Mapping problems
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I have built a site through Godaddy, I like it and have many links to the blogs I have done here, however I purchased a new domain to mask the fact that my customers were switching from http://www.kickboxingmonkey.co.uk to http://www.kickboxingmonkeyblog.co.uk. I have tried to map it and i genuinely can nit do it. I’m only given or can find instructions on how to mess up my website through go daddy and the kickboxingmonkeyblog.co.uk still exists even though I can’t change anything within it. All I want to do is change from kickboxingmonkeyblog.wordpress.com to the domain i brought but ONLY on my blogs….please please PLEASE show me or tell me step by step how to do that.
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Haydn the frustrated monkeyThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Neither of the site 2 URLs posted above in your first sentence are URLs for sites hosted by wordpress.COM and we cannot help you.
We provide support only for wordpress.COM hosted sites. Our support docs do not apply to
(1) local installs of wordpress.ORG software on your own server or
(2) wordpress.ORG software installs on paid hosting, and we do not provide support for them at wordpress.COM.Also, note that we do not provide Jetpack support https://jetpack.me/support/ for sites linked to wordpress.COM accounts with the Jetpack plugin.
You are posting to the wrong support forum.
WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
As you are referring to a site that is not hosted here, if you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
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OOPS! I just read that again.
All I want to do is change from kickboxingmonkeyblog.wordpress.com to the domain i brought but ONLY on my blogs….please please PLEASE show me or tell me step by step how to do that.
The charge is $13 per year for mapping an existing domain that you already own.
re: mapping an existing domain
Important Notes Before Upgrading
https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgradingAll wordpress.com blogs are on .wordpress.com subdomains.
WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it, and also renew the domain mapping purchase here, each and every year.
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.
In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL. If you do not register a .wordpress.com blog URL first then the software supplies the dot whatever URL so you can proceed with your domain mapping purchase.
See https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/
Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/Your only options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
It can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.
If you still need help then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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Thanks for your help but thats all the stuff I’ve been doing, I’ve purchased the domains, now trying to map them…I’m a step closer
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I’m seeing that you have purchased and canceled Domain Mapping a couple times.
Domain mapping is the upgrade that you need in order to point a domain you have registered elsewhere to your WordPress.com site.
HOWEVER, I suspect what you want to do instead is map a subdomain:
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