switch my existing domain to wordpress

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  juliepicarddesigner · Member · Aug 27, 2008 at 4:59 pm

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  Hi,
  I have already buy a domain name with blogspot but i want to switch this domain for my wordpress blog…how can i do that? (excuse my english, im a french girl that is not verry good at computer so be clear and easy understanding please lol)

  Thanks
  Julie

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  beemeister · Member · Aug 27, 2008 at 5:11 pm

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  Is the blog hosted on through Blogspot?

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  beemeister · Member · Aug 27, 2008 at 5:24 pm

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  To have your WP.com blog hosted on your personal domain…

  Go to Upgrades in your Dashboard. There you need to purchase the $10 domain upgrade. This will allow you to map the WordPress blog to your domain.

  Now, you need to reset the DNS servers for the domain name. Go to your domain host control panel and find where you can edit the DNS settings. Find where you can edit the nameservers. They will look something like this:

  ns1.example.com
  ns2.example.com

  You need to reset the default nameservers to the following WordPress servers:

  ns1.wordpress.com
  ns2.wordpress.com
  ns3.wordpress.com

  Save the settings and wait for up to 48 hours depending on your domain host. Then go back to your Dashboard and go to Upgrades. Go to Domains and then enter your domain name in the “Add domain to blog” field. If your domain is ready, your domain will be accepted by WordPress.

  Now go to back to Domains under Upgrades in your Dashboard. Click on the “Put blog here” link next to http://www.espacepicaro.com. You are finished! You WordPress blog will be fully mapped to your domain within 12-24 hours.

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  beemeister · Member · Aug 27, 2008 at 9:14 pm

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  Sorry, I forgot to give you this link to the WordPress FAQ. It deals with your issue:

  Domain Mapping

  In this FAQ, it says that you cannot map a WordPress blog to a “www” subdomain because WP removes the “www” from all addresses. So, you will have to map to http://example.com instead of http://www.example.com.

  WP does allow you to map to a subdomain like blog.example.com…or http:/mytotallyawesomeblogsite.example.com if you are so inclined. Just no http://www.example.com.