Migrating domain from WordPress to Heroku
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I’m trying to connect a domain I bought through WordPress to a new site I’m hosting on Heroku.
I tried to follow the Heroku docs on custom domains but now I’m lost: http://www.mywebsite.com sends me to my new Heroku site, but mywebsite.com still directs me to the old WordPress.
What I’ve done already:
On wordpress, I initiated a domain transfer and received a transfer code (which I haven’t figured out what to do with).
Then I ran on the command line
heroku domains:add http://www.mywebsite.com
heroku domains
…which showed me a xxxx.herokudns.com addressFinally I went back to WordPress.com and created a new CNAME record, as the Heroku docs specified
Type: CNAME Name: http://www.mywebsite.com Alias of: xxxx.herokudns.com
This is, I understand from the Heroku docs, the process to register a subdomain. I was unable to follow the procedure for a custom root domain as WordPress does not allow for ALIAS or ANAME records, and requires a subdomain for CNAMES. I also was unable to follow the procedure for a custom wildcard domain because the command failed on the command line
zsh: no matches found: *.mywebsite.com
Help! How do I make sure that users who don’t enter the www before mywebsite.com arrive at the right site?? -
You need to use an A record for mysite.com or create a redirect from mysite.com to http://www.mysite.com. wordpress.com/support/move-domain/setting-custom-a-records
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Hi there,
To get help with that you need to contact both your domain registrar and your hosting provider.
Here on WordPress.com we can only provide support for domains and sites that are hosted on our platform.
Furthermore, to get help with the WordPress software that your site is using you have to post in the WordPress.org forums:
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