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  mk1copywriting · Member · Jul 6, 2012 at 11:19 pm

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  Hello.

  I just signed up a WordPress website and my address is http://domain-name.com instead of http://www.domain-name.com

  Is there a way to change this?

  I’ve tried here – http://wordpress.com/#!/settings/

  But it doesn’t seem to work.

  Any help appreciated.

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

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 6, 2012 at 11:20 pm

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  We actually strip out the www. for your convenience, and http://www.mk1-copywriting.com/ will redirect to http://mk1-copywriting.com/

  www is an old protocol from back when everything was under separate server hardware. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc.

  These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters.

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  mk1copywriting · Member · Jul 6, 2012 at 11:32 pm

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  Ah, the redirect is now working. I guess it takes a few minutes.

  We must have so many more Ws available after that!

  You truly are an engineer of happiness.

  Thank you for the speedy response.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 6, 2012 at 11:34 pm

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  You’re welcome!