Domain does not bring up my blog!

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    gatewaypress · Member ·

    When I try to pull up my blog, I get an error message stating that the server could not be found. The DNS server is mapped through WordPress. Please advise, thank you

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

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    It looks like your domain is not pointing to WordPress.com name servers yet:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-helper/?host=gateway-media.com

    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

    Here’s a support document with a bit more information:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

    Let me know if you have any trouble!

  • Unknown's avatar
    gatewaypress · Member ·

    Jeremey,

    Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, the name servers have been updated for quite some time now, and this is the first time I receive an error message.

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    It looks like you’ve registered the domain at Dreamhost. Have you recently logged back in to see if the name servers are still pointed to WordPress.com? When I check the domain name servers in Terminal, I’m coming up empty handed:

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
;gateway-media.com.		IN	ANY

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
com.			900	IN	SOA	a.gtld-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 1416355232 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 56 msec
;; SERVER: 75.75.75.75#53(75.75.75.75)
;; WHEN: Tue Nov 18 17:00:57 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 108

    Normally, that should read like this when the name servers are set correctly:

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
;groovydomains.net.		IN	ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
groovydomains.net.	86400	IN	SOA	ns1.wordpress.com. hostmaster.wordpress.com. 2005071858 14400 7200 604800 300
groovydomains.net.	86400	IN	NS	ns1.wordpress.com.
groovydomains.net.	86400	IN	NS	ns2.wordpress.com.
groovydomains.net.	86400	IN	NS	ns3.wordpress.com.

    If the name servers are set correctly at Dreamhost, this could just take some time to update.

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