WordPress Email Setup and Google Apps page don't match

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  nicholasgoebel · Member · Feb 23, 2011 at 3:48 am

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  I am trying to work through the instructions for “Setting Up Email with Google Apps” (http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/google-apps-email/).

  Step 6 says: “Once the account is set up, you will receive an email from Google and you’ll be taken to a login page for your new Google Apps account. Login with the information you just set up.”
  Which I did.

  Step 7 says: “When Google asks you to verify domain ownership, you can choose to use a CNAME record.”
  However, the page I come to does not ask that.

  I cannot upload a screen shot here and since you cannot log in to the same page I am at…the following text is what I get:

  “Verify ownership
  Verification status

  Not Verified

  There are several ways to prove to Google that you own http://nicholasgoebel.com/. Select the option that is easiest for you.
  -Add a DNS record to your domain’s configuration You can use this option if you can sign in to your domain registrar or hosting provider and add a new DNS record.
  -Link to your Google Analytics account You can use this option if your site already has a Google Analytics tracking code that uses the asynchronous snippet. You must be an administrator on the Analytics account.
  -Upload an HTML file to your server You can choose this option if you can upload new files to your site.
  -Add a meta tag to your site’s home page You can choose this option if you can edit your site’s HTML.
  Instructions: (there is a drop down here that asks to choose the domain provider)”

  I chose “other” from the drop down, but that does not give me a verification code, but instead provides a text record for the DNS configuration.

  So I am lost. Thanks for your help!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  nicholasgoebel · Member · Feb 23, 2011 at 3:56 am

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  Well, I am not one to give up. Logged in again and now the page shown in step 7 is there…seriously!