How to point my DNS to wordpress site

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  ahall1970 · Member · May 30, 2015 at 8:58 pm

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  I have just purchased a Premium WordPress.com site. Currently the site is shellmonger.wordpress.com. I have DNS hosted at Office 365, who require me to host their for email update reasons.

  Currently, I have a CNAME http://www.shellmonger.com => shellmonger.wordpress.com

  What records do I need to place in the Office 365 DNS to enable access to my blog on http://www.shellmonger.com?

  What else do I need to do in order to make this happen?

  Thanks,

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 31, 2015 at 5:04 pm

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  Hi!

  In order for your domain to work correctly, you will need to change the name servers to point to WordPress.com:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/#how-to-change-your-name-servers

  Because of this, you’ll also need to move over your email records for your Office 365 email to work correctly. We have steps on how to do that here:

  Add Email Through Office 365

  Let me know if you have any trouble with either step!

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  ahall1970 · Member · May 31, 2015 at 11:29 pm

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  I’ve got over 140 records to move and have already consolidated my DNS records to another provider. You are not going to be managing my domain for me.

  If this is the final word, then I will have to re-visit my purchase with you. If you cannot handle a blog without also handling the DNS, then please refund the $99 I paid to upgrade to Premium recently.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jun 1, 2015 at 2:00 pm

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  Hi Adrian – I reached out via private email. Please keep all further correspondence there!