Domain Mapping
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Hello,
I have a few questions. My original blog domain is janaemonir.wordpress.com. The blog domain in question is janaemonir.com. Here is what I did:
Registered janaemonir.com with DreamHost. Went to my (janaemonir.wordpress.com) WordPress account and clicked ‘domain upgrade’. Put in the correct nameserver codes. It linked up and worked. I continued on and paid the $12 for domain mapping to WordPress. Very simple process (thanks).
The problem:
On other computers (i.e. any computer that is not logged into my account), the sites work fine; janaemonir.com comes up as it should with the appropriate content, and janaemonir.wordpress.com automatically links to the new domain. However, when I am logged in to my account, and I have janaemonir.com set up as the primary domain, then click to the site, it comes up as a brand-new, ‘welcome to wordpress, janae!’ page. However, if the old domain is set as the primary site, the site comes up as usual when I click to it.
Any idea as to what is going on and why there is a discrepancy? For the record, my stats/dashboard/all other admin pages come up with current, updated info.
Thank you!!
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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At DreamHost, you have to point that domain name to the wordpress.COM DNS servers. Did you do that?
I think you have things a little backwards in the settings.
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At DreamHost, under ‘manage domains’ for janaemonir.com, one code per nameserver has been entered, each ending in wordpress.com. Is this what you are referring to?
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Yes.
How long ago did you do the mapping? The reason I ask is that your new domain name when entered into the browser address bar ends up taking me to the wordpress.COM URL (shows in the address bar). That is backwards from what should happen.
Take a look at this support document and see if you have everything done correctly here in your dashboard.
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I’m sorry, I forgot to paste in the link for you.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/
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Yes, now it is backwards for me, too. (This is actually an improvement, as it wasn’t working at all previously — janaemonir.com led to an empty site that said ‘Welcome to your first post, Janae!’ page instead.)
The Name Server codes I put in @ DreamHost were the wordpress.com ones. I feel I’ve exhausted my resources at this point and I’m just not experienced enough to fix on my own… I’ve looked on DreamHost for help but haven’t come up with anything. Thanks for your time.
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I think the dream host stuff is correct from what you describe, it is something not right on this end.
Contact staff at http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/ . They can access your dashboard and take a look. We volunteers cannot.
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I sent a message to support, but I’m thinking I’d like to cancel the domain with wordpress altogether. If I do, will my site remain janaemonir.wordpress.com? Will anything be messed up?
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No if you cancel the domain mapping, the original URL and blog will be just the same as they were before.
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