Changing the URL

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  cedargreenpa · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 11:28 pm

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  When I signed up for this, I opted out for the opportunity to have the URL cedargreenpa.com but would now like for that to be the URL, as opposed to the current URL cedargreenpa.wordpress.com. How would we go about doing that?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 11:30 pm

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  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.

  You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase upgrades for the blog.

  See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.