seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 im trying to find a blog that i can direct to with my own url, rather than like http://www.seeking.gayblog.com (not actual site, no homo). someone mentioned blogspot allowed that, but i couldnt find any info about it in their 'help' section. anyone know of a place i can do this? and if its not self explanatory, how i'd go about doing it? thank you kindly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 you mean you want something like http://www.seeking.com? get the program "blogger". and use blog spot. you'll have to purchase the domain name. then if i remember correctly (i helped a friend set up his blog) you have to upload a basic blog formula to your website that directs back to the blogspot address you have. so basically you have 2 websites. does that make sense? that being said i just found this blog http://static-party.blogspot.com/ and im thrilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 will i also then need to host this other site? cause thats a pain in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 if you need more information i can talk to my friend about it, im sure he knows more about it than me by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 blogger will automatically transfer from seeking.blogspot.com to seeking.com so you pretty much just have to fuck with blogger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 yeah, but what im saying is... from your first post i got the impression that i needed a 'seeking' site also, then blogger would just integrate them magically or something, but this still means that i have to host seeking.com, right? or in other words, i can't just buy seeking.com, and somehow plug it into the blogger page, there by avoiding having to pay a montly hosting fee, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 seeking.com would basically be a mirror site of seeking.blogspot.com. you still have to pay every month for seeking.com. you dont have to fuck with seeking.com at all other than uploading the files you want to the server. am i understanding your question correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 yeah, although im surprised that there is no service that allows you to do it all 'inhouse' so to speak, even for a fee. i dont know shit about web stuff anymore, and what little i did know i learned 7 years ago. it just surprises me that id have to pay for a monthly hosting fee, just so i could have my free blog be mirrored from the url of my site that exists for the sole purpose of mirroring. seems that some blog site would have realized that they could charge $30 a year to host your domain name, saving me the hassle of setting up another page and all that shit. then again, this stuff is like rocket science to me unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 that might be possible, thats just the way we chose to do it because it was faster and it was the first option we found. search around a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Rage- Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 pfa is no more seeking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 still exists i believe, i havent looked at (or updated it) it in forever. i need something new and easier to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 blog blog blog....why not just buy the domain..you could get a host for like 20 bucks a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 also, the last thing i learned interwebs wise was when css started becoming popular. i dont know how long ago that was, but it was quite awhile. whenever i need it i usually go to htmlgoodies.com just for a refresher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R@ndomH3ro Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 CSS is where its at if you want to make your page all fancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 blog blog blog....why not just buy the domain..you could get a host for like 20 bucks a month. well, let's see...$20 a month, vs. free. i'm not sure why i don't. mostly, i just dont want to have to deal with making a website, thats why. i'm sure CSS is very important and exciting, but i dont want to deal with it. ha. i dont want to learn anything, i want someone to set it all up for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 css is cool as shit. it isnt really important, it just makes everything a lot simpler once you know how to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 im sure it does. finding someone else who knows it and can do it for me makes it even simpler still. seeks/creature of convenience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_I Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 buy a DOMAIN NAME from GODADDY.COM then forward it to your blog....if u need help call them (godaddy) up...their customer service is supreme! good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 thanks. the forwarding part is the aspect im having issues with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 exactly. isn't it just a case of getting the domain and then pointing it at your blog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 as far as i can tell, no, although you'd think it could be. as far as i can tell, you need a seperate site or something? i dont know. its annoying me. now im thinking of just building a site on godaddy or something. i need to call their people and talk business i think. this might call for a smoothie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 If you get a blog at blogspot you don't need hosting. You can just have the domain "forward" to your blogspot url. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teen_014.jpg Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 www.seeking.com?[/url] haha. anybody else clicked on the link? I got something about russian women seeking men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 ok, so i got all fucking motivated and decided to just make a whole site. i bought a domain name and hosting plan from godaddy. i assumed that they had some easy sitebuilder shit going on, but now that ive bought it, i cant seem to find any of that. wtf. anyone wanna help me out here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 you mean you want like.. a template? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 i want someone to fucking do it for me, im so annoyed and frustrated. basically what ive decided to do is set up a 'site' which consists of a splash page, and then the rest of the site will just be a blog. godaddy claims a blog making tool comes with the hosting, but i cant find any sign of it. i could link to blogspot, or have it open inside a table, but id kinda rather not if possible. then again, i'll do anything if i can make it work. the shit is annoying. im downloading a copy of dreamweaver since i magically lost mine. hopefully i can just build something with that. whatever, im cranky now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 wait. you're confusing me. all you have to do is point your godaddy page at blogspot. im pretty sure there's even tutorials at blogspot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 there are, but its fucking greek and even though i tried to set it up exactly how it said, it didnt seem to work. im downloading dreamweaver right now, im gonna make some stuff and try to ftp it up and see if i can get anything working, then ill call tech support at like 3 in the morning and make them help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Yeah, I don't think the hosting plan was necessary, just the domain name and domain forwarding (and domain masking if you don't want the address to switch back to "www.seeking.gayblog.com" once forwarded). Godaddy is a huge fucking mess of a site. Check to see if somewhere in the user controls there's a domains tab and see if there's any forwarding features available for what you bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Yeah, I don't think the hosting plan was necessary, just the domain name and domain forwarding (and domain masking if you don't want the address to switch back to "www.seeking.gayblog.com" once forwarded). Godaddy is a huge fucking mess of a site. Check to see if somewhere in the user controls there's a domains tab and see if there's any forwarding features available for what you bought. with a hosting plan, he can load his pics or vids up and not have to fear them being taken down by whatevershittypichost.com he can also be assured of having a backup for whatever he blogs about and not have to fear censoreship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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