Domain alias

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    dlfconsulting · Member ·

    I would like to be able to access my domain hartfordclimate.wordpress.com by using the url hartford.gov/climate. I work for the city of Hartford and we have Hartford.gov registered.

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    omkarbhagat · Member ·

    Hi there,

    If you wish to redirect people from “hartford.gov/climate” then you can create a simple html page for redirection. A sample code would be this – 

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; url=http://hartfordclimate.wordpress.com">

        <title>Page Redirection</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <!-- Note: don't tell people to <code>click</code> the link, just tell them that it is a link. -->
        If you are not redirected automatically, follow this <a href='http://example.com'>link to example</a>.
    </body>
</html>

    If you wish to redirect people from “hartford.gov” then it will require domain mapping.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    The advice above will not have your WordPress.com site appear at that domain, it will only redirect traffic from your domain to your WordPress.com site, which will still appear at its free address.

    It’s not possible to have your WordPress.com site appear at the domain hartford.gov/climate, but you can map it to the subdomain, climate.hartford.gov.

    To do this you will need to add a CNAME record to your domain where it is hosted to create the subdomain. And on this end you’ll need to purchase one of our plans under My Site ->Plans which will allow you to add the domain mapping upgrade.

    Map a Subdomain

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