Moving my wordpress-purchased domain to a squarespace.com powered site

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  barerootgirl · Member · May 9, 2012 at 11:05 pm

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  I am having trouble editing the CNAME and A Record for the domain I purchased through WordPress: http://www.barerootgirl.com. I had started using WordPress for my blog but decided to go with a Squarespace.com-powered site instead. They’ve provided me with the CNAME (www.squarespace.com) and A Record (65.39.205.54) and I have tried multiple ways of entering them in on the Domain edit screen but nothing seems to work. Please help. Thank you!
  Blog url: http://barerootblog.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 9, 2012 at 11:10 pm

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  To set the A record, please try these steps:

  1. First, log into your Domain Manager by following the instruction of the “Domain Manager Login” section here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/

  2. Once you’re logged in, click on the domain name you want to edit.

  3. Under Nameservers, click on “Set Nameservers”.

  4. In the pop-up window, select “I have specific nameservers for my domains”.

  5. Replace any name servers listed with the following:

  NS01.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
  NS02.DOMAINCONTROL.COM

  6. Click on OK to save, wait a few minutes for the settings to go through, and then refresh the page.

  7. When the nameservers change, you’ll see some information under DNS Manager, and a link that says “Launch” – click that link to edit your DNS records.

  8. The A record of your domain should be listed as the first record on the list. In the Actions columns on the left, click on the pencil/notepad icon to edit the record (make sure you click on the icon for the same line that the A record is on).

  9. Finally, use the information provided to your by your new host to fill out the “Host Name” and “Points To IP Address”. The field labeled “TTL” should stay in the default “1 Hour” value. Click on OK to save the new record.

  That’s it – your new A record should go live after a short delay.

  Then, you should be able to add a CNAME via your Custom DNS panel.

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  barerootgirl · Member · May 9, 2012 at 11:16 pm

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  Hi macmanx, thank you for the reply! To clarify: when I’m editing the name servers, I don’t use any version of http://www.squarespace.com, I use the ns01 and ns02 exactly as you typed?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 9, 2012 at 11:20 pm

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  Yes, use the ones that were provided above. This will unlock the rest of the domain manager.

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  barerootgirl · Member · May 9, 2012 at 11:32 pm

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  Perfect! It worked immediately. Appreciate your help.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 9, 2012 at 11:46 pm

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  You’re welcome!