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How can I use GandiBlog if my DNS are not Gandi's?

If you are not using Gandi's DNS, you need to do two things in order for your GandiBlog to work:

1. You must choose the name of your blog

This is done on Gandi's website ( Administration -> Control Panel -> Update (in the Technical Section, under Blog).

Once you are in the Blog's section, click on "Update the blog's address" to define/update the address of the blog. By default the blog is a subdomain of your domain, with the name "blog". You can change this by clicking on "Subdomain" and:

Leave the box blank (this will make your domain the blog's address, without the www.)
Enter www in the box (this will make your domain the blog's address, with the www.)
Choose a name for your blog (this will make your blog's address like: chosenname.domain.tld)

Please do not forget that it can take up to 6 hours for this change to be taken into account.

2. You must make an entry in your host's DNS for your Blog

If your blog is a subdomain (ex. blog.domain.tld):

You must find how you can make an entry in your DNS zone at your host. This is often possible directly on their website, but you might need to contact their customer support to learn where and how you can do that.

Once you have found where to edit your zone file, you need to add an entry that corresponds to the name of your blog (exactly as you chose it in step 1 above).

If, for example, you chose the name, 'ramblings' for your blog, you would need to add the following line in your DNS zone file:
```
ramblings 10800 IN CNAME blogs.vip.gandi.net.
```
where 'ramblings' is the name of your blog (you would, of course, replace 'ramblings' with the name of your blog).
If your blog's address is just the domain (ex. domain.tld):

After finding where and how to edit your host's DNS, you must create the following entry:

A. If your blog name begins with www
```
www 10800 IN CNAME blogs.vip.gandi.net.
```
B. If your blog name does not begin with www
```
@ 10800 IN CNAME blogs.vip.gandi.net.
```
Please keep in mind that if you update your domain name in the above way, that your blog will then replace any website that may be on the server (though the contents of your website will not be affected). This is because when users enter your domain name, they will be sent to Gandi's server (where your blog is hosted) rather than your host's server (where your website is hosted).

All changes to DNS will take time to be seen. In fact, it may take up to 6 or more hours before changes take affect. Please wait at least one day before contacting Customer Care for assistance following a DNS change, to ensure the your DNS have had enough time to be updated.

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