WordPress to SquareSpace, A record 'conflicts'

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  gabrieldye · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 3:16 pm

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  I’m trying to map my domain gabrieldye.com to a Squarespace account. I’m following the instructions given on a Squarespace support page, but when I try to add an A record, I’m given the message “This record cannot be added, as it conflicts with an existing WordPress.com record.”

  Is there something I’m missing?

  Any help will be greatly appreciated!

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

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  rwaynick · Staff · Sep 2, 2015 at 11:32 pm

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  Hi gabrieldye,

  Did you follow the steps here?

  Point a Domain to an External IP Address

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  gabrieldye · Member · Sep 3, 2015 at 12:27 am

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  The magic words: Your domain’s A record points to WordPress.com by default. It is the first record in the list under Existing DNS Records. Hover over it and click on the pencil icon to edit it.

  The Squarespace tutorial I’d been following skipped the ‘click on the pencil’ part, so I was just trying to add an A record the same way I changed CNAME, by just choosing it from the drop down menu.

  Thank you for your help!

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  rwaynick · Staff · Sep 3, 2015 at 4:48 pm

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  Ok nice. Glad you got it working.