Trouble with Godaddy domain forwarding to WordPress blog?

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  nystroke1 · Member · May 4, 2014 at 10:43 pm

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  Hi,

  I own a domain on godaddy and would like users to be directed to my wordpress blog when they type in the domain i purchased (nymetrostroke.com)

  currently, it says this:

  “The page isn’t redirecting properly

  Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

  This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies.”

  When I remove my “forward domain to nymetrostroke” in my wordpress account, it displays fine. On my godadddy, i forwarded my domain to my wordpress, but when users type in my domain name, it directs them to my wordpress but the url is my wordpress url.

  Ideally, I would like users to type nymetrostroke.com and it will direct them to my wordpress site but still maintain nymetrostroke.com on the url.

  oh dear God, I hope I make sense. I am such a newbie to all of this.

  Thank you anyone for your help

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

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  raincoaster · Member · May 4, 2014 at 11:15 pm

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  You’re using forwarding. We can’t help you with that. We CAN help you with domain mapping. That works well. You will need to buy the Domain Mapping upgrade. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

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  nystroke1 · Member · May 4, 2014 at 11:48 pm

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  i did purchase domain mapping. however, when i type in the domain name, it shows me an error page. unless, i update the primary domain to my reg wordpress name. if i dont do this, it will keep showing me an error message.

  on godaddy, i have also updated the dns server name to reflect wordpress. i can’t figure out what i am doing wrong :(

  Thanks for your quick response

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  nystroke1 · Member · May 4, 2014 at 11:54 pm

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  also, i think i may be getting the terminology wrong. im new to “tech-talk”.

  when i say, forwarding – i think i meant mapping. thinking that mapping means = when i type nymetrostroke.com, it shows my wordpress site…..

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  auxclass · Member · May 5, 2014 at 12:32 am

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  Hold Your Horses!

  It can take as long as 72 hours for DNS changes to become widely available. If you’re still not seeing your site loading at nymetrostroke.com, please wait a few more hours, clear your browser cache, and try again.

  http://nymetrostroke.com/ – loads fine for me – take a long walk and DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING!!!

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  nystroke1 · Member · May 5, 2014 at 1:51 am

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  ohEmGee.
  Thank you so much. I jogged, poured me a shot(s) of gin, and now i can see the site just fine :)
  …and no, its not because im tipsy :)
  Thank you forum friends!!

  -NyStroke1