hosting and designing costs with wordpress

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  glencopperkettle · Member · May 6, 2015 at 4:15 pm

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  how to host my domain with wordpress

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 6, 2015 at 7:43 pm

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  Hi there! Is this a domain you already own? Or are you looking to purchase a new domain?

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  glencopperkettle · Member · May 6, 2015 at 7:49 pm

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  I own copperkettle.ca and want to create a website for that

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 6, 2015 at 8:11 pm

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  Great! There are two steps to setting up that domain to point to your WordPress.com site.

  First, purchase a Domain Mapping upgrade here:

  https://wordpress.com/domains/add/mapping/

  Then, you’ll need to log into your registrar and change your name servers to these:

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

  It looks like your domain is registered with GoDaddy. Here’s they’re guide for updating the name servers:

  https://support.godaddy.com/help/article/12317/setting-custom-nameservers-for-domains-registered-with-us?locale=en

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  glencopperkettle · Member · May 7, 2015 at 11:10 am

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  I’m not sure that is what I was thinking. I want to use copperkettle.ca as my website. Not the WordPress one. I want to se WordPress to design and publish my site, but to put it all in my own domain. It looked like you were directing me how to do the opposite. Do I have it wrong?

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 7, 2015 at 5:39 pm

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  Sorry for being unclear. Following the steps I gave you will display the content on your WordPress.com site at the domain you specified. So people will visit copperkettle.ca and see the site you design and publish through us.

  I hope this clarifies things! Let me know if you have more questions. :)