Do I need to change my A record as well as nameservers?

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  clarkie28 · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 7:43 pm

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  I’m trying to map a .co.uk domain to my blog. I’ve updated the nameservers to ns1.wordpress.com and ns2.wordpress.com about 55 hours ago, but My Upgrades is still saying the nameservers need to be updated.

  Do I also need to update the A record to point at my WordPress IP?

  Thanks

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  kardotim · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 7:47 pm

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  Looks like your domain is not pointing to WordPress.com name servers yet. Please go to your domain registrar’s site and log into the control panel. You will need to update the name servers as below:

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  For more information, please visit the help documentation provided by the registrar and our support page:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  Let us know if you have any questions!

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  clarkie28 · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 8:04 pm

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  As I said, I have updated the nameservers as above to ns1, ns2 etc.

  I have read through that post, but I’m wondering if I need to remove the A record that points to my old hosting provider’s IP altogether, or do I need to change that A record to point to the IP of my WordPress site (which presumably I can get from pinging it from the cmd window)??

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  kardotim · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 8:53 pm

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  Yes, please remove the A record. It seems your nameservers aren’t set yet: http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools#dnsReport|type=domain&&value=cricketweek.co.uk

  Please make sure that the nameservers are correctly set, otherwise contact your domain registrar to set these for you.

  Thanks.

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  clarkie28 · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 10:32 pm

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  Ok, will try that, thanks