IP address for A NAME record
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My client’s ISP needs to manage nameservers for the domain at their facility, since they will continue to manage FTP and e-mail services for that domain.
They report that, in order to have the main domain resolve to the WordPress.com-hosted site, they need an IP address for an A NAME record they will add to their domain configuration.
They tried using the WordPress Name Server IP addresses listed on this page, but that did nt work.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/
I have been unable to find any references to A NAME records in the support forums.
Have you had this request before. Can you help?
Thank you very much.
-Jay
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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WordPress.COM does not allow A NAME records, but you can use a C Name record to point to a subdomain of your main domain as explained here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/
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Thank you for the information.
Then, if CNAME record be used to point to http://www.domain.com, is there a CNAME configuration that can pick up requests with no subdomain, i.e., domain.com?
-Jay
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Alternatively, can the CNAME be used to redirect http://www.domain.com traffic to WordPress.COM, and then use a rewrite rule to rewrite canonical requests domain.com to the subdomain http://www.domain.com?
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Example:
‘RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]’In other words, how does WordPress.COM handle http://www.domain.com?
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@jcollier and martinspoon
At this point my advice is that you contact Staff directly. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/
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