DNS CNAME record to my WordPress.com blog's webserver

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    tonywatkin · Member ·

    Could someone who knows DNS and WordPress.com please assist. I want to move my website to WordPress.com.

    My domain watkin.info is delegated to the Name Servers of my DNS registrar and uses a CNAME record which has the name of my current web hoster’s web server (see DNS records listed further below).

    I want to purchase the WordPress “Domain Mapping” upgrade (and other upgrades) and then change things so that I use my WordPress.com blog as my new website. However, I don’t want to delegate to WordPress.com’s name servers (wouldn’t be necessary in the above scenario), I just want to change the CNAME record from my current web hoster to the web server(s) of WordPress.com. This is similar to how things are currently arranged.

    Could someone please advise what the name/syntax of the WordPress.com web server(s) would be for the CNAME record(s) or should I do a CNAME like the following but without the quotes?

    “www.domainname.com” CNAME delights2life.wordpress.com

    The blog I need help with is delights2life.wordpress.com.

    Below are the current DNS records as things currently stand for for my watkin.info website, i.e. before move watkin.info to WordPress.com using my delights2life.wordpress.com website (note, my DNS registrar’s name servers automatically remove www from the URL before onforwarding):

    watkin.info A 1 minute 174.129.88.121 (Seattle, WA, US)
    watkin.info MX 30 minutes 5 aspmx.l.google.com
    watkin.info MX 30 minutes 10 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
    watkin.info MX 30 minutes 15 aspmx3.googlemail.com
    watkin.info MX 30 minutes 15 aspmx2.googlemail.com
    watkin.info NS 1 day ns3.no-ip.com
    watkin.info NS 1 day ns5.no-ip.com
    watkin.info NS 1 day static-1.no-ip.com
    watkin.info NS 1 day ns4.no-ip.com
    watkin.info NS 1 day ns1.no-ip.com
    watkin.info NS 1 day ns2.no-ip.com
    watkin.info NS 1 day static-2.no-ip.com
    watkin.info NS 1 day static-3.no-ip.com
    watkin.info SOA 1 minute static-1.no-ip.com. hostmaster.no-ip.com. 2010061715 90 120 604800 60
    mail.watkin.info CNAME 1 minute ghs.google.com
    http://www.watkin.info CNAME 1 minute geriatrix.webvault.com.au

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    Please return to the thread that’s already tagged for a Staff response and create no others https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers?replies=5#post-1263658

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