New Feature: Domains
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What are the advantages are of using this domains feature over simply making a page on my domain that has a single full-page frame that loads the wordpress blog?
In other words, the index page of my mydomain.com is just
<html>
<head><title>My Blog</title></head>
<frameset>
<frame src="http://myblog.wordpress.com">
</frameset>
</html>What advantages would I get by using the domains feature instead?
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sch, the biggest advantage would be the ability of the servers. Why most folks aren’t at teh level of a VIP, most of the advantages like multiple servers and fall backs come into play, as well as hourly backups, the tag system which is a plus for SEO, a support forum with a very great response rate (about 99.1%, far more than elsewhere, even wp.org), etc.
morg, not sure what exactly you’re asking but, if I understand it correctly, the only way to use the wp.com name is here at wp.com. There’s no redirect yet elsewhere.
itsnotcomp, simple. A number of search engine spiders don’t read frames or see the correct URL. Why shoot yourself in teh foot? You can instead of doing that is assign a machine name for the blog and use that.
Hope this helps,
-drmike -
hmm, I just added my domain, but it is acting weirdly (weird behaviour denoted by *):
* blah.wordpress.com does not redirect and still says blah.wordpress.com
domain.com does not redirect and still says domain.com
* http://www.domain.com redirects to blah.wordpress.com
a.b.c.d.domain.com redirects to domain.comAs I understand it, shouldn’t blah.wordpress.com redirect to domain.com? And http://www.domain.com redirect to domain.com instead of blah.wordpress.com? Correct me if I’m wrong.
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blah.wordpress.com will still work and show up. domain.com should show up as well as domain.com.
Do note though that as I understand it any link within a post that’s using blah.wordpress.com will remain as blah.wordpress.com. Those don’t change.
As I understand it.
Regards,
-drmike -
Ahh, ok. That explains a bit. Thanks.
But there’s still the issue of http://www.domain.com going to blah.wordpress.com instead of domain.com, which is the most annoying point. :
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That was commented on in another thread today. I’m not sure about that either. When it does that, that’s domain forwarding and that’s not what is suppose to be occuring. Both URLs should work and not forward to each other.
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Ahh, you know what? I just peeked in another thread where you recommended someone to clear their DNS cache. I did it for my Macbook and problem solved.
Thanks for the help, mike :)
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Umm, what happens if I have my own WordPress-driven blog hosted on my site but I want it to be listed on wordpress.com (and appear on search engines)? Is this possible?
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Short answer: no. Long answer: no. and yes.
WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress blogs are two different beasts. Here at WordPress.com we’re on a shared blogging platform and using very, very different software under a different set of parameters; it’s a community of sorts, but not one that people with blogs hosted elsewhere can reap the benefits of. There is another, different community over at WordPress.org, so check their forums for tips specific to their system.
But your blog CAN, of course, be listed on search engines. Simply go to Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc, and submit it; they each have a form to do that, and then your blog will be spidered and start to be included in the listings. Be sure you’re registered at Technorati, too, and that you’ve claimed the blog. Use Pingomatic or Pingoat to automate your pinging for you and within a few weeks your blog should show in search results.
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nesteruk,
To add to what raincoaster said above, you really don’t need to do anything to be added to search engines. It can sometimes take a little while to get listed in Google but you don’t really need to tell Google to list you (via http://www.google.com/addurl/). Google likely already knows you exist and is checking you out from across the room, trying to decide if you’re worth coming over and talking to. Google will find links from sites it knows about (like http://nesteruk.wordpress.com/) and follow them to your new site. Links from people Google likes are like recommendations for your site.So you cant be a part of wordpress.com but you can use wordpress software to blog and get referrals from search engines.
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YOu could do what I do and setup a seperate blog here at wp.com and just post to both of them. :)
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Blogger now offers this for free. Just thought I’d mention this, since they also allow custom css for free too.
Speaking of custom css, I thought this was a breach of security. Has this changed now that $$ are involved? Just curious since nobody else has brought this question up. I already know the answer, just like to hear it from you guys so I can quote it.
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Offers what for free? Search engine listing? As Diggy said, this is handled by the search engines themselves, and WordPress uses Pingomatic to keep them abreast of blog updates.
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Insert the standard “I’m not Automattic staff nor do…” disclaimer. :)
To answer brent’s question, the CSS is still being scanned. We’ve had issues with certain lines being stripped in the past.
Don’t forget that we’ve given many examples in the past where Blooger has been hacked via it’s free CSS editing.
Also considering that you’re paying via paypal, staff has your confirmed name and address now, would you be trying to hack into the system?
Of course it could be a stolen paypal account or checking or credit card account as well.
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Hello, I had my domain mapping setup for blog.boredandblogging.com to point to boredandblogging.wordpress.com. Now I want it so that http://www.boredandblogging.com points to boredandblogging.wordpress.com. Do I have to pay again to get this done since I paid the first time around?
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No, you would not have to pay, because the new domain mapping is not WordPress.com mapping to a new domain that we do not control.
At http://boredandblogging.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=domains click “Put blog here” on the boredandblogging.wordpress.com row . Then with your domain register (if not us) redirect it to your wordpresss.com domain as well.
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I took my time to read ALL the topics and the FAQ related to Domain Mapping and free WP blogs.
Still I need to be sure of some infos before going ahead and buying the credits. Hope you could help.I currently handle multiple free blogs under my account. If I buy the domain name with WP for $15, will I be able to set up a subdomain for each of my blogs ? -or at least two of them and get for example myfreeblog1.domain.com and myfreeblog2.domain.com ?
I know it’s possible with a full stand alone WP site but I don’t WANT to go with that solution as I want to keep things simple, I love the WP admin area and don’t want to deal with any FTP issues…
Thanks in advance for your attention !
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I believe you should send in a feedback to staff and get a definitive answer from them. :)
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I tried the Blogger version of domain mapping just for the sake of curiosity, and I must say that wordpress.com’s version is completely seamless, while Blogger’s is buggy, and in general not so great.
In essence, your best bet is to spend a measly $10.00 for a feature that works like it should. That amounts to about a few cents per day. Trust me, it’s well worth it.
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