Change DNS configuration and make it resolve to the Nabble server?

[Harvey]

Hi. Newbie questions on custom domains.

I have a custom domain for my google blog:

www.nyskiblog.com

Currently i'm hosting a nabble  embeddable forum in a widget on one of my static pages:

http://www.nyskiblog.com/p/harvey-road-forum.html

I'm assuming that by doing it this was I am getting little SEO value out of the content generated.

If I can host my forum on a custom domain...

"I will have to change its DNS configuration and make it resolve to the Nabble server where your forum is located." Not sure what this means or how to do it.

Also two other questions - would hosting my forum on my own domain be better for my sites SEO? My gut feeling is yes but would like to hear your input.

Second question .... should I (can I?) do it on a static page? Or should it be a subdomain?  If both are possible what are the pros and cons of each?

Thank you/.

[Harvey]

I think I am making progress understanding this.  The screen shot below is my access within GoDaddy to my URL account.

I THINK I would enter my new subdomain into the Alias Name field.

And then I would enter my actual Nabble URL in the Points to a host name URL?

http://the-forum.932206.n3.nabble.com/

The thing is I really want my forum to appear in "my shell" like it does here:

(domain removed)

Can I do that with a custom sub domain? Basically I want my forum to look as it does above, but get the SEO value out of it.

[Hugo <Nabble>]

If you want to have your forum available at "forum.nyskiblog.com", you should add a "A Record" (not CNAME) that points to the Nabble Server IP address (216.139.250.152).

A RECORD
forum ==> 216.139.250.152

This change should be good for SEO because the domain name is probably one of the variables of the ranking algorithm (although I can't prove this).

[Harvey]

I will try to figure out how to do exactly what you are saying.

SEO wise - I understand that the URL "should" or "might" help with optimization.

But ultimately is it fair to say that there is no way to get the content of the forum - the posts - associated with my site as far as the search engines are concerned?

[Harvey]

One more question...

From an SEO standpoint, is the subdomain:

forum.nyskiblog.com

any better than what I am doing now:

nyskiblog.com/p/forum

?

[Hugo <Nabble>]

Harvey44 wrote

But ultimately is it fair to say that there is no way to get the content of the forum - the posts - associated with my site as far as the search engines are concerned?

If the forum has links to your site, search engines should understand that they are related. But the URL is a better indicator.

[Harvey]

It just occurred to me that if the subdomain makes the forum searchable then it should be considered related to the site.

But I'm still wondering if the subdomain is better than  embedding in the blogger static page.

forum.nyskiblog.com vs nyskiblog.com/p/forum

[Hugo <Nabble>]

The answer is yes, but search engines don't see your forum in "nyskiblog.com/p/forum". They see it in the nabble domain (http://the-forum.932206.n3.nabble.com/). Changing the forum domain name to - let's say - "forum.nyskiblog.com" is definitely a good improvement.

[Harvey]

Thanks Hugo. I will make the move.

REALLY appreciate the responsiveness. So far superior than the other company that owns me (G).

[Harvey]

OK I lied. More questions.

If I do the switch to subdomain - will the permalinks feature produce links with my own domain name?

Will the embed code change and need to be reentered on my site?

[Harvey]

Hugo -

Still more information.

There is a REALLY smart guy with a blog for Google Bloggers. It' called Blogger Tips and Tricks and I highly recommend it:

http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com

He has been trying to help me work out the subdomain issues. Here is very informative post creating Blogger subdomains when you have a blogger custom domain:

http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2010/02/create-sub-domain-with-custom-domain.html

He has posed this question:

If you look at my post on creating sub-domain you will see that when the sub-domain is a blog also hosted by Blogger,  you don't do anything with A Record it points to Google and the Cname points to ghs.google.com.

You will also see that for the sub-domain forum forum.yourblog.com while I add Arecord point to nabble 216.139.250.152 in addition to those pointing to Google/Blogger.

Now when I create the sub-domain for forum I have to create a Cname pointing to forum.myblog.com
What do I do with the other half of the Cname? do I leave it blank or does it go to ghs.google.com  or to some Cname associated with Nabble or do I just ?

