Domain still pointing to WordPress after cancelling

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  variancelog · Member · Sep 30, 2016 at 2:58 pm

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  My domain, purchased through a third party (bluehost), used to be configured to wordpress.com dns severs. Yesterday I changed the setting for my domain to use a third party DNS server so that I could use it with tumblr. This morning my domain variancelog.com was resolving correctly to tumblr, however now it is resolving to a wordpress.com error page and I don’t know why. My settings at bluehost and my DNS server and tumblr are all correct!

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  variancelog · Member · Sep 30, 2016 at 4:15 pm

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  I disconnected my domain from tumblr so that at least the regular tumblr address works. Now the domain times out without pointing anywhere. I am trying now to point to another IP address for testing, so I’ll see what happens once the new IP address kicks in…

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  variancelog · Member · Sep 30, 2016 at 4:18 pm

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  It’s still pointing to this error message: “Warning! Domain mapping upgrade for this domain not found. Please log in and go to the Domains Upgrades page of your blog to use this domain.”

  I cancelled the domain setting in wordpress, removed the site associations, and even deleted the original blog (which I probably shouldn’t have done) which was variancelog.wordpress.com. Hope this can be resolved!

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  variancelog · Member · Sep 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm

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  It’s changing back and forth from routing to 192.0.78.25 (the wordpress error page) and 74.220.199.6 and timing out, depending on when I ping the domain.

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  supernovia · Staff · Sep 30, 2016 at 5:56 pm

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  Hi @variancelog

  It’s changing back and forth

  No worries, that’s pretty normal if you’ve just adjusted the domain’s DNS settings. You’ll want to wait several hours for the old settings to flush out of your computer, your router, your internet provider’s computers, etc.

  Typical propagation time is around 4-6 hours, but it can take up to 48 hours depending on everyone’s settings.

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  variancelog · Member · Sep 30, 2016 at 6:14 pm

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  Thanks @supernovia. I’ll keep monitoring it and see where it’s at tomorrow.

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  supernovia · Staff · Sep 30, 2016 at 8:02 pm

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  Actually monitoring it may make it a bit worse. Give it 4-6 hors before trying again so the old settings can flush out.

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  variancelog · Member · Oct 2, 2016 at 11:07 pm

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  After switching back and forth for awhile things stabilized, just as you said. Thanks again for your help!

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 3, 2016 at 3:12 pm

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  No problem at all. Cheers!