Domain Mapping with special charcter domain name

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  torstenlinz · Member · Jul 15, 2013 at 6:57 pm

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  I am thinking about mapping my existing domain to my wordpress.com blog.

  However, this domain name has two special characters (i.e. a “u” with two dots above and an “o” with two dots above). Does WordPress.com support such special characters in the URL?

  Best regards, Torsten.

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

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 15, 2013 at 7:08 pm

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  Probably.

  What is the domain name you want to map? Please post it here

  I have flagged this for staff attention to help – they can give the definitive answer

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Jul 16, 2013 at 4:12 pm

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  @torstenlinz:

  Domain mapping for IDNs, also known as Internationalized Domain Names, is not currently supported. Your domain name is an IDN if it contains language-specific characters such as ä, û, ע, ж, 字, मा.

  Here’s more information on these types of domain names:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name

  I hope that clarifies things! Let me know if you have any questions.

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 16, 2013 at 5:39 pm

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  Thanks also – the answer is also at the bottom of the Map an Existing Domain Name – guess I should take my own advice and read the documentation!

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  torstenlinz · Member · Jul 16, 2013 at 8:57 pm

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  @all:

  Oh, what a pity. I like wordpress.com. Unfortunately, if it doesn’t support IDNs I can’t use it.

  Thanks for your quick help anyway.

  Torsten

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Jul 16, 2013 at 10:11 pm

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  You’re welcome. Let us know if you need help with anything else.