[enviroman]

I have created a sub-domain
http://forum.mymalaysiareview.com
Added A record and have gone to this Nabble forum
http://my-malaysia-review-forum.948699.n3.nabble.com/
went to Option > Editor > Change domain name
and have changed the above forum to
http://forum.mymalaysiareview.com

On trying to save, got this message:

"Your domain name currently resolves to an IP address that doesn't belong to Nabble. Please follow the instructions (see link below) in order to update your DNS. If you have just updated your DNS, please wait 24 hours for the changes to take affect."

Hopefully everything has been done correctly, however not sure if the domain name change had been saved properly. It would have been much more comforting if the above message includes "You changes have been saved......."

[Hugo <Nabble>]

Harvey44 wrote

If I do the switch to subdomain - will the permalinks feature produce links with my own domain name?

Yes

Harvey44 wrote

Will the embed code change and need to be reentered on my site?

No. The first code should continue to work without problems.

[Hugo <Nabble>]

Harvey44 wrote

There is a REALLY smart guy with a blog for Google Bloggers. It' called Blogger Tips and Tricks and I highly recommend it:

http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com

Thanks for the link.

Harvey44 wrote

Now when I create the sub-domain for forum I have to create a Cname pointing to forum.myblog.com
What do I do with the other half of the Cname? do I leave it blank or does it go to ghs.google.com  or to some Cname associated with Nabble or do I just ?

The A record should be enough. Are you forced to create such CNAME record? If yes, then maybe you should try both ideas and see what works. If you can't find a solution, then I can take a closer look. The problem is that I have never used blogger before.

[Hugo <Nabble>]

When I ping your "forum.mymalaysiareview.com" URL, I get this IP address: 74.125.47.121. This IP doesn't belong to Nabble. Maybe you could post a snapshot of your DNS configuration here so that I can take a look.

[enviroman]

I tried ping forum.mymalaysiareview.com
and obtained 216.139.250.152

(BTW what is the easiest way to ping a website without the result disappearing after a few seconds, not enough to copy-paste them?)


Here are the DNS Settings

<img alt="+/-" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_minus.gif" id="arecord_pm" style="padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 3px;" onclick="showhiderecordtable(&#39;arecord&#39;,&#39;a&#39;,0,1);" border="0">

A (Host)

<a href="https://tdns.secureserver.net/doRestoreDefaults.php?rtype=a" onclick="return confirmRestore();">

<img alt="Add New A Record" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/btn_silver_add_new_a_record.gif" class="rrHeadingButton" id="arecord_add" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newarecord&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;new&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;800&#39;);" border="0">

<img alt="Select All A" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_checkmark.gif" onclick="javascript:selectAllRecordType(&#39;a&#39;,&#39;asall&#39;);" border="0">	Host	Points To	TTL	Actions
<input name="check_attr_a_a34b1baf-81c3-4ab1-a364-ef15dd3190c4" id="check_attr_a_a34b1baf-81c3-4ab1-a364-ef15dd3190c4" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	@	216.239.32.21	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newarecord&#39;,&#39;a34b1baf-81c3-4ab1-a364-ef15dd3190c4&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;216.239.32.21&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;adel_a34b1baf-81c3-4ab1-a364-ef15dd3190c4&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input name="check_attr_a_5f7599e9-8808-46e8-8439-1d7af5d85b43" id="check_attr_a_5f7599e9-8808-46e8-8439-1d7af5d85b43" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	@	216.239.34.21	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newarecord&#39;,&#39;5f7599e9-8808-46e8-8439-1d7af5d85b43&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;216.239.34.21&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;adel_5f7599e9-8808-46e8-8439-1d7af5d85b43&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input name="check_attr_a_44f9384c-e2c5-4780-930c-fb8e8395ad6c" id="check_attr_a_44f9384c-e2c5-4780-930c-fb8e8395ad6c" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	@	216.239.36.21	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newarecord&#39;,&#39;44f9384c-e2c5-4780-930c-fb8e8395ad6c&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;216.239.36.21&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;adel_44f9384c-e2c5-4780-930c-fb8e8395ad6c&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input name="check_attr_a_6d35b21c-fe79-4a9e-9923-5c083f0b4b33" id="check_attr_a_6d35b21c-fe79-4a9e-9923-5c083f0b4b33" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	@	216.239.38.21	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newarecord&#39;,&#39;6d35b21c-fe79-4a9e-9923-5c083f0b4b33&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;216.239.38.21&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;adel_6d35b21c-fe79-4a9e-9923-5c083f0b4b33&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input name="check_attr_a_d1c612eb-7294-496a-a883-ad319aee7146" id="check_attr_a_d1c612eb-7294-496a-a883-ad319aee7146" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	forum	216.139.250.152	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newarecord&#39;,&#39;d1c612eb-7294-496a-a883-ad319aee7146&#39;,&#39;forum&#39;,&#39;216.139.250.152&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;adel_d1c612eb-7294-496a-a883-ad319aee7146&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">

