Domain/Web Forwarding
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I own http://www.eylsa.com and currently have it associated with a Squarespace account, but I want to link it to a WordPress account (www.eastyorksoftball.wordpress.com).
I have currently purchased the domain from Yahoo! Aabaco and would like to use WordPress instead! How do I go about doing this?
I am also interested in masking http://www.eastyorksoftball.wordpress.com with http://www.eylsa.com, similarly to how I have http://www.forthetrees.ca masking http://www.forthebananas.wordpress.com. Can you help me make that happen as well?
Thanks in advance!
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Hello
What you are trying to do is have your domain eylsa.com point to your WordPress blog eastyorksoftball.wordpress.com. That is easy to do, and the instructions on how are right here:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/all-about-domains/ has a lot of good information about domains.Hope that helps!
dave -
Thanks, Dave. That’s very helpful.
Do you know how I go about switching over from Yahoo! Aabaco to WordPress (or just anything cheaper) for my Domain (www.eylsa.com)?
Thanks,
Kim
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Hi Kim
I really cannot recommend one domain registration company over another. A Google search of “Domain registration” brought up a mind-numbing number of possibilities, several under $1.00.dave
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Perhaps let me rephrase, how do I go about moving my domain from one host to another? Do I have to let it lapse with Yahoo and then I can pick it up with another?
Does anyone have any experience doing this?
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Hi Kim
Ok this can all seem a little confusing. Use
https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/
as your guide.The eylsa.com domain name was renewed on the 8th of this month. It was registered by Tucows, one of the companies that provide this service. Yahoo used Tucows as the name registry agent. Tucows does not handle “retail” domain registration, so you will have to transfer your domain name through someone else at some point. You will have to find the someone else, or through WordPress in the manage your account section:
https://wordpress.com/domains/manageI went to the Tucows web site, they have an extensive help/FAQ section.
http://www.tucowsdomains.com/topic/name-server-dns-changes/ about the 6th entry down covers changing the name server.You will have to contact yahoo to get access to the Name Server update utility at:
Yahoo Aabaco Small Business
+1.4089162124
https://www.aabacosmallbusiness.com/
This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords,
DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions.If you have an active account, you can contact Yahoo Aabaco Support
team at:
https://help.smallbusiness.yahoo.net/s/contactsupport
OR
https://aabacosmallbusiness.com/legacycontactIt looks worse than it is. Honest!
dave -
Hi there,
how do I go about moving my domain from one host to another? Do I have to let it lapse with Yahoo and then I can pick it up with another?
To transfer a domain you need to ask your current provider for their instructions on doing this. However, it’s not possible to transfer a domain to us. Domains that are already registered with a different provider can only be connected here via domain mapping, which @dave2swords has already mentioned.
I would not recommend letting the domain lapse with Yahoo so you can register it here. When a domain expires, it goes through an expiration process of around 80 days before it’s released, and it’s only released if the current provider doesn’t sell it at private auction during this process. Once it’s released someone else can also buy it before you get to it, so you run a very real risk of losing it.
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