How do I mapping subdomain to my hosted account with the domain still with you?

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    veragilford · Member ·

    Domain is registered with Godaddy (mysite.com)
    Domain is pointing to my blog with WordPress. (mysite.wordpress.com)
    I paid for domain mapping with WordPress to accomplish the above.

    I have a hosting account with Godaddy under (mysite.com)
    Created 2 new subdomains with Godaddy
    dev01.mysite.com
    dev02.mysite.com
    Installed WordPress on those 2 development subdomains

    **Can’t see sites** Being redirected to mysite.com

    Went into my wordpress.com account >Store>Domains>Edit DNS
    added 2 Cname records:
    CNAME dev01 dev01.mysite.com.
    CNAME dev02 dev02.mysite.com.

    ** Still can’t see sites** Being redirected to mysite.com

    Eventually, I will be migrating my (mysite.wordpress.com) account over to my hosted site. But for now, I want to be able to see my development subdomains.

    Help! What do I need to do?

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  • Unknown's avatar
    rachelmcr · Member ·

    Hi there,

    Do you have a direct address or an IP address for your development sites at GoDaddy?

    For the CNAME records to work properly, the value at the end needs to be a direct address for your sites (an address that works already for visiting the sites) rather than the address where you want to be able to visit them once the subdomain is set up (such as dev01.mysite.com). If you don’t have an address like that, you can use A records to set up the subdomains with an IP address.

    You may need to check your GoDaddy hosting account or contact GoDaddy support for that information. I would be happy to help you get those records set up once you have a direct address or an IP address for each development site. Please let me know if you have questions about this!

  • Unknown's avatar
    veragilford · Member ·

    Not sure what you mean about direct address. I have an IP address, but it’s for the entire server.

    I have direct addresses are setup as hosted domains.
    http://dev01.mysite.dom => folder: /dev01
    I also have an A record setup for each.
    dev01 => IP address

    Is this what you were asking?

  • Unknown's avatar
    rachelmcr · Member ·

    Sorry, when I mentioned direct address I meant a URL. Since your domain (e.g. mysite.com) is currently mapped to WordPress.com, you can’t use the URL dev01.mysite.com in the CNAME record. The URL in the CNAME record has to be a working URL for the site already.

    However, you can set up A records on this end since you have an IP address for each subdomain. In this case, you can remove the CNAME records you create and replace them with an A record pointing to the IP address for each subdomain. For example, if the IP address for dev01 is 1.2.3.4, the record will look like this:

    A dev01 1.2.3.4

    Please let me know if you have any questions about that!

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