Getting a domain name

After holding on for so long, I have finally bought my own domain name.

Once I've registered the name, I found that I could do more than just park it.

So here what I did:

Register the name with Dreamhost. But I did not host the domain with them, too confusing for me. They are just my registrar.

First thing I wanted to do was to point my new shiny domain name to my blog in Blogger. I simply follow the instructions on http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55373, but got stuck on the "Update the DNS Settings" part.

Since I did not host my domain name with Dreamhost, I could not change the DNS records using Dreamhost. I asked the helpdesk and they said that I could use everydns.net. So I did, following the instructions on http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=58317&ctx=sibling#everydns

Now, my domain name (blog.mydomainname.com) points to this blog. What's next? Email and website!

I registered a new Google Apps account (free for standard edition) and proceeded to follow all the instructions to point mail.mydomainname.com to my Google Apps gmail account, and www.mydomainname.com to my page Google Sites.