Domain Issue with moving to .ORG?

mrshake · Member · May 30, 2008 at 11:34 pm
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Situation is like this. I have a domain purchased on GoDaddy and have it directing to my blog of wordpress.COM (so the nameservers are NS1.WORDPRESS.COM, etc).

I plan on moving to .ORG for a few reasons and just found out that I can’t access my FTP since the domain is pointing to wordpress and not my hosting account. Is there a way to keep everything up so i can set things up over at .ORG and make the switch without much downtime?
vivianpaige · Member · May 30, 2008 at 11:45 pm
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I’m not sure that just buying a domain give you hosting capabilities. Is GoDaddy your hosting provider as well?

Just asking.
mrshake · Member · May 31, 2008 at 12:01 am
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i have a hosting account at ivalue host or whatnot.
ellaella · Member · May 31, 2008 at 12:05 am
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There is no “over at .org”. WordPress.org provides free software, not hosting.

Check with your host about setting up a mirrored domain to tinker with before repointing. You might also have to wait 60 days before repointing.
jamesewelch · Member · May 31, 2008 at 12:18 am
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You can access your FTP via IP address until the domain name resolution is propagated.
mrshake · Member · May 31, 2008 at 12:45 am
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i never thought of that. i feel stupid for asking such questions. how would i go about doing that. a buddy of mine is gonna make the move for me, but we need access to the ftp and since its directed to wordpress right now, it wont let us.
raincoaster · Member · May 31, 2008 at 1:14 am
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Remember that with a WP.com blog with domain mapping, you have TWO URLs.

You have blog.whatever, which you paid for. You also have blog.wordpress.com. When you make the switchover, it will only affect blog.whatever. blog.wordpress.com will still be here.
jamesewelch · Member · Jun 1, 2008 at 1:53 am
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@mrshake, you’ll need to ask your new host what your IP address is.

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