Why is "cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi" appearing?

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    colinbjohnson · Member ·

    My desired outcome is the following:
    1. Make my wordpress blog (hosted at myblog.wordpress.com) available at mydomain.com
    2. Continue to use my current DNS host

    I’ve tried:
    1. Creating a CNAME for mydomain.com to myblog.wordpress.com.

    I can confirm the setup is correct, as dig returns the following: 

    dig mydomain.com
ANSWER:
mydomain.com CNAME myblog.wordpress.com.
myblog.wordpress.com CNAME lb.wordpress.com.
lb.wordpress.com. A <IP of wordpress web servers>

    I’ve also configured the WordPress Setting “Domain” to be mydomain.com and purchased domain mapping.

    Users get redirected as appropriate, however, I have issues with cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi appearing on initial site load (for instance mydomain.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi). I’ve been unable resolve issues with this – I’ve got no idea why it would show up.

  • Unknown's avatar
    airodyssey · Member ·

    Hi. Do you only have domain mapping set up, or did you ALSO have a CNAME record as well? If so, try deleting the CNAME record (you don’t need one for a basic domain mapping).

  • Unknown's avatar
    colinbjohnson · Member ·

    I have a CNAME setup so that mydomain.com is effectively servered by myblog.wordpress.com.

    I do not use “Domain Mapping” in the sense that WordPress serves DNS for me.

  • Unknown's avatar
    evarlese · Member ·

    I don’t see a Domain Mapping upgrade linked to your account.

    Just to make sure: you want to map your domain, such as colinbjohnson.com, to your WordPress blog. Is that correct?

    If so, can you try following these directions to see if that helps?
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  • Unknown's avatar
    colinbjohnson · Member ·

    I’m posting for a friend – patrickhouston.net – which had originally redirected through cname to patrickhouston.net – although it has appended cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi in 5 out of 6 web browsers tested. The URL still has the same problem (even when “mapped” to patrick1350.wordpress.com), in Firefox on Windows 7, patrickhouston.net points to http://patrick1350.wordpress.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi.

    The instructions at http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/ might work, but my desire is to continue to use my current DNS host.

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