Subdomain?

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  theodoresipes · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 1:40 pm

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  My wordpress site is located at my wordpress purchased domain, “TaddSipes.com.” I want to create a domain like “studio.taddsipes.com” for another site I run and use the domain I purchased from WordPress to do that. I think it’s called a subdomain. Is this possible?

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 4:23 pm

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  Totally! Here’s some info about setting up a subdomain:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-subdomain/#pointing-a-subdomain-of-a-domain-registered-with-wordpress-com-to-an-outside-website

  Let me know if I can help with that!

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  theodoresipes · Member · Oct 30, 2014 at 5:23 pm

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  Great. I’ll try that and let you know if it works or if I have trouble. Thanks.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Nov 1, 2014 at 12:56 am

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  Great! Just let me know if there’s anything I can help with!

  Happy Halloween! :)

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  theodoresipes · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 1:20 am

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  O.K., so I’ve been waiting for a reply from the admin at the site I want to point to. Here’s what they say.

  Hi Tadd,
  I apologize for the wait. We do not use nameservers. Users need to set their site to forward or point to their Music Teacher’s Helper subdomain (http://blacksburgvoice.musicteachershelper.com).

  I’m stuck! Can you advise?

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 2:31 pm

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  Great! We can work with that. Can you tell me the subdomain you’re trying to set up for the Music Teacher’s Helper site? Is it studio.taddsipes.com?

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  theodoresipes · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 7:14 pm

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  exactly

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 9:22 pm

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  I just tried to set this up, but it looks like the way that Music Teacher’s Helper has their servers set up, a CNAME record won’t work correctly. It sounds like they just don’t support most of the standard ways people would map a domain to their sites, which is unfortunate.

  My best suggestion for you is to create a menu link that directs to your site over there. Here’s our guide on customizing your menu:

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  theodoresipes · Member · Nov 12, 2014 at 2:51 am

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  :-( Thanks so much for trying.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Nov 12, 2014 at 5:55 pm

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  Sorry we can’t get this working the way you want, but let me know if there’s anything else I can help with.