What is my wordpress.com ip / hostname address?

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  ritadangelo · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 2:39 am

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  Need to provide an ip address to host gator to transfer my blog from .wordpress.com to .com. Any thoughts???

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 2:47 am

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  This requires staff help, so I flagged this for them.

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  auxclass · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 2:48 am

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  WordPress.COM does not have static IP addresses for blogs, there are over 65,000,000 blogs currently on 6 IP addresses – the IP address for your blog will change based on server load and maintenance requirements

  If you want to change whatever.wordpress.com to whatever.com – that is usually done with Domain Mapping $ 13.- / year

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  If you want a custom email address with the domain name you have several options, some cost – some don’t

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/add-email/

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/email-forwarding/

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  auxclass · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 2:57 am

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  Domain Helper shows you have probably had domain mapping in the past, do you want to move your blog from WordPress.COM to HostGator?

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  ritadangelo · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 3:36 am

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  I want people to be able to type in dangeloadvantage.com and access my website .
  YES It must be redirected from (email visible only to moderators and staff) to dangeloadvantage.com at hostgator

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  ritadangelo · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 3:38 am

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  redirected from wordpress.

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  auxclass · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 4:16 am

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  dangeloadvantage.com goes to HostGator now – but your HostGator site is not set up or configured – that needs to be fixed

  Do you want to move your content from wherever.wordpress.com to dangeloadvantage.com on HostGator? If so you need to Export your content from wherever.wordpress.com and Import it to dangeloadvantage.com which would be a WordPress.ORG install of WordPress

  To make the Export / Import work correctly you probably need to cancel the domain mapping so wherever.wordpress.com is visible on the web long enough to do the Export / Import to be completed.

  When everything is set up correctly at HostGator and you have a site to go to – install a Side Redirect from wherever.wordpress.com to dangeloadvantage.com on HostGator – that will make any traffic to wherever.wordpress.com to HostGator

  Note – when you set up your WordPress.ORG install on HostGator you need to set the Permalink structure to match what your blog was here – you can get help from the forum at WordPress.ORG for that

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  auxclass · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 4:19 am

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  PS – If you install the JetPack Plugin on your HostGator blog and configure it – the staff can transfer your followers for you

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  ritadangelo · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 2:58 pm

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  Ok so are you saying what I need to do first is cancel the domain mapping on Host Gator web site?

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  ritadangelo · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 3:00 pm

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  How do I do that?

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  kardotim · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 11:52 am

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  Just to be sure, you want visitors to redirect from your WordPress.com blog to your site hosted on Hostgator?

  Or do you want to keep your site hosted on WordPress.com and map the http://dangeloadvantage.com/ domain to it instead?

  Looking forward to your reply.