Domain name

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    prospectman · Member ·

    I am new to all this and confused. I paid for a domain name with 1-2-3-reg and tried to create a new website/blog. However I seem to have ended up with prospectmandotcodotuk.wordpress.com which is presumably the default one allocated to me if I choose not to buy a domain name. I went on a day course on how to create my blog and used the Eighties template. I now seem to have saved this and cannot personalise it. Help! Can I delete this and start again or just ignore it and start again?

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    re: mapping an existing domain
    WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.

    Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made, it and the domain mapping purchase here, each and every year.

    Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.

    In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL.

    If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

    It can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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    timethief · Member ·

    The detailed set up instructions for your theme are found here https://wordpress.com/themes/eighties/ and the live demo site is here https://eightiesdemo.wordpress.com/

    The related support docs for all wordpress.COM hosted sites are here https://support.wordpress.com/

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