Unable to change DNS Settings

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  stuarttaylor79 · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 8:31 am

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  Hi,

  I have just purchased the hopeforevie.co.uk domain name.

  I have created a blog and I am trying to change the domain to hopeforevie.co.uk

  I am really struggling with understanding how to change the DNS setting.

  I have changed the name serves to the 2 listed below

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM and NS2.WORDPRESS.COM

  But i still cannot view the blog view hopeforevie.co.uk
  Blog url: http://stuarttaylorlfc.wordpress.com/

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

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  jenia · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 8:50 am

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  Hi there, I see that you have purchased the Domain Mapping upgrade, which gets you half the way to your goal. As for the nameservers, you need to remove the previous nameservers (I see that you still have ultra101.uk2.net and ultra102.uk2.net listed, in addition to the wordpress.com nameservers), and make sure that your nameservers are listed as follows:

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

  Then, give it a couple of hours and if it is still not working, let us know and we’ll have another look.

  Here is the support article for your reference: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/#instructions-for-mapping-an-existing-domain

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  stuarttaylor79 · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 9:04 am

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  Hi,

  I have changed the name servers to the ones you stated and removed the original nameservers.

  I will check once i finish work – will be 9pm.

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  jenia · Member · Oct 15, 2012 at 9:45 am

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  Sounds good, please let me know how it goes!

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  stuarttaylor79 · Member · Oct 16, 2012 at 8:16 am

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  Hi,

  it is all working fine thank you.

  Just need to work out how to increase the font as its all pretty small.

  Also do you know how i can add a donate button from paypal?

  When i copy the coding it doesn’t work and the coding is visible on the page.

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  jenia · Member · Oct 16, 2012 at 11:44 am

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  Just need to work out how to increase the font as its all pretty small.

  You can increase the font size following the tips here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/editors/font-size-color/

  Also do you know how i can add a donate button from paypal?

  This support article details how to create a Paypal button (it’s a bit different than just copying the code from Paypal site): http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/