My domain isn't connecting?

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  thehayesinstitute · Member · Oct 31, 2014 at 8:00 pm

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  My domain mapping didn’t work when I connected it with my GoDaddy hosted WordPress website. I need assistance with mapping. I spoke with GoDaddy and they said everything is correct on their end and suggested I contact WordPress.com.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Oct 31, 2014 at 8:15 pm

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  Hi there,

  So I looked at your records, and I am seeing a CNAME record and an A record. Did GoDaddy say that these records were necessary to point your domain?

  Please let me know!

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  thehayesinstitute · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 7:24 pm

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  I read instructions here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/mapping-a-domain-registered-with-wordpress-com-to-a-site-hosted-on-godaddy/

  Can you tell me what to do from here?

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 9:06 pm

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  Hi there,

  I see what you mean! So in order for this to work your nameservers need to still be pointed to us since you are using A records to map your domain. So, I have reverted the nameservers back to us, and your site is up and running as seen here:

  

  If that is not what you see, it’s a caching issue. Can you please try clearing out your cache and cookies using the guide below?

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  Let me know if you have any questions with this!

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  thehayesinstitute · Member · Nov 4, 2014 at 4:22 pm

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  Thanks Grace! But I am having trouble with the http://www.skinphorea.com however skinphorea.com is working. Please assist at your earliest.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Nov 4, 2014 at 5:11 pm

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  Hi there,

  If you want to add it, please start on number 12 of this support guide:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/mapping-a-domain-registered-with-wordpress-com-to-a-site-hosted-on-godaddy/