CNAME issue with custom DNS – HELP!!!

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    mimosamusic · Member ·

    I bought a domain with wordpress.com and got bought a host (godaddy.com) to host my website/blog. I edited the settings in the DNS editer with this:

    MX 10 mailstore1.secureserver.net.
    MX 0 smtp.secureserver.net.
    A www 97.74.45.128

    Now my question is this, if I go to my domain “mimosahiphop.com” it takes me directly to my wordpress blog. However if I go to “www.mimosahiphop.com” it takes me to my hosted site. What do I need to put into my custom DNS settings to make this url work without “www”?

    Thank you,
    Marc

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    mimosamusic · Member ·

    Am I going to have to purchase the offsite upgrade for 12/yr? That seems a bit ridiculous. Please someone let me know if there is another option.

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    auxclass · Member ·

    did you read the instructions??

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-name-servers

    Your DNS editing is along the line of changing your email – that is probably where the www came from –

    erase the DNS stuff you did – point the name-servers to godaddy – with the link above –

    http://www.whatsmydns.net/#NS/mimosahiphop.com – will show the name changes in the internet – keep in mind it takes 24 to 72 hours for everything to change across the world –

    Off site redirect or some version of that is if you have a lot of traffic to your WordPress.COM blog and you want it to go automatically to your new site – you don’t say if you have anything on your WordPress.COM blog.

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