A(HOST), CNAME, Points To Information – Editing DNS in Wix to Point Subdomain to WordPress Site

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  paradiseformankindoffers · Member · Dec 31, 2016 at 12:47 am

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  I would like to add a subdomain of my domain (purchased from Go Daddy and hosted on Wix) and point it to my blog at WordPress.

  I am editing the DNS records in Wix, what do I put in for the A(HOST), CNAME, and Points To?

  At the moment, I am using the free hosting for my new WordPress site, do I need to upgrade that in order to achieve what I’m trying to do?

  Isaac

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 1, 2017 at 12:52 pm

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  Hi there,

  For HOST you need to add what you want your subdomain to be called. That’s the word that will appear at the front of your domain. For POINTS TO you need to use your free WordPress.com address, so paradiseformankindoffers.wordpress.com

  You will also need to purchase a plan on this side under My Site ->Plans. Then you can connect your domain via the domain mapping option at My Site ->Domains ->Add ->Map it

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  paradiseformankindoffers · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 1:01 am

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  Hi Kokkieh,

  Thanks so much for your help!

  Isaac

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  paradiseformankindoffers · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 1:17 am

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  Kokkieh,

  I notice that the Points To in Wix DNS requires an IP syntax. How can I retrieve that?

  Isaac

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 2, 2017 at 11:21 am

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  Are you adding a CNAME or an A record? For CNAME it shouldn’t require an IP.

  If you can only add an A-record and need the IP, you’ll need to add two A records, both for the same subdomain, but pointing to these IPs:

  192.0.78.24

  192.0.78.25

  But CNAME is the better option, so try to stick with that.