<img alt="+/-" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_minus.gif" id="cname_pm" style="padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 3px;" onclick="showhidecname(0,1);" border="0">

CNAMES (Aliases)

<a href="https://tdns.secureserver.net/doRestoreDefaults.php?rtype=c" onclick="return confirmRestore();">

<img alt="Add New CNAME" class="rrHeadingButton" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/btn_silver_add_new_cname_record.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newcname&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;800&#39;);" border="0">

<img alt="Select All CNAME" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_checkmark.gif" onclick="javascript:selectAllRecordType(&#39;c&#39;,&#39;csall&#39;);" border="0">	Host	Points To	TTL	Actions
<input id="check_attr_c_6451a9b2-cca9-4bab-a009-080cb47a269b" name="check_attr_c_6451a9b2-cca9-4bab-a009-080cb47a269b" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	calendar	ghs.google.com	1 Hour	<img alt="Edit" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newcname&#39;,&#39;6451a9b2-cca9-4bab-a009-080cb47a269b&#39;,&#39;calendar&#39;,&#39;ghs.google.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;cdel_6451a9b2-cca9-4bab-a009-080cb47a269b&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input id="check_attr_c_35c183d9-a422-4649-8b4f-824e3030a145" name="check_attr_c_35c183d9-a422-4649-8b4f-824e3030a145" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	docs	ghs.google.com	1 Hour	<img alt="Edit" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newcname&#39;,&#39;35c183d9-a422-4649-8b4f-824e3030a145&#39;,&#39;docs&#39;,&#39;ghs.google.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;cdel_35c183d9-a422-4649-8b4f-824e3030a145&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input id="check_attr_c_4c4aa7a1-b74a-4039-af13-2f2c591f973e" name="check_attr_c_4c4aa7a1-b74a-4039-af13-2f2c591f973e" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	mail	ghs.google.com	1 Hour	<img alt="Edit" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newcname&#39;,&#39;4c4aa7a1-b74a-4039-af13-2f2c591f973e&#39;,&#39;mail&#39;,&#39;ghs.google.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;cdel_4c4aa7a1-b74a-4039-af13-2f2c591f973e&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input id="check_attr_c_07ed22e9-4425-4d0d-bd6e-f7bf36ee3517" name="check_attr_c_07ed22e9-4425-4d0d-bd6e-f7bf36ee3517" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	start	ghs.google.com	1 Hour	<img alt="Edit" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newcname&#39;,&#39;07ed22e9-4425-4d0d-bd6e-f7bf36ee3517&#39;,&#39;start&#39;,&#39;ghs.google.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;cdel_07ed22e9-4425-4d0d-bd6e-f7bf36ee3517&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input id="check_attr_c_33da667f-0d32-4b3b-9495-764145cbb80a" name="check_attr_c_33da667f-0d32-4b3b-9495-764145cbb80a" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	www	ghs.google.com	1 Hour	<img alt="Edit" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newcname&#39;,&#39;33da667f-0d32-4b3b-9495-764145cbb80a&#39;,&#39;www&#39;,&#39;ghs.google.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;cdel_33da667f-0d32-4b3b-9495-764145cbb80a&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">

<img alt="+/-" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_minus.gif" id="mxrecord_pm" style="padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 3px;" onclick="showhidemxrecord(0,1);" border="0">

