WordPress.com to WordPress.org

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  heatheranneg1 · Member · Jun 27, 2014 at 12:46 am

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  I decided to make the switch from .com to .org; however, when I go to access my new login url, it just takes me back to my old .wordpress.com login screen? I already own the domain, so I have no idea what is going on. Help!

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jun 27, 2014 at 2:30 am

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  http://coconutandcotton.com/ is still pointing to your WordPress.com site. You will need to change your domain’s nameservers to point to your new webhost.

  You can find instructions for doing that here:

  Change a Domain’s Name Servers

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  dannywellman · Member · Jun 27, 2014 at 2:41 am

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  WhoIs.com still lists wordpress as your NS servers, FYI.

  http://www.whois.com/whois/coconutandcotton.com

  If you think your Name Servers are correct, there might be an issue with your .htaccess file in the root directory of your web server.

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  heatheranneg1 · Member · Jun 27, 2014 at 3:24 am

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  I tried entering the new name servers for Blue Host, then clicked save changes and when I go back to look if they switched, it goes back to the original wordpress.com. Is this something that takes a while to switch? It’s been a few hours.

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  heatheranneg1 · Member · Jun 27, 2014 at 3:27 am

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  Or do I need to transfer my domain? When I try to install wordpress.org via Mojo Marketplace in Blue Host, it says it’s unable to register at coconutandcotton.com, which is the domain I’m currently paying for. I ended up installing it to a temporary URL that they provided, but I don’t know if that was the best idea.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 27, 2014 at 5:02 am

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  It takes up to 72 hours. You do not need to change your domain management over to Bluehost.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jun 27, 2014 at 6:46 pm

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  I tried entering the new name servers for Blue Host, then clicked save changes and when I go back to look if they switched, it goes back to the original wordpress.com. Is this something that takes a while to switch? It’s been a few hours.

  At the moment our registrar is having a slowdown and nameserver changes are taking longer than usual. Our apologies for any trouble.

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  heatheranneg1 · Member · Jul 1, 2014 at 5:59 pm

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  Okay thanks for letting me know. Unfortunately, I still haven’t seen any changes. Now when I look at my name servers, they’ve gone back to the wordpress ones. What should I do next?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jul 2, 2014 at 5:13 pm

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  I would give it another try. That registrar slowdown mucked things up. Everyone who has initiated a nameserver change since that issue was resolved has been successful.