domain mapping gives “forbidden” error

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  mtvernonmennonitechurch · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 1:56 am

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  I “think” I’ve followed all the directions for forwarding my wordpress blog to my previously-owned domain–renamed DNS servers, purchased the $10 credits, added my domain under settings–>domains, checked the propogation, clicked “put blog here,” and added google apps for email. Everything seems to be working fine EXCEPT that when I type mtvernonmennonitechurch.wordpress.com it DOES forward to mtvernomennonitechurch.org (my domain) but I don’t see my blog–I see an error screen. Any ideas?

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  vivianpaige · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 2:02 am

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  I just tried it and had no problem getting to your site. Try clearing your cache and cookies and restarting your browser.

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  mtvernonmennonitechurch · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 2:16 am

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  Still a no-go. I even tried a different computer! I can’t even access my blog through the wordpress login–> “go to site.” Can anyone else see my blog?

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 3:01 am

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  absolutely. Sometimes it takes longer to disseminate to other areas of the internet, so you might just reside in one of the slow-updating regions. It works fine for me. Check again in the morning to see what happens. If there are problems still, contact staff via your dashboard Support button.

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  mtvernonmennonitechurch · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 4:49 am

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  Okay, so now it seems I can get to my wp.com blog, but my domain.org address still gives an error/forbidden. When I click “put blog here” one way, I can get wp.com to forward to domain.org (which shows the error/forbidden), but not the other way around (clicking it again does not seem to forward domain.org to wp.com).

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  mark · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 9:09 am

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  Is your actual domain being forwarded / redirected?

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  mtvernonmennonitechurch · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 9:28 am

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  It doesn’t seem like it is being forwarded. I changed the DNS server names on my registrar, and checked with them (register.com) and they seemed to think that would be sufficient and that I should check with wp.com. But I don’t see anything happening. As I said above, if I click “put blog here” wp.com forwards to domain.org, but only to the “forbidden” blank screen. However, if I click again, no forwarding seems to occur.

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  mtvernonmennonitechurch · Member · Nov 2, 2008 at 9:22 pm

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  Okay…so it took a while to propogate, but everything is up and running. Thanks, all for your help!