Why on't my website point to the new domain ?

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 1:30 pm

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  I paid for the upgrade but i still cannot get the sight to connect from my wordpress web address to the http://www.everythinganimalsllc.com website
  Blog url: http://everythinganimalsllc.wordpress.com/

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  kardotim · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 1:50 pm

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  Can you please try clearing out your cache and cookies?. Please note that it might take up to 24 hours before the domain is fully propagated. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 2:04 pm

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  It is still connecting to the WordPress.com home page. I now cannot access my own blog and the links i posted on Facebook are not working correctly either.

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 3:37 pm

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  Hi there,

  I’m able to see your blog just fine at http://www.everythinganimalsllc.com/

  Please keep in mind that it can take a few hours for domain changes to take full effect across the internet.

  Your best bet would be to check again in a few more hours.

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 6:53 pm

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  Hi Chris. Jut checked again. I am still getting the word press freshly pressed page. Even when I clicked on the link from our previous conversation. Help !

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 7:37 pm

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  Howdy,

  Could you try clearing your local DNS cache?

  http://www.opendns.com/support/article/68

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 10:59 pm

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  Just did…. Still no luck !

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Dec 16, 2011 at 11:14 pm

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  In that case, you’ll need to wait for the domain change to fully propagate to your ISP.

  It can take domain changes up to 72 hours (though usually much less) to propagate to your ISP. Unfortunately, we have no control over this as it all depends on how often your ISP refreshes their DNS cache.

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 11:19 pm

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  Ohhh no……. I directed people to the sight ! i’m just positive a million people are trying to read my blog right this second ! Is there anything I can do ?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Dec 16, 2011 at 11:20 pm

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  Probably a lot of folks are seeing the correct site by now (for example, Chris and I see it correctly), you just need to wait for your ISP to do their job so you can.

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 16, 2011 at 11:23 pm

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  Cool guys thanks for the assistance. Since you can see the sight you should read and rate my articles ! They are excellent if i do say so myself ! lol

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Dec 16, 2011 at 11:24 pm

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  You’re welcome!

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 20, 2011 at 10:13 pm

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  We seem to have resolved the issue with the propogation of the website. It seems that now my website comes up not only at everythinganimalsllc.com but also at my webmail address of webmail.everythinganimalsllc.com.

  I have been told that I need to have u create an A record to reflect webmail.everythinganimalsllc.com @

  64.13.227.83

  Please advise.
  Thanks

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Dec 20, 2011 at 10:44 pm

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  You’ll need to get the correct records from your mail provider, then add those via your Custom DNS panel: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 21, 2011 at 3:53 pm

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  I’m sorry. I do not understand. What records do I need to get correct records of ?

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  evarlese · Member · Dec 21, 2011 at 3:54 pm

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  You can ask your domain registrar for the MX records.

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 21, 2011 at 3:58 pm

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  What are the MX records for ?

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  evarlese · Member · Dec 21, 2011 at 4:36 pm

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  MX records stand for mail exchange records. They direct incoming emails to your domain name to the proper mail server. Your mail provider or domain registrar should be able to provide you with the correct MX records so that your e-mail service isn’t interrupted by changing your domain name servers.

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 28, 2011 at 3:37 pm

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  I contacted my domain registrar he sent me this please advise :
  Here is a brief summary of our conversation:

  You called in because your webmail isn’t working for everythinganimalsllc.com. It winds up back to the domain. Since your nameservers are pointed away from (mt) Media Temple (to WordPress), this alters how the mail works. Currently, when you go to webmail.everythinganimalsllc.com, it is read like this:

  webmail.everythinganimalsllc.com. 0 IN CNAME everythinganimalsllc.com.
  everythinganimalsllc.com. 240 IN A 74.200.244.59
  everythinganimalsllc.com. 240 IN A 76.74.254.120
  everythinganimalsllc.com. 240 IN A 76.74.254.123
  everythinganimalsllc.com. 240 IN A 72.233.2.58
  everythinganimalsllc.com. 240 IN A 72.233.69.6
  everythinganimalsllc.com. 240 IN A 74.200.243.251

  The CNAME redirects to the domain name and picks one of the IP addresses that are listed here. If you want the email to work, you should add the following records to the WordPress zone file:

  webmail.everythinganimalsllc.com A 64.13.227.83
  mail.everythinganimalsllc.com A 64.13.227.83
  everythinganimalsllc.com. MX 10 mail.everythinganimalsllc.com.

  The mail.everythinganimalsllc.com is listed as a CNAME as well, so they will need to change that too. Also, your site doesn’t have an MX (Mail eXchange) record, so email won’t work. Those three records should return functionality of the email services (through (mt) Media Temple) and allow webmail to work.

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  gerrmaioud · Member · Dec 28, 2011 at 7:51 pm

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  Does the previous email mean anything to you guys ?