Help with DNS Original A records

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  victimofsound · Member · Apr 26, 2015 at 8:43 am

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  Hello,
  I recently tried to self host my WordPress blog, and changed the A DNS records, however I would like to change it back to original WordPress DNS. Can anyone help me do this? When trying to self host it didn’t work and the site has been down for three days. I would like to continue the site through WordPress.com

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  micawbr · Member · Apr 26, 2015 at 11:19 am

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  Hello,
  I think this support page may help: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/setting-custom-a-records/

  In particular the part where it says, “Resetting a domain A record”.

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  victimofsound · Member · Apr 27, 2015 at 2:45 am

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  Hello,

  Thank you for passing that on. I did that, but I just have an NS record and not an A record. And when trying to visit the site it says “server not found”.

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  victimofsound · Member · Apr 27, 2015 at 2:50 am

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  Sorry for the double post, actually I now have an A record, NS record and CNAME record that all say handled by wordpress.com, but the site is still not working.
  Also, now that they all say handled by wordpress it is no longer affiliated with the self hosting platform I tried to use?

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  micawbr · Member · Apr 27, 2015 at 10:49 am

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  I can view victimofsound.com, now.

  I think when you make DNS changes, it takes a bit of time (from minutes to hours) for everything to sync up and work properly.

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  brianmhall · Member · Apr 27, 2015 at 12:20 pm

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  Yes, it depends on how the Time To Live settings on the DNS server are set to. It’s not unusual for them to be up to 24 hours, but it can be shorter.

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  victimofsound · Member · Apr 30, 2015 at 5:16 am

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  Thanks guys :)