Connecting WP blog with Dreamhost

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  livelovemacau · Member · Apr 10, 2012 at 2:54 pm

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  I have purchased domain name with DreamHost example.com and connected it with my WP blog page example.wordpress.com (that I have just created). Later I have erased the blog example.wordpress.com (any way to get it back?) and created new blog 2ndexample.wordpress.com. I am trying to connect it with my example.com DreamHost domain but following message shows up (it goes this way for few days already):

  Warning! Domain mapping upgrade for this domain not found. Please log in and go to the Domains Upgrades page of your blog to use this domain.

  How can I connect my domain name (purchased at DreamHost) with my new WP blog?

  Thank you.

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

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  timethief · Member · Apr 10, 2012 at 4:25 pm

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  I have flagged this thread for Staff attention Will you please provide the exact URLs involved here?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Apr 10, 2012 at 6:47 pm

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  Later I have erased the blog example.wordpress.com (any way to get it back?)

  I’m sorry, but deleted blogs cannot be restored or reused. Deleting a blog is permanent and the name cannot be used again. There are several warnings about this on the Tools -> Delete Site page and in the help pages, and you are required to confirm the deletion by email.

  Delete Blog

  I am trying to connect it with my example.com DreamHost domain but following message shows up (it goes this way for few days already)

  You canceled and refunded your initial domain mapping subscription, so you’ll need to re-map the domain following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

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  livelovemacau · Member · Apr 11, 2012 at 2:24 am

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  macmanx, thank you for your respond.

  I don’t want to use mapping as I want to use additional plugins, how can I avoid mapping in this case?

  thank you

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Apr 11, 2012 at 6:27 pm

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  You’ll need to install WordPress from http://wordpress.org/ on your hosting provider.

  Once that’s done, you can move your content following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress at:
  http://wordpress.org/support/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/

  We do offer yearly and one-time premium support packages for self-hosted WordPress sites through our VIP program, available at http://vip.wordpress.com

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  livelovemacau · Member · Apr 12, 2012 at 7:24 am

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  Thank you! I ve fixed the issue!