DNS Records/ Editing an A Record. HELP!

javidee · Member · Mar 6, 2012 at 4:24 pm
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Hey guys,

I recently signed up for a service called LaunchRock. LaunchRock provides a custom landing page service. My domain is hosted with WP, and I need help in editing an A record. To use LaunchRock, I want to edit the A record of my base domain.

I need to change the A record for keenempire.com to 50.17.236.4

I tried all the steps, but it says there’s an error. That it has to be a subdomain.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance !

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timethief · Member · Mar 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm
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Does this help?
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-get-my-domain-name-to-point-to-my-website-at-weeblycom?replies=2#post-629369
javidee · Member · Mar 6, 2012 at 5:38 pm
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Not necessarily, I don’t want to update/change my nameservers. I’d like to edit the A Record without switching to another registrar. All LaunchRock tells me to do is:

“Create your new A record by entering a Host Name/Alias and Value/Destination (the exact terms may vary by host) as shown below.

Host Name/Alias: many times this should be “@” and might already exist.
Value/Destination: 50.17.236.4″

But I get an error every time :(
timethief · Member · Mar 6, 2012 at 5:42 pm
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Does this apply?

* Please note that you cannot add an A record for a root level domain such as mydomain.com through the WordPress.com Custom DNS editor. You must use another DNS hosting provider if you want to do that. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/
javidee · Member · Mar 6, 2012 at 5:47 pm
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ah yes, you got it.

So now I have to go back to my old nameservers. So I lost 12 bucks.

Thanks for the help, really appreciate it!
timethief · Member · Mar 6, 2012 at 5:58 pm
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I’m so glad I was able to help as this area is not one I’m well acquainted with.

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