problems pointing domain to wordpress successfully

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  adamemanon · Member · Oct 19, 2013 at 12:35 am

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  [first off, I am currently testing on an alternate domain, to make sure everything works in a way that I understand, before turning everything on for the ACTUAL domain, so if you go to the URL listed with this post, you’ll get a placeholder page. ignore it]

  I don’t know if this is possible without buying the domain mapping upgrade, I’m starting to think it isn’t (so one little way that wordpress manages to force you to give them a bit of money if true).

  I’ve set the nameservers on godaddy to wordpress’s servers.
  I updated the site and home URL’s in the settings.

  My site no worky (plus I can’t access the backend when both home/site URLs are set to the domain as opposed to the actual server path)

  So, how do I do this? And once it successfully works, just how do I log into the back end?

  Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  supportbot · Member · Oct 19, 2013 at 12:35 am

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  The blog you specified at http://www.curiositycrossroads.com does not appear to be hosted at WordPress.com.

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  adamemanon · Member · Oct 19, 2013 at 12:37 am

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  I posted on the wrong forum. don’t know if I can delete my post. I am self hosted.

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 19, 2013 at 12:41 am

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  If you are self hosted you don’t point the name servers to WordPress.COM & the domain mapping you don’t want to pay for here is built into the cost of the hosting

  If you really want to have a blog here with a custom domain name you already own – use the instructions below – and yes it costs you a bit $ 13.– / year –

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

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  adamemanon · Member · Oct 19, 2013 at 12:47 am

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  so then it’s true that you can’t point a custom domain to wordpress without paying for the mapping?

  I have not found that said explicitly anywhere, so I couldn’t be sure.

  The remaining problem, once I’ve done the domain mapping, how do I get back into my backend? would it just be mydomain.com/wp-login.php or whatever?

  Sorry I know this should be on the other site but I’ve been trying to get this sorted out since yesterday so I will take my answers wherever I can get them from first.