Transfer WordPress.com to .org? [Unique Problem]

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  davidemastracci · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 3:06 am

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  Ok so I’ll first explain what I did, so it will hopefully help.
  This is my first time making a site of any sort, so bear with me.

  I created a website on wordpress.com.
  When I created it, I bought myself a domain name, DavideMastracci.com

  Upon doing this, I realized I wanted to install plugins, but realized I couldn’t. I discovered I needed to get my website hosted, and then transferred to the .org to do so.

  So I got myself hosted on HostGator.
  Then, I attempted to do the one click installation of wordpress.org to my main domain.

  It was successful, and gave me the admin username and a password, but when I tried to log in to the url it told me to, I just got redirected to my main domain, with it telling me that I have the wrong log in info.

  By buying a domain before transferring to wordpress.org, did I screw myself over? I just want wordpress.org on my domain.

  Any help would be great.

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

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 3:15 am

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  Not sure what you need to do at Host Gator to set them up to receive your domain name mapping – but you need to point your domain name to your Host Gator site

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/

  You also need to make friends over at WordPress.ORG the keepers of the software you are using: http://wordpress.org/support/

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  davidemastracci · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 3:31 am

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  What do you mean my host gator site? When I hosted my domain there I set it up to host the domain that I created using wordpress.com (davidemastracci.com)

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 3:39 am

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  So I got myself hosted on HostGator.
  Then, I attempted to do the one click installation of wordpress.org to my main domain.

  You want to use Plug-in’s – you need to send your name servers to Host Gator – your WordPress.COM site will got back to the base name (pre-mapped URL) – your domain name davidemastracci.com will get you access to your Host Gator site

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  davidemastracci · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 4:09 am

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  Ok I’m at that part now. As it stands, the specific nameservers are ns1.wordpress.com and ns2.wordpress.com

  What do I need to change them to so that wordpress.ORG will work?

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  davidemastracci · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 4:11 am

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  Actually I found them in my host gator email. Now that I’ve changed them, do I just wait for it to take effect, and it will work, or?

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 30, 2012 at 4:58 am

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  It can take 24 to 72 hours for changes to migrate to the far corners of the internet – changes usually start sooner but access can be erratic for a while