Site Address URL and forwarded/masked domains

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    lthomas99 · Member ·

    I just set up a blog for my new URL http://www.lifeafterforever.com. I have another website called http://www.shakingthetree.ca where I have a hosting account.

    I set up a folder for my new blog under http://www.shakingthetree.ca/lifeafterforever/blog, and in the GoDaddy control panel for the lifeafterforever domain, I had it forward lifeafterforever.com to http://www.shakingthetree.ca/lifeafterforever/blog.

    The masking is working for users who type lifeafterforever.com and browse around my site, but the problem I have is that when I want to share the posts via Twitter or Facebook, etc., the full address of the post (ie. shakingthetree.ca/lifeafterforever/blog/11/08/the-ring shows up. I can Tiny.cc the URL but it when users scroll over the Tiny.cc’d link, it still shows the actual physical address.

    I would like users to see lifeafterforever.com/11/08/the-ring.

    I changd the Stie Address in WordPress to http://lifeafterforever.com but I get a 404 message when typing http://lifeforever.com into my browser after I make that change.

    Hoping there is first, a fix, and second, that it’s an easy one. I am not all that uncomfortable going into my database control panel at GoDaddy as I just had to so I could actually log into my site again after playing with the WordPress address.

    Not too great with editing the .php files so if that’s what I have to change, please let me know exactly I would have to put the code you provide me in as much detail as possible.

    Thanks for your time.

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    supportbot · Member ·

    The blog you specified at shakingthetree.ca does not appear to be hosted at WordPress.com.

    This support forum is for blogs hosted at WordPress.com. If your question is about a self-hosted WordPress blog then you’ll find help at the WordPress.org forums.

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    lthomas99 · Member ·

    Thanks very much. I did not realize there were too separate forums. It is a .org self hosted blog. Thanks for the quick response.

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