Add Free Google Apps to Your Website or Blog

slide in your name, phone number, an existing email address, and other Administrator information.

On the next page, enter a username and password for the administrator account.

Note that the user name will also be the administrative email address as username@yourdomain.com.

Now you’re ready to authenticate your Google Apps account with your domain.

Copy the code under #2, which should be something like googleabcdefg123456.

Do not smack the button at the bottom; wait until we’ve completed the next step.

Now, in a separate net internet ride window or tab, open your WordPress Dashboard.

go for the arrow beside Upgrades, and select Domains from the menu.

smack the Edit DNS link beside the domain name you’re adding to Google Apps.

Click Generate DNS records when you’re done.

This will add the needed DNS controls to your records in the box above the Google Apps section.

Click Save DNS records.

In this test we’re going to upload an HTML file to our site for verification.

Copy the code under #1, which should be something like googleabcdefg123456.

Do not poke the button at the bottom; wait until we’ve completed the next step first.

Create a new HTML file and paste the code in it.

confirm to choose the punch in as All Files or otherwise the file will have a .txt extension.

Upload this file to your web server via FTP or a web dashboard for your site.

Once you’ve completed the tutorial, you’ll be taken to the Google Apps dashboard.

Click Activate email to get your Gmail-powered email running on your domain.

Otherwise, you’ll need to manually add these records before clicking that button.

Adding MX Entries is fairly easy, but the steps may depend on your hosting company or registrar.

With some hosts, you may have to contact support to have them add the MX records for you.

Now, enter the MX Records that Google listed.

Here’s our account after we added all of the entries to our account.

You may then see that Google is updating its servers with your account information.

Once again, this took much less time than Google’s estimate.

Welcome to Gmail … at your own domain!

Your Google Apps will work just like their standard @gmail.com counterparts.

Here’s an example of an inbox customized with the techinch logo and a Gmail theme.

Links to RememberHere are the common links to your Google Apps online.

Substitute your domain or subdomain for yourdomain.com.