I bought a domain but not sure what to do next…

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  hotkey · Member · Nov 26, 2007 at 12:44 am

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  I bought lilyluna.net from GoDaddy. I want to use WordPress to create/manage it. I see in the options where I can direct/redirect the domain to WordPress to set up the site as lilyluna.net, but when I enter the domain, page doesn’t seem to find it.

  Being a total newb I’m not sure what to do at this point.

  Any help much appreciated.

  Thanks.

  JDS

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  trent · Member · Nov 26, 2007 at 12:58 am

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  To use the new domain, you have to get GoDaddy to point the nameservers to the following name servers: ns1.wordpress.com ns2.wordpress.com ns3.wordpress.com

  Once the name servers are pointing to wordpress.com name servers, only then will it find the domain.

  http://faq.wordpress.com/category/domain-mapping/

  Trent

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  hotkey · Member · Nov 26, 2007 at 7:48 pm

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  Thanks Trent – How do I get them to do that?

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  trent · Member · Nov 26, 2007 at 8:02 pm

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  Contact GoDaddy and ask them how you would do it would be the best bet!

  Trent

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  hotkey · Member · Nov 26, 2007 at 8:18 pm

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  Thx. I’ve opened a Help desk ticket with them on the subject.

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  trent · Member · Nov 26, 2007 at 8:24 pm

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  That is a good idea. Usually they have some sort of “domain manager” that allows you access to your domain and changing the name servers, but since I have never done anything with GoDaddy, I don’t know the exact procedure myself. Best to contact them about that and what credentials (username,password) that you require anyways!

  Good luck!

  Trent

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  hotkey · Member · Nov 27, 2007 at 2:16 am

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  They did have and its done. Said to allow 48 hours. Anything tricky to do next?