MX (Mail Exchange)

<a href="https://tdns.secureserver.net/doRestoreDefaults.php?rtype=m" onclick="return confirmRestore();">

<img alt="Add New MX" class="rrHeadingButton" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/btn_silver_add_new_mx_record.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newmxrecord&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;&#39;,&#39;800&#39;);" border="0">

<img alt="Select All MX" src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_checkmark.gif" onclick="javascript:selectAllRecordType(&#39;m&#39;,&#39;msall&#39;);" border="0">	Priority	Host	Goes To	TTL	Actions
<input id="check_attr_m_8598e2e2-edef-46a2-95cb-f344470a2f41" name="check_attr_m_8598e2e2-edef-46a2-95cb-f344470a2f41" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	20	@	alt1.aspmx.l.google.com	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newmxrecord&#39;,&#39;8598e2e2-edef-46a2-95cb-f344470a2f41&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;alt1.aspmx.l.google.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;20&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;mdel_8598e2e2-edef-46a2-95cb-f344470a2f41&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input id="check_attr_m_438c61ec-45b8-4945-87ba-da532672cb50" name="check_attr_m_438c61ec-45b8-4945-87ba-da532672cb50" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	20	@	alt2.aspmx.l.google.com	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newmxrecord&#39;,&#39;438c61ec-45b8-4945-87ba-da532672cb50&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;alt2.aspmx.l.google.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;20&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;mdel_438c61ec-45b8-4945-87ba-da532672cb50&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input id="check_attr_m_2aaf267f-2539-4e7e-93de-67cd041dfe86" name="check_attr_m_2aaf267f-2539-4e7e-93de-67cd041dfe86" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	10	@	aspmx.l.google.com	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newmxrecord&#39;,&#39;2aaf267f-2539-4e7e-93de-67cd041dfe86&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;aspmx.l.google.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;10&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;mdel_2aaf267f-2539-4e7e-93de-67cd041dfe86&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input id="check_attr_m_f865e610-c80f-40da-83f9-8ee93956253f" name="check_attr_m_f865e610-c80f-40da-83f9-8ee93956253f" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	30	@	aspmx2.googlemail.com	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newmxrecord&#39;,&#39;f865e610-c80f-40da-83f9-8ee93956253f&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;aspmx2.googlemail.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;30&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;mdel_f865e610-c80f-40da-83f9-8ee93956253f&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
<input id="check_attr_m_83866a0b-ed52-4db2-bf8f-f9168c765c50" name="check_attr_m_83866a0b-ed52-4db2-bf8f-f9168c765c50" class="checkbox" onclick="javascript:add2form(this,&#39;bulkeditform&#39;);add2form(this,&#39;bulkdeleteform&#39;);" type="checkbox">	30	@	aspmx3.googlemail.com	1 Hour	<img src="https://tdns.secureserver.net/img/icon_grid_edit.gif" onclick="showhidedropin(&#39;newmxrecord&#39;,&#39;83866a0b-ed52-4db2-bf8f-f9168c765c50&#39;,&#39;@&#39;,&#39;aspmx3.googlemail.com&#39;,&#39;3600&#39;,&#39;30&#39;,&#39;e&#39;);" alt="Edit" border="0"><a href="javascript:submitForm(&#39;mdel_83866a0b-ed52-4db2-bf8f-f9168c765c50&#39;);" onclick="return confirmRemove();">
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On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Hugo <Nabble> [via Nabble Support] <[hidden email]> wrote:

When I ping your "forum.mymalaysiareview.com" URL, I get this IP address: 74.125.47.121. This IP doesn't belong to Nabble. Maybe you could post a snapshot of your DNS configuration here so that I can take a look.

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From: Peter Chen <[hidden email]>
Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Change DNS configuration and make it resolve to the Nabble server?
To: Hugo <[hidden email]>


I tried ping forum.mymalaysiareview.com
and obtained 216.139.250.152

(BTW what is the easiest way to ping a website without the result disappearing after a few seconds, not enough to copy-paste them?)


