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 Google Apps Free edition 

Google Apps Business edition

1&1 Verification.

The recommended verification method for these accounts is the HTML option (see http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=63026). If you don't have access to upload the HTML file, you will still need to generate the file using these instructions. Once you have the file, call 1and1 and give them the name of the HTML file and ask that they add an HTML file with that name to the naked domain folder.

Forwarding to a Website

Often people would like http://www.mydomain.com and http://mydomain.com to point to their website hosted by a 3rd party. In order to do this, configuration changes will need to be made in the resource records managed by your domain service provider. Basically you will be Forwarding or redirecting http://mydomain.com to http://my_hosteddomain.com/.

There are two basic ways of doing this. I'll cover each in their own sections.

1. Replace the A records of you Resource Records


2. Use Forwarding or Redirection


3. In the 3rd section is a tool for requesting direct help from me. You will need to supply me with your domain name, login URLs, admin username(s), and passwords. I will only respond to those also using GApps. Sorry but I won't respond to those asking for help through a posted comment for this help page.
   
   

Replace the A records of you Resource Records

1. Delete any existing A records in your DNS records. Of course document your changes.


2. Add two A records with www and @ pointing to the IP address of your 3rd party website. Set the TTL to 1 hour.
   
   

Use Forwarding or Redirection

Log into the Domain Manager of your Service Provider. The examples beIow are for GoDaddy and eNom.

If GoDaddy is your service provider:

• On the Domain Manager page, cIick on the link under Forwarding and enable Forwarding as shown in the screenshot below.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


• Enter the url of the home page of your website. Forwarding will result in showing the page URLs of your 3rd party website and not the GApps mydomain.com name you registered. Turning on Masking will show mydomain.com in the browser when viewing your hosted site but every page will show mydomain.com in your browser's internet address.


• Select either 301 (moved "permanently") or 302 (Moved Temporarily). 301 is useful for speed of access and but can later be changed.
  
  


• CIick on Total DNS Control and MX Records. See link at bottom in above Figure.


• Change or add a CNAME of www so it points to the symbol @
  
  
  
  


• Save the changes and WAIT for up to 48 hours for the changes to propagate to all necessary world-wide servers


• Within the GApps control panel, reset to the default any URL using www
  
  

If eNom is your service provider:

• Add a Host Record with @ as the Host Name, the url of the home page of your web site and URL Redirect as the Record Type. This Redirect type will result in showing the page URLs of your 3rd party website and not the GApps mydomain.com name you registered. Using URL Frame will show mydomain.com in the browser when viewing your hosted site but it will be in a frame hosted on eNom's server. You'll need to put '"target=_top"' into links leaving each page. See the eNom Help page in their Edit Host Records section for more details. Please ignore the address of the URL FRAME record as it's just an example.
  
  
  
  
  


• Change or add a CNAME of www so it points to the symbol @


• Save the changes and WAIT for up to 48 hours for the changes to propagate to all necessary world-wide servers.


• Within the GApps control panel, reset the Custom url for Web Pages to the Default Setting, i.e. remove the www.

Special Instructions for users who purchased their domain name from Google:

• Login to your Service provider using the Advanced DNS Settings Link within the GApps Control Panel.


• If you see the following A Records pointing to Google Servers (216.239.32.21 and 216.239.34.21 and 216.239.36.21 and 216.239.38.21 ), delete them.


• For GoDaddy customers: Add an A record with Host Name: @ Points to: 64.202.189.170 and TTL: 1 hour.

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Original Posted by Late Larry H

Domain Renwal Email

If you renew your domain in 2012 and get an email with a expire year of 2011 on it well that is an Bug in the email notification emails. all domains renew in 2012 will not expire till 2013

always check the date in your Google Apps control panel under domain setting tab or the whois

Advisor Ricky Post 

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Support

Please note this support access is for those who can not access control panels only. and is not for other support cases for other support case types you need the business edition for support access.

I just tried this on my test account (which also does not have a pin) and am able to submit a support request.

1)  Go to the following URL, substituting DOMAIN.COM with your actual domain name: https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/DOMAIN.COM/VerifyAdminAccountPasswordReset

2) enter a secondary email.

5) contact Google Support  if support link is not shown here then go to steps below.

Alternatively you may get a couple additional steps

5) Reset your administrator password by domain verification

6) Enter an email address and continue with verification

7) contact Google Support

 
















In the description make sure and state that you cannot access the control panel for your domain and that you have no users or admin accounts for your domain. Don't forget to tell Google Apps team your domain name.

Please note this support access is for those who can not access control panels only. and is not for other support cases for other support case types you need the business edition for support access.

Advisor Ricky Post here

Map Sites to custom domain

1. In your DNS
1. Delete any "@" A records
2. Delete any "index" A or CNAME records
3. Create an "@" A record that points to 216.239.32.21
   Create an "@" A record that points to 216.239.34.21
   Create an "@" A record that points to 216.239.36.21
   Create an "@" A record that points to 216.239.38.21
   (if you cannot do all 4 do as many as you can)
4. Create one "www" CNAME record that points to ghs.google.com.
2. In your Google Apps
1. Go to http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/YOURDOMAIN/SitesMapping?location=www&address=www and complete the mapping
2. Go to https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/YOURDOMAIN/DomainSettingsChangeNakedRedirect and add www" in the box and use the Save changes button.
3. Changed the "YOURDOMAIN NAME IN THE LINKS TO YOUR DOMAIN Name"
   

Mapping your site to your domain http://support.google.com/sites/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99448

Manage this domain’ link for Administrators in Gmail’s new look

Google Apps administrators have a link available in their Gmail inbox which allows them to easily access their administrator control panel. This link is an alternative to logging in at www.google.com/a/your_domain.com where your_domain.com is the name of the admin’s domain.

If an administrator account switches to Gmail’s new look, the ‘Manage this domain’ link moves from its current location, to the Settings gear menu in the upper right of the Gmail inbox.


Blogs posts http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2011/10/temporary-relocation-of-manage-this.html

http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2011/11/manage-this-domain-link-for.html