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  cliff8410 · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 3:02 pm

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  I want my blog to be http://www.wlstudios.ie . At the moment I can only access it at “wlstudios.ie” How come I cant access it at “www.wlstudios.ie”?

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 3:47 pm

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  Hi there!

  WordPress.com always redirects the www subdomain to the non-www version. Because of this, you can still use www version of your custom domain on your signature or business cards if you’d like.

  Hope that clarifies things.

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  cliff8410 · Member · Mar 6, 2013 at 2:33 am

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  Awesome, thank you. Can i change it to “www” no?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 6, 2013 at 2:56 am

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  We actually strip out the www. for your convenience, and http://www.wlstudios.ie/ will always redirect to http://wlstudios.ie/

  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.