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Using a custom domain on Tumblr - Tumblr Tutorial
From the course: Tumblr Quick Start
Using a custom domain on Tumblr
As you continue to customize your Tumblr blog, you may want to take advantage of using a custom domain on your site, so that you can control the branding and message a little bit better. By utilizing a custom domain, you abandon the standard Tumblr URL format. In this case, it's seeleyj.tumblr.com. And so what I want to do is just have something like my name .com, or my company's name .com. In order to do that, I'm going to click this box right here that says, Use a custom domain name. Once I do that, I can plug in the domain name that I want. Once I have my domain name typed out, I can click Test my domain. If my domain is not currently pointing to the correct A-record, you'll see this error message here. It gives me where my domain is currently pointing, and tells me I need to change my domain name's A-record, to the following IP. It also notes at the bottom that you only need to change the A-record for your domain; not the name servers. If you're unsure what this means, you can…
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