Here are the DNS Settings

A (Host)

<form name="adel_a34b1baf-81c3-4ab1-a364-ef15dd3190c4" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="adel_5f7599e9-8808-46e8-8439-1d7af5d85b43" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="adel_44f9384c-e2c5-4780-930c-fb8e8395ad6c" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="adel_6d35b21c-fe79-4a9e-9923-5c083f0b4b33" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="adel_d1c612eb-7294-496a-a883-ad319aee7146" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);">

	Host	Points To	TTL	Actions
	@	216.239.32.21	1 Hour
	@	216.239.34.21	1 Hour
	@	216.239.36.21	1 Hour
	@	216.239.38.21	1 Hour
	forum	216.139.250.152	1 Hour

CNAMES (Aliases)

<form name="cdel_6451a9b2-cca9-4bab-a009-080cb47a269b" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="cdel_35c183d9-a422-4649-8b4f-824e3030a145" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="cdel_4c4aa7a1-b74a-4039-af13-2f2c591f973e" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="cdel_07ed22e9-4425-4d0d-bd6e-f7bf36ee3517" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="cdel_33da667f-0d32-4b3b-9495-764145cbb80a" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);">

	Host	Points To	TTL	Actions
	calendar	ghs.google.com	1 Hour
	docs	ghs.google.com	1 Hour
	mail	ghs.google.com	1 Hour
	start	ghs.google.com	1 Hour
	www	ghs.google.com	1 Hour

MX (Mail Exchange)

<form name="mdel_8598e2e2-edef-46a2-95cb-f344470a2f41" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="mdel_438c61ec-45b8-4945-87ba-da532672cb50" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="mdel_2aaf267f-2539-4e7e-93de-67cd041dfe86" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="mdel_f865e610-c80f-40da-83f9-8ee93956253f" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="mdel_83866a0b-ed52-4db2-bf8f-f9168c765c50" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="mdel_d3553063-88e0-4dff-b2a9-cf19e5ef87f6" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);"> <form name="mdel_d94ff1cd-ad58-457e-b6ff-f93eda4651ce" method="post" action="http://doDelete.php" target="_blank" onsubmit="return window.confirm(&quot;You are submitting information to an external page.\nAre you sure?&quot;);">

	Priority	Host	Goes To	TTL	Actions
	20	@	alt1.aspmx.l.google.com	1 Hour
	20	@	alt2.aspmx.l.google.com	1 Hour
	10	@	aspmx.l.google.com	1 Hour
	30	@	aspmx2.googlemail.com	1 Hour
	30	@	aspmx3.googlemail.com	1 Hour
	30	@	aspmx4.googlemail.com	1 Hour
	30	@	aspmx5.googlemail.com	1 Hour

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Hugo <Nabble> [via Nabble Support] <[hidden email]> wrote:

When I ping your "forum.mymalaysiareview.com" URL, I get this IP address: 74.125.47.121. This IP doesn't belong to Nabble. Maybe you could post a snapshot of your DNS configuration here so that I can take a look.

Official Nabble Administrator - we never ask for passwords.

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[Hugo <Nabble>]

Your DNS configuration seems to be working.
Have you tried changing the domain name to "forum.mymalaysiareview.com"?

[Peter Chen]

(Replying using Nabble account tied to test forum)

If you read my earlier response Jul 07, 2010; 06:11pm, you would have seen I have already done that, only thing is, the message given by Nabble did not give me the comfort of being assured that the change had been made. In any case, after sending this message, I will do it once more, I think it will be the fifth or sixth time

[Peter Chen]

OK I think the problem may be traced to this message:

" After saving your changes, your old URLs will continue to work and will automatically redirect to your custom domain URL. You will also receive an email with a link to revert this domain change."

I missed that email part. However, I checked my inbox for
guidetomalaysia (at} yahoo [dot) com
including the spam folder

Ah at last I received an email (actually 2 both with the same time stamp
3:42 AM
However, although I was expecting an email with a link to activate the change, there is no such link.

I don't know why I didn't receive any emails the previous attempts

In any case, the redirection (is this called domain mapping?) is working probably and the forum can now be found at http://forum.mymalaysiareview.com/