help me map wordpress domain to other website!

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  frantzces · Member · Jul 23, 2013 at 11:19 pm

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  I registered my domain with wordpress I need to map it to oncarrot.com so that every time someone clicks on my domain name it takes them directly to oncarrot.com where my website is.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jul 24, 2013 at 10:02 am

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  Hi there,

  I see that your website at oncarrot.com is hosted by a different website hosting provider. You can point the domain you registered here at WordPress.com to a different website hosting provider by following this guide: Change name servers

  If you have any questions about this, please let me know!

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  frantzces · Member · Jul 24, 2013 at 12:27 pm

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  Yes. But I tried to first do it through links. Then I went to domain manager. I went to add name serve but it doesn’t seem to be working. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Is there an example that I can see? Do I add the name of the website? It says add CNAME but that isn’t working.

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  frantzces · Member · Jul 24, 2013 at 12:31 pm

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  These are the instructions:

  Step 1: Edit Your Domain DNS Settings

  Important: You’ll need to login on the website where you purchased the domain (i.e. GoDaddy, 1and1, EveryDNS, etc.) If you have trouble logging in, please contact your domain hosts support service.:

  Login to the website where you purchased your domain name from
  Go to DNS Manager/Overview
  Select your Domain
  Find and click on Add CNAME
  Where a blank field requests an alias, type or name, add the characters www
  For the next field titled either hosts, address or points to, use oncarrot.com
  If anything is unclear, call your domain support, this is a very standard request

  OR Domain Specific Help in Setting up CNAMES

  Pick from the following for CNAME help articles for your specific Domain Host:

  GoDaddy, Namecheap, Hover, Name.com
  DON’T FORGET TO RETURN TO DO STEP 3

  *At this point, you may need to wait up to 24-48 hours for the domain to point to your site here at OnCarrot.
  Step 2: Add the Non-www Redirect

  To add the non-www redirect (so that http://yoursite.com redirects to http://www.yoursite.com), there should be an area called “Domain Forwarding“. There, redirect yoursite.com to http://www.yoursite.com.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jul 24, 2013 at 1:49 pm

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  Thanks for sharing those instructions with me. The problem with this method is that it relies on domain forwarding, which can’t be done for domains registered here. You will need to ask your website host for their nameservers (rather than the CNAME record). Once you know the nameservers, I can help you change them on your domain so it points to oncarrot.com.