Pointing domain to a different site
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Hello,
I bought my domain through wordpress and would like to point to another site.
Zenfolio tells me that I need to change the DNS records to this:The DNS settings should look like this:
@ A 64.62.158.18
www CNAME custom.zenfolio.comI went to store – domain- custom dns records but just not sure if I’m on the right track and what exactly I need to type into the box.
Please help.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
Our DNS system gets a little complicated when you need to set the root a record. It’s something you can technically do, but it’s much easier when we do it for you, so I went ahead and took care of it for you.
Your DNS settings have all been updated for you and should be reflecting online within the next couple of hours. This required a change in your nameservers, so if you get an email about that, please don’t panic! :)
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Hi there,
Thank you for that. I have not yet gotten an email but I hope that will come soon. Does this mean everything is all set and the domain is now going to my zenfolio page? Or is there something else I need to do?
Thanks!
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Yep, your site is now pointed at Zenfolio. I went and verified that it’s pointing correctly and got a 404 page at Zenfolio telling me that nothing had been configured yet, so you may have some work still to do there, but at least it’s pointing there!
And the email is just a notifier. It’s not anything important.
Let me know if there’s anything else you need!
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Thank you so much, you’ve been a great help! The domain is pointed to zenfolio now and it is working nicely. My question now is, how do I access my old wordpress blog? I tried to use the graciamorrell.wordpress.com but that is linked to my domain name. I’d like to still be able to access my wordpress blog.
How do I do this?
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Oh, that’s no problem!
What you’ll need to do is log in to your account by going to:
http://graciamorrell.wordpress.com/wp-admin
Once you’re logged in go to Store >> Domains and on this page put the radio button from being on your domain name to being on your WordPress blog address (the graciamorrell.wordpress.com) and click the “Update Primary Domain” button.
That will switch it over so that you can access your blog at that address.
If you run into any trouble, this help article will walk you through it:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/domains-settings/#changing-your-primary-domain
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One other question! (sorry!) I’d like to use the google webmaster tools to increase search optimization. When I went to it, it asked me to sign in to my registrar. WordPress was not listed on there. Is wordpress the name of my domain registrar?
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We’re actually under “other.”
We’ve created a help article which will walk you through that whole mess (because it can be so confusing):
http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/#google-webmaster-tools
If you still have problems with it, let me know!
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Hello again,
I read the article and I tried doing it exactly and somehow it didn’t work. I used the alternate method by adding the html tag. I copied and pasted it onto wordpress tools – google webmaster and it did not work. I tried this in the past and it has not worked for me. Can you please help?
Best,
Grace -
If you could paste in the meta tag code here, I can see what I can do to get that entered in to the correct place. Unfortunately I can’t see what that’s supposed to be because I can’t log in to your Google account for you.
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