Assuming you already have a tumblr account, like http://ellens.tumblr.com/
1. Go to your DNS manager (eg. http://GoDaddy.com)
2. Login and go to the DNS total control panel
3. Add an ‘A’ record that points your subdomain
(eg. ‘your-cool-subdomain-name’ or ‘tumblr’) to 72.32.231.8 – if you want to have your-cool-subdomain-name.ellens.com or tumblr.ellens.com
4. Save that configuration
5. Go to your tumblr page (eg. http://ellens.tumblr.com/)
6. Click on ‘Customize’
7. Check ‘User a custom domain’
8. Add your custom subdomain (eg. http://tumblr.ellens.com/)
9. Click ‘Save’
This is pretty simple.
Very important note: Please give it time, 1 to 24 hours. I forgot about this and I freaked out because I was getting the “We couldn’t find the page you were looking for.” error message. I gave it 15 minutes and then it started working.
Also, keep in mind that http://etagwerker.tumblr.com will redirect to http://tumblr.etagwerker.com after you do this. You can change it back at any time.
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Hi, thanks so much for this article! I’m trying to do this… but my domain and hosting are provided by 2 different companies. I’ve done the DNS switch on my domain, but there is not option to do this on the cpanel of my hosting.
…any ideas? Thank you so much for your help!
You don’t need to do anything in your hosting provider. For this case the hosting provider is Tumblr.
Once you have configured Tumblr and your DNS you should be all set. Have you double checked the values in both configurations?