Changing my wordpress url back to it's original

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    moulestores · Member ·

    I changed my url name from moulelife.wordpress.com to moulestores.wordpress.com, but I had my domain name moulestores.com linked to moulelife.wordpress.com. Now when I search moulestores.com instead of linking me to my blog it links me to a page saying the page is no longer available. Is there anyways I can change my url back to moulelife.wordpress.com, so when I search my domain name it connects me back to wordpress blog. Whenever I try to change my username back to moulelife, I am prompted that moulelife is in use.

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    diegoe · Member ·

    Hi there!

    It looks like everything is fine on WordPress.com.

    However your domain is not pointing directly to WordPress.com, rather it seems to be using a “framing” feature of your domain registrar (the company where you registered the domain name moulestores.com).

    This might ring a bell since it’s a feature to make your domain “show” a certain page, but without really pointing to it. Some times it’s called a “forward” or things like that.

    You need to disable this feature and instead configure your domain name to point to WordPress.com Name Servers: 

    NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

    Once you do that, your domain should start showing your site again in a few minutes, or in up to an hour or two.

    The reason why this is a much preferred setup is because the “forwarding” or “framing” technique can lead to all kind of confusions, like the one you have just experienced, wondering why the domain still points to the old site even if you already bought a new Domain Mapping.

    Does that make sense?

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