Mapping domain name to new wordpress site

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  millorona · Member · Apr 8, 2014 at 5:01 pm

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  Hello, I’d like to map the domain name survision.net to my new blog survision.wordpress.com –
  I just paid $13 to map survision.net to maatsfeathers.wordpress.com and want to change this.
  How do I do this?
  thanks!
  Linda

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

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  thatrobyn · Member · Apr 9, 2014 at 10:29 pm

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  Hi Linda, No worries, I took care of the transfer for you.

  To view your domain information, click Store → My Domains, and make sure everything is set up to your liking.

  Let us know if you have any questions. Cheers!

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  millorona · Member · Apr 9, 2014 at 11:18 pm

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  Thanks Robyn. It’s not really clear to me that survision.net is connected to survision.wordpress.com but actually that is ok. My technical friend set it up for me to link survision.net to the wordpress engine, so to speak. I didn’t want to forward emails to the wordpress servers, though, as the hosting is shared with my ex-husband who receives mail via the local server that the original survision.net is connected too. blah blah!
  So, what did I pay $13 for, exactly? if someone types in survision.wordpress.com they will go to survision.net?
  And, I notice I have gravatars on the other hidden sites that I’ve set up with wordpress…how do I set one up for survision.net?
  lots of questions and I really appreciate your help.
  Warmly,
  Linda

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  thatrobyn · Member · Apr 10, 2014 at 1:57 pm

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  Hi there Linda! The $13 is for a service called Domain Mapping. Basically, this means that you have a Domain Name (survision.net) registered at GoDaddy. And you have a site, survision.wordpress.com, that you manage here at WordPress.com. Domain Mapping connects the two, so that in a reader’s address bar, they will see your Domain Name, but in their browser window, they can read your WordPress.com site, without “wordpress” appearing in the URL.

  I hope that clears things up!

  To connect your Gravatar to survision.net, click on Users → My Profile. This is where you’ll maintain all your public information for your WordPress.com site.

  Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks much and happy blogging!