Domain problems – DNS maybe

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  travisdubz · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 8:44 pm

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  I’m trying to host defthought.com, a domain that I already own, through wordpress.com but it keeps saying that the domain isn’t pointing to WP. I’m not sure what to do, help would be deeply appreciated. Thank you

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 9:04 pm

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  You need to point the domain name at the worpdress.COM servers and you do that at the place where you registered the domain. and you will also need the domain mapping upgrade.

  Domain Mapping

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  travisdubz · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 9:13 pm

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  ok thank you

  I just tried to point it… does this look good?

  http://tinypic.com/r/2nhzri8/5

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 9:20 pm

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  Are you mapping to a subdomain? I don’t think you want to set up wordpress under CNAME unless you are going to use a subdomain of your main domain name.

  You want the

  ns1.wordpress.com
  ns2.wordpress.com
  ns3.wordpress.com

  to be the main nameservers if you are not mapping to a subdomain, and you only use the numbered addresses if your registrar requires it.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 9:22 pm

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  The wordpress nameserver stuff above should replace the existing at your registrar, which according to “whois” are the following

  dns1.name-services.com
  dns2.name-services.com
  dns3.name-services.com
  dns4.name-services.com
  dns5.name-services.com

  Replace 1, 2 and 3 with the wordpress nameservers and delete 4 and 5.

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  travisdubz · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 9:25 pm

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  I’m not mapping to a subdomain.

  My registrar does require that I use the numbered addresses though. Does that mean that those are all I need?

  Or should I add the

  ns1.wordpress.com
  ns2.wordpress.com
  ns3.wordpress.com

  as A addresses as well?

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  travisdubz · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 9:29 pm

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  I don’t think that the “whois” said is right. My host records have never looked like that.

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  travisdubz · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 10:04 pm

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  I’m not mapping to a subdomain.

  My registrar does require that I use the numbered addresses though. Does that mean that those are all I need?

  Or should I add the

  ns1.wordpress.com
  ns2.wordpress.com
  ns3.wordpress.com

  as A addresses as well?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 10:08 pm

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  ns1, 2 and 3 should be A addresses, not CNAME addresses. CNAME’s are for creating alias’s.

  DO NOT use a CNAME unless you plan on mapping to a subdomain.

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  travisdubz · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 10:18 pm

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  ok, but when I try to make them A addresses it has an error and says they must be an IP.

  btw thank you so much for all your patience with this, sorry if i’m not getting it.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 10:22 pm

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  Then just put in the IP numbers as “A” addresses and DO NOT create the CNAMES.

  And not a problem. My registrar seems far less complex than yours so I’m learning too.

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  travisdubz · Member · Jun 24, 2009 at 10:37 pm

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  Ok I did that. I guess it’s just a matter of waiting now.

  Thanks again for all your help!