Not able to add a new A record for a domain
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Hi, I’m trying to add a new A record for sffstyle.com and it keeps giving me an error “Invalid Name” under Name when I entered sffstyle.com. I need to point the site to a new IP address 104.239.200.91. Please help, Thanks!
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Please see here Move a Domain Using Custom A Records https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/setting-custom-a-records/
Also, note that WordPress.COM blogs do not have permanent IP addresses. IP addresses here can and do can change over time and your domain may stop working if you rely on them. For more information about domain mapping and IP addresses please read https://en.support.wordpress.com/ip-addresses/
Rather than listing current IPs here, I’ll link back to this thread since it shows how to find them: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/whitelist-ips-1 From: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/what-is-your-ip?replies=11#post-2515044
Please also read what Staff said here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ip-address-154?replies=3#post-2516882
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Hi timetheif,
Thanks for the quick response. I know how to set custom a records. I’ve done it before and it worked. This time when I entered “sffstyle.com” for the Name, it keeps giving me an error “Invalid Name”. It took the IP address though. However, I’m not able to hit “Add a new DNS record” because of the error.
This is not good because the site is not displaying properly. It’s showing the old site that’s on the WordPress server instead of the new server.
Please help, thanks.
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Okay then. When we need Staff help with issues Volunteers cannot resolve like this one we type modlook into the sidebar tags on our forum threads. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then we subscribe to this thread so we are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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@product81, I was able to correct this for you so the domain points to the proper address. Some records were still pointed to WordPress.com, and those needed to be removed first.
@novadead, if you’ll tell me what IP address you intend to use and the domain you’re editing, I’ll check its settings.
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Hello @supernova, i’m editing “novadead.com” and the ip i want to point to is the one from viewbook (174.129.219.149)
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