Mapping my blog to my webstore's domain

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  funkypiece · Member · Dec 16, 2014 at 10:52 pm

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  I’m having trouble with mapping my blog to my website’s domain. I have done this job in the past and it was much easier. I’m following the directions by WordPress but still not getting what I want.

  My blog is funkypiece.wordpress.com and I want it to be blog.funkypiece.com. I set up the domain mapping according to the instructions but when I enter blog.funkypiece.com it just directs me back to the funkypiece.wordpress.com url which I don’t want. I want it to stay on my store’s domain.

  Anyone can help me out?

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 18, 2014 at 8:46 pm

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  Hi there,

  It looks like you want to map a subdomain instead. Take a look at the instructions below for more information:

  Map a Subdomain

  If this is what you want, please reply to confirm and I can swap out the Domain Mapping upgrade you added for a Subdomain.

  Let me know if you have any questions with this!

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  funkypiece · Member · Dec 19, 2014 at 5:40 pm

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  Hello yes this is exactly what I would like to do. I’ve added the CNAME already. Please let me know when I can finish the process on WordPress’ end.

  Thanks,

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 19, 2014 at 5:52 pm

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  Hi there,

  It has been swapped as requested as seen here:

  

  If this is not what you see, can you please try clearing out your cache and cookies using the guide below?

  Solve Common Browser Issues

  Cheers!

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  funkypiece · Member · Dec 19, 2014 at 6:03 pm

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  Thank you for taking care of that so fast. I do have another question. How can I shorten this url to remove the date of the post?

  Example – http://blog.funkypiece.com/2014/12/17/elementium-lighter/

  I would like for it to just read blog.funkypiece.com/elementium-lighter/

  Is this only supported if I’m using the .org version?

  Thanks!

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 19, 2014 at 6:22 pm

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  Is this only supported if I’m using the .org version?

  Yes. The permalinks cannot be changed to remove the dates on WordPress.com.

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  funkypiece · Member · Dec 19, 2014 at 6:42 pm

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  Ok thank you. Is there an article on how to complete the process of switching from .com to .org version?

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 19, 2014 at 6:57 pm

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  Sure! This guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/