newbie help

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  whosethinking · Member · Oct 29, 2008 at 4:02 pm

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  Hello i am new to wordpress and i have my own domain and hosting from go daddy. I found an article how to map domains but i just don’t understand it. usually we change the CNAME and not the nameservers! anyway I just want to use my own domain (I already own) how to do it step by step? thanks

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  vivianpaige · Member · Oct 29, 2008 at 5:34 pm

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  Try looking at the FAQ http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/domain-mapping/ You must have come over from Blogger, which uses CNAME.

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  whosethinking · Member · Oct 30, 2008 at 2:25 pm

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  yes I have blogs from blogger and I want to make another one from wordpress. I tried getting one before but with no help I just let it go. I went to that site and I still don’t understand. Do I need to pay just to map it? I have a go daddy hosting with privacy for WHo is. I am just wondering I thought the nameserver is supposed to act as the host. I don’t really know all about this stuff. I am trying to use my hosting and domain for my wordpress blog. please help

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  rosclarke · Member · Oct 30, 2008 at 2:27 pm

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  Read the FAQ that Vivian gave you the link to and follow the steps carefully. That’s it.

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  vivianpaige · Member · Oct 30, 2008 at 2:41 pm

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  And yes, you have to pay to map the domain. It’s all in the FAQ.