Mapping problem

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  janny0302 · Member · May 12, 2017 at 9:23 am

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  I tried to mapping my website trendsinchina.com to my blog trendsinchina.com.wordspress.com.

  But it does not work, the page does not open with any information.

  I have done everything accordingly. Please help!!!

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

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  otpidusprime · Member · May 12, 2017 at 9:25 am

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  Hello @janny0302
  I check out the site via http://trendsinchina.com/ and I can access your site and see the site without any problems.

  I would recommend you to wait for a while because sometimes it takes about 72 hours for the DNS changes to propagate throughout the world wide web.

  Also, try these:
  1. Clear your browsers cache and cookies.
  2. If you are using Windows, Flush your systems DNS cache by typing the following command on Command Prompt window:
  ipconfig /flushdns
  and then try accessing the your website thru that domain.

  Hope these help 🙂

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  janny0302 · Member · May 12, 2017 at 9:45 am

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  thanks, i tried in another computer and also on my mobile, it has the following error message:

  The domain trendsinchina.com is no longer parked by GoDaddy.

  and it takes me to trendsi./gi

  please help to correct it, i have spent the entire day on doing this….

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  otpidusprime · Member · May 12, 2017 at 9:46 am

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  It showing that error because the domain is now pointing to your WordPress.COM site. As i said, it might take a while for the change to take affect.

  Meanwhile you can try these:
  1. Clear your browsers cache and cookies.
  2. If you are using Windows, Flush your systems DNS cache by typing the following command on Command Prompt window:
  ipconfig /flushdns
  and then try accessing the your website thru that domain.

  As mentioned above.

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  janny0302 · Member · May 12, 2017 at 9:59 am

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  i have cleared my browsers cache and cookies, it is strange to me that you could access my site and see the site without any problems while I can’t.
  I have used mapping in the past and it did not show error pages like that and I don’t understand why this happens.

  If my domain is now pointing to WordPress.COM site. why I still see the error page from godaddy?

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  otpidusprime · Member · May 12, 2017 at 10:16 am

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  It is not necessary that it since it is accessible to me it should be accessible to you as well, it might take some time for you since you have just changed the nameserver values for the domain.

  It varies from location to location.

  And that’s the reason why I am asking you to wait for 72 hours max. If after 72 hours it still does not show up then there’s some problem we might consider troubleshooting.

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  otpidusprime · Member · May 12, 2017 at 10:24 am

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  @janny0302 you can also try accessing the site while you are waiting to see if it is active.

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  otpidusprime · Member · May 12, 2017 at 11:19 am

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  It varies from location to location.

  It also depends on how frequently your ISP updates the DNS records.