo

tuffgongjo: ekiti are not hungry because they refuse to vote an apc man who didn't function well doesn't mean they don't know what they are doing,if fayemi was(is) your governor you won't vote for him also.

Do u say feyemi did not perform well? Doubt if u truly live in ekiti

Rochero: Really enjoyed my stay there,I wonder why some people are eager to trauncate the meaningful dev Osun people are enjoying

Its sad that most people don't even know why they should vote a particular candidate or party.........how I wish you've visited osun like four years before your youth service......you'll have a full understanding about the transformation the aregbe gov. has brought to the state.......Thanks for appreciating Ilesa.........its indeed a wonderful place

Rochero: Did my NYSC in Ilesa,I can tell you ,those people are proud of Aregbe

U can say that again.......For the first time the people witness real development.

obayaya: How many local government areas make up ijesha land?

Six local government

Ilesa west
Ilesa east
Atakumosa west
Atakumosa east
Obokun
Oriade

1500naira is built on open cart

bondress: I was advised to go to Iddo (at Oyingbo). Will be going there tomorrow to confirm. When are you leaving for camp?

I want to leave on Tuesday. And u?

bondress: Hey y'all. I'll be leaving from Lagos on Tuesday morning. Is that advisable? I'm a BU graduate. Studied Banking and Finance. Pin: 25cd36b6

Where can I get bus going to Benue from Lagos?

Please what's the transport fare from Lagos to Benue

HaykayIsOkay: BENUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

na there i dey too

Benue here I come

Any Lasuite is the house? Pls I need updates on the distribution of call up-letters in the school.

Harlex: NYSC 2013 Service Year

2013 BATCH ‘C‘ POSTINGThe 2013 Batch ‘C‘ Prospective Corps Members are advised to check their posting and collect their callup letters from Tuesday 29th Oct. Foreign trained Nigerian graduates are to collect their own from the NYSC secretariats of their states of domicile as indicated during registration. Report to camps on time pls as NO late
registration will be entertained. NYSC wishes you a hitch-free service year.

Got the information on NYSC FACEBOOK PAGE.

NYSC 2013 Service Year

2013 BATCH ‘C‘ POSTINGThe 2013 Batch ‘C‘ Prospective Corps Members are advised to check their posting and collect their callup letters from Tuesday 29th Oct. Foreign trained Nigerian graduates are to collect their own from the NYSC secretariats of their states of domicile as indicated during registration. Report to camps on time pls as NO late
registration will be entertained. NYSC wishes you a hitch-free service year.

Please, can i take my laptop to Camp?

please any Lasuite is the house, i want someone to check my name and call-up number for me. Am currently far away from lagos.

please any Lasuite is the house, i want someone to check my name and call-up number for me. Am currently far away from lagos.

1. It increases the rate of crime

2. It one of the major course of brain drain in the academic settings

3. It render many people jobless as all commercial activities on the campus would not function

4. Believe me this period is when female students gets unwanted pregnancy the most.

5. Strike is the major cause why some student would never come back to school, because of factors such as accidents, and other environmental and social factors.


6. Some students end up in prison, by this, they would be unable to complete their education

7. It does not in any way increase productivity among students

8. Student are being rushed, because the school would want to meet up with academic calendar, due to this factor some school would run a semester for less than two month.

9. It always deprive students that are due for NYSC the opportunity to serve their father Land

10. It reduces the relevance of Nigeria institution among other Africa institutions

11. Strike period is always the most wasteful period in the life of most student

12. After every strike lecturers get paid, while the student will always be at the receiving end

13. Unlike every other form of strike in Nigeria, nobody seems to care whenever there is an Academic strike.

14. Whenever there is strike, student are used as excuse by both the Academic union and the he government, but you will agree with me that both the Academic Union and government are less concern of what becomes the future of the Nigerian Students.

15. If Academic strike persists, it may cause unrest in the country. When the students are being pushed to the wall they might the forced to fight back.

16. Strike should be discourage for the sake of our younger generations

17. Beyond the psychological impact of missing out on school days, there is risk associated with the loss of instruction days.

18. Academic Strike should be not be encouraged in any developing society

19. Persistent Academic Strike in Nigeria has continued to make private institutions more sorted after.

20. Academic Strike is bad and it should not be frequent in any Government or Country that what wants to develop.

http://www.eduwheel.com/20-reasons-academic-strike-ASUU-asup-avoided/