CNAME – IP

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  eraadgivning · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 9:49 am

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  Hi.

  I have the page etiskraadgivning.wordpress.com

  I also have the domain etiskraadgivning.dk

  Now, I want to re-direct my wordpress page to my domain.

  I am doing this with CNAME, but to do this I need to change my A-RECORD, but again, to do this I need a IP-address of wordpress.

  Do anyone know which IP I should use? is it just by ping my wordpress site? or are there some other IP in front of my wordpress page I should use?

  Kind Regards
  Daniel

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  tandava108 · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 9:55 am

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  It won’t work unless you buy domain mapping to map an existing domain to WordPress.

  Basically WordPress.com maps many blogs to a host, and it needs the mapping to know which blog to serve if it gets a request for etiskraadgivning.dk.

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  eraadgivning · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 9:58 am

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  I have done that. I already mapped it to my domain.

  I need the right IP, and wordpress dosent seem to tell me anywhere which IP I should use. :)

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  tandava108 · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 10:03 am

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  Are you trying to map a domain or a subdomain? If you are mapping a domain you need to change your namesevers to point to WordPress as described in the above link. This will set up your “A” records correctly

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  eraadgivning · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 10:13 am

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  I have done all that, all I need is to get the IP.

  MY host name is etiskraadgivning.dk

  I have my name server specified.

  But I need my [Type] A Record to have the correct IP, but this have to be set Manually . WordPress got to have a IP everyone uses, or, I have to use one specifically for my wordpress page.

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  tandava108 · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 10:21 am

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  You must be doing something wrong; as soon as you map to the WordPress.com nameservers then you will be using a domain server on the WordPress site which already has the correct A record set.

  You can set other types of record at Store->Domains->Edit DNS in the WordPress dashboard, but the A records will be set for you

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  eraadgivning · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 10:21 am

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  i need the specific wordpress-web-server my hp is on

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  eraadgivning · Member · Feb 27, 2013 at 10:38 am

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  Just found out that WordPress does not use static IP, it changes, so its not possible.