Configure subdomain in Godaddy

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  matfotografia · Member · Sep 13, 2013 at 9:39 pm

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  Hello, yesteday i bought the Connect to domain feature with you but i cannot get it to work.

  i cannot configure my domain to wordpress, word press tells me somethin about the CNAME, but i dont know how to change it in Godaddy, i did put de servers, but i dont know what to put in this fields:

  MX (Mail Exchanger)
  TXT (Text)
  SRV (Service)
  AAAA (IPv6 Host)
  NS (Nameserver) **** Here i put the NS1.wordpress.com to NS3***

  Thanks

  Miguel Torres

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  matfotografia · Member · Sep 13, 2013 at 9:42 pm

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  Your tutorial says something should look like this:

  blog 14400 IN CNAME matfotografia.wordpress.com

  but the CNAME configuraton in goddady it has only 2 fields (HOST, POINTS TO)

  is it “14400” for Host?
  and “matfotografia.wordpress.com” for POINT TO?

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  kardotim · Member · Sep 14, 2013 at 11:37 am

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  You can fill in “blog” (without quotes) in the HOST field, and matfotografia.wordpress.com in the POINT TO field.

  Please let us know if you need any further assistance!

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  matfotografia · Member · Sep 15, 2013 at 7:06 pm

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  Hello Kardon.

  In which Field should i do so? , the fields are:

  A (HOST) ?
  CNAME (Alias)?
  MX (Mail Exchanger) ?
  TXT (Text)?
  SRV (Service)?
  AAAA (IPv6 Host)?

  What should I do with the existing parameters? should i delete them?

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  matfotografia · Member · Sep 15, 2013 at 7:07 pm

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  Where do i have to put the “14400”?

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  kardotim · Member · Sep 15, 2013 at 7:37 pm

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  You can follow these steps in your GoDaddy domain control panel:

  1: Go to the Zone File Editor for the domain name you want to update.
  2: Click Add New Record. The Add DNS Record window displays.
  3: From the Record type list, select CNAME (Alias).
  4: Complete the following fields:
  Enter an Alias Name — Enter the subdomain name for the alias assignment. In your case it should be: blog
  5: Points to Host Name — Enter the host name you want the alias to point to. In your case it should be: matfotografia.wordpress.com
  6: TTL — Select how long the server should cache the information. You can fill in 14400
  7: Click OK.
  8: Click Save Zone File, and then click OK. The new CNAME record displays in the CNAME (Alias) section.

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  matfotografia · Member · Sep 16, 2013 at 3:00 am

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  Hello, i tried that and the wordpress configuration screen keeps telling me in Red : DNS MUST BE UPDATED

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  matfotografia · Member · Sep 16, 2013 at 3:01 am

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  plus in the TTL field it only shows me a drop down list which only includes 1 hour, 2 hours, etc.

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  matfotografia · Member · Sep 16, 2013 at 3:11 am

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  Here you can see my DNS configuration window.

  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oyza7e00vr8zdpr/saas9Hq46d

  Please help me, it seems to be easy to configure but is taking too long and too complicated

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  matfotografia · Member · Sep 16, 2013 at 4:32 pm

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  Hello any help please

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  kraftbj · Staff · Sep 17, 2013 at 6:36 pm

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  Hi,

  I hate to say this, but you may need to contact GoDaddy for assistance. It appears that you have created a separate zone file for “blog.matfotografia.com” (from the top of the screenshot) which isn’t needed and may be what is overcomplicating the process.

  We need to add the CNAME to the zone file for matfotografia.com. In other words, the CNAME is applying to the “blog” subdomain of matfotografia.com while the screenshot looks like the GoDaddy panel is trying to add the blog subdomain to blog.matfotografia.com, which isn’t quite right.

  I appreciate your patience.