Shutting down a .com to start a .org

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  nuttyduck · Member · May 25, 2014 at 6:21 pm

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  I set up thenuttyduck in the .com wordpress but then had a rethink and opened up thenuttyduck in .org.

  I have a domaine name: thenuttyduck.co.uk that now seems to be linked to the .com site. I have just paid for domaine mapping in the .org site to link to my domain: thenuttyduck.co.uk.

  I only want the .org site and went to delete the .com site but the warnings of forever deleting the site have made me worry that deleting the .com site might interfere with the .org site.

  What should I do ?

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

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 25, 2014 at 10:31 pm

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  You do not need to delete the WordPress.com site, you can just set it to be “private” using these instructions:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  thenuttyduck.co.uk is not registered at WordPress.com, it is just mapped here. So when you change the nameservers at your domain registrar to point to your new webhost, it will completely bypass your old site.

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  nuttyduck · Member · May 27, 2014 at 2:51 pm

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  I have asked Bluehost to do this and they say that thenuttyduck.co.uk is pointing at my .org site http://69.195.124.218/~thenutt2/

  But my domain is till not showing in the address bar – its been longer than two days now.

  I had already gone ahead and deleted my .com blog before you last post.

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  nuttyduck · Member · May 27, 2014 at 2:54 pm

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  This is the reply I have had from the forum at wordpress.com:

  Domain http://ipduh.com/dns/?thenuttyduck.com is hosted at 123-reg.co.uk
  and http://ipduh.com/dns/?thenuttyduck.co.uk is hosted at wordpress.com

  Try asking at http://en.support.wordpress.com/ and linking this topic link http://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-domain-1

  OR try help from http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

  I still cant get this resolved!!!!!! going spare!

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 27, 2014 at 5:04 pm

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  thenuttyduck.co.uk is still showing WordPress.com nameservers which is why it is pointing here.

  http://www.nominet.org.uk/whois/lookup?query=thenuttyduck.co.uk

  You need to log into your registrar account (www.123-reg.co.uk) and change them to point to your webhost (bluehost, I am guessing).

  OR try help from http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

  Those instructions are only for domains that are registered through WordPress.com. thenuttyduck.co.uk is registered through http://www.123-reg.co.uk.

  Does that make sense?

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  nuttyduck · Member · May 27, 2014 at 5:25 pm

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  Think so! going to look at 123.reg – cheers!

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 27, 2014 at 5:27 pm

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  Good deal. Let me know how it goes.