Domain mapping

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  mcdonagh4clare · Member · Dec 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm

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  Hi there,
  I have a website set up on wordpress that I am very happy with
  I own the domain MICHAELMCDONAGHCLARE.COM and have paid the fee to wordpress to map the domain which I understood would mean that anyone going to the website would see what I had prepared on wordpress, however I am getting an error message
  “404. That’s an error.

  The requested URL / was not found on this server. That’s all we know.”

  What have I done wrong?

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

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  micawbr · Member · Dec 20, 2015 at 12:13 pm

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  Hi there,
  To have MICHAELMCDONAGHCLARE.COM show the content that is at mcdonagh4clare.wordpress.com, the name servers need to be changed. Since the domain is registered through GoDaddy, log into your account there and change the name servers to:

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

  Here’s GoDaddy’s guide for that: https://www.godaddy.com/help/set-custom-nameservers-for-domains-registered-with-us-12317

  After you make the change, it can take up to 72 hours to fully take effect.

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  mcdonagh4clare · Member · Dec 20, 2015 at 12:24 pm

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  Ok I can try that thanks very much for your reply