DNS MAPPING HELP

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  joebotcherby1 · Member · Apr 12, 2011 at 5:06 pm

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  Hi
  I’ve never done any web progamming before or had anything to do with mapping domains I’ve been trying to sort this out for weeks and it needs doing by the end of the week for a college deadline, STRESS!

  I’ve been reading tutorials on how to do this and I’ve also emailed godaddy and they couldnt help me either.
  I need to point my nameservers from my godaddy account to wordpress.
  I bought my .com from wordpress and then hosted it through godaddy.
  I know my nameserves are
  NS69.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
  NS70.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
  apparently I don’t have a custom email address through godaddy so these codes aren’t correct

  CNAME autodiscover EXCHANGE.jNS69.DOMAINCONTROL.COM.
  MX 10 MAIL1.NS69.DOMAINCONTROL.COM.
  MX 20 MAIL2.NS69.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
  TXT v=spf1 include:mailNS69.DOMAINCONTROL.COM ~all
  A webmail 1.2.3.4

  Can anyone talk me through how to map my nameservers without getting all technical on me or directing me to a tutorial? I’m new here and I’m really really confused.
  Thanks
  Joe

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  timethief · Member · Apr 12, 2011 at 5:59 pm

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  I need to point my nameservers from my godaddy account to wordpress.

  See here please > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/#instructions-for-mapping-an-existing-domain

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  joebotcherby1 · Member · Apr 12, 2011 at 10:23 pm

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  but do i just post these into the edit dns boxes?
  * Primary DNS Host: ns69.domaincontrol.com
  * Primary DNS IP: 216.69.185.45
  * Secondary DNS Host: ns70.domaincontrol.com
  * Secondary DNS IP: 208.109.255.45

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  airodyssey · Member · Apr 12, 2011 at 10:27 pm

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  If I understand correctly, you bought the domain name from WordPress.com but want to host your website on GoDaddy?

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  joebotcherby1 · Member · Apr 12, 2011 at 10:40 pm

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  Yeah thats right, just not sure what I have to do?
  I need to be able to log in at joebotcherby.com/wp-login.php
  not joebotcherbydotcom.wordpress.com/wp-login.php

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  airodyssey · Member · Apr 12, 2011 at 10:50 pm

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  I see. The way you wrote your message before, it looked like it was the other way around… This is what you need to do instead:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-nameservers

  If you require further assistance, please take a look at the WordPress.ORG forums:
  http://wordpress.org/support/

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  joebotcherby1 · Member · Apr 12, 2011 at 11:17 pm

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  Okay I’ve done that how long does it normally take to take effect?

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  auxclass · Member · Apr 12, 2011 at 11:28 pm

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  24 to 72 hours but changes usually start much sooner – you can have local cache issues with your ISP and others that can give you erratic results – check the progress as the link below

  http://www.whatsmydns.net/