Trying to map a domain
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Hi,
I registered a domain name and set up hosting on GoDaddy.com for my domain exercisemakesmehappy.com. When I go to the map an existing domain page and enter the domain it saysCongratulations! exercisemakesmehappy.com can be mapped to your blog.
However when I click “map now”, it does not do anything. I’ve tried this multiple times and cleared out my cache. I’m using firefox. I also tried doing this in chrome and had no luck.
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and set up hosting on GoDaddy.com
If you set up hosting on Godaddy then you don’t want to map a domain – you will be using the WordPress.ORG software and need to make friends at WordPress.ORG for help
If you are mapping a domain – you need to have a blog here if you want to map a domain name to a blog here
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Does that mean I have to create a free blog on here first using the .wordpress.com ending?
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First question – do you want to be hosted on Godaddy or on WordPress.COM??
Two way different ways to have a blog
For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
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Thank you for your help! I figured it out. I needed to create a free blog first and then pay for a domain mapping. Now I can start adding content.
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You be welcome
Remember that if you have your blog here – you don’t need to pay for hosting at Godaddy – save you a bit of money
You will still need to pay Godaddy for the domain registration (or someone) every year
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At some point you might want to add email to match your custom domain name – several ways to do that
Email for custom domain names
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