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  larktalk · Member · Mar 18, 2013 at 11:49 pm

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  I have two domain names – one with a website attached to it and a new one which I want to attach a new WordPress website to. How do I go about redirecting/connecting these two domains to WOrdpress thanks?

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 19, 2013 at 2:42 am

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  What are the two domain names?

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 19, 2013 at 3:58 am

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  The website is attached/directed to tempemacgowan.com with Weebly and tempemacgowan.com.au is new and the one that I want to use for the new WordPress website thanks.

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 19, 2013 at 4:12 am

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  Why do you need to know the domain names even though I’ve just said what they are?

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 19, 2013 at 4:37 am

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  Well, how can anyone sort out a mess when you refer only to two domain names, out of a few hundred billions, and don’t tell anyone which ones they are?

  I’m assuming you want to direct both of these custom domains to http://larktalk.wordpress.com/ is that correct?

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 19, 2013 at 5:11 am

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  Thanks. My intention is to have a new wordpress website with the ‘au’ domain name and the others directed to this new one.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 19, 2013 at 3:56 pm

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  Ok, assuming you have .au domain registered elsewhere, you can map it to your WordPress.com blog following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  However, since it’s a .au domain, we’ll probably need to manually add a zone record for you first, so we’ll need to know the exact domain name.

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 4:18 am

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  The domain name is: tempemacgowan.com.au
  Do I do the mapping thing first or is the zone record added first?

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 4:22 am

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  I added a zone record for you – it might take a short time to propagate but you can map your domain name to your blog using the instructions staff-blorbo gave you above

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 5:22 am

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  So I guess I get the new wordpress website first then map the domain to it? I don’t wish to use my existing blog for this – I’ll put a link to it.

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 5:28 am

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  Yes make your new blog / web site then Map your domain name to it

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 5:33 am

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  OK – getting there and thanks for all your help.

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 5:39 am

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  You be welcome

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 21, 2013 at 12:04 am

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  Hi – I’ve created the new blog and mapped it I think. Can you check if I’ve done it right please? Like i’ve updated the primary blog so that the primary domain is tempemacgowan.com.au.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 21, 2013 at 12:06 am

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  Your name servers are still pointed away from us. Per the guide at http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/ they need to be set to:

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 21, 2013 at 4:19 am

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  OK that’s done now. How do I turn off the blog – or incorporate it into the website – so that I just have a website as the main thing thanks.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 21, 2013 at 5:12 pm

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  Well, WordPress.com is a blogging service, so you can’t really “turn off the blog”.

  You can do a few things, like set a front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and disable comments http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/

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  larktalk · Member · Mar 21, 2013 at 10:38 pm

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  Thanks – I’m getting the hang of it now.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 21, 2013 at 10:38 pm

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  You’re welcome!