You+.me - Pointing .me domain names to your blog.
What could you do with your .me domain?
Your personal blog reflects your life or opinions, so why not your domain name? With the new .me domain name you now have a truly personal domain name, one that is memorable and one that is all about you!
Express yourself with .me and express your individuality on the web. It's simple to get started and get your .me domain acting as your gateway to your online world, just follow our steps below.
You can even try out our Members Area before buying your .me domain.
Pointing your domain to your Wordpress Blog
Domain Mapping is a service offered by Wordpress as a paid upgrade that allows your wordpress blog to assume your Domainmonster.com domain name.
To point your domain to your Wordpress Blog you will firstly need to log into your Domainmonster.com account.
- 1. Pick to ‘manage’ the domain you wish to point to your blog.
- 2. Click on ‘Manage DNS’
- 3. You will need to delete the A Record for www as this will be recreated as a CNAME record.
- 4. To create a CNAME Record choose it from the dropdown and enter the required Alias (www) and Address ([your-blog].wordpress.com) then click ‘Add Record’(see image below).
In order to point you root record (non www.) to your blog you will need to forward this to the www. record using web-forwarding.
- 5. Click on the ‘Control Panel’ link at the top of the Manage DNS section (alternatively follow step 1 above)
- 6. Click on ‘Web Forwarding’
- 7. Select ‘Non framed web forwarding (Uncloaked)
- 8. In the URL box type the CNAME Record you created and your domain (www.lastname.me)
- 9. Click Save
You can also create subdomains (john.lastname.me) for individual members of your family to host their own blogs etc.
Creating an email address.
There are two options for email, POP3 email and Email Forwarding. POP3 email is a fully functioning email system that will allow you to send and receive email and has a webmail interface much like Hotmail or Gmail.
Email Forwarding is a free service that will forward emails onto another email address of your choice.
POP3 Email
To set-up a POP3 Mailbox for your domain you will firstly need to log into your Domainmonster.com account.
- 1. Pick to ‘manage’ the domain you wish to assign the POP3 mailbox to.
- 2. Click on ‘POP3 Mailboxes and Email Forwarding’.
- 3. Click on the link to create a new POP3 mailbox.
- 4. Choose the number of Mailboxes you wish to create, enter the required details and choose the number of years required (see image below).
- 5. Click ‘Next’ and then click ‘Add to Basket’
- 6. Once added to your basket, follow the checkout procedure to purchase your POP3 Boxes
Email Forwarding
To set-up Email Forwarding on your domain you will firstly need to log into your Domainmonster.com account.
- 1. Pick to ‘manage’ the domain you wish to assign the POP3 mailbox to.
- 2. Click on ‘POP3 Mailboxes and Email Forwarding’
- 3. Click on ‘Email Forwarding’
- 4. Add the required email forward and the address it forwards to (see image below).
- 5. Click ‘Update Email Forwarding’
