www. domain not active.

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  poetlandia · Member · May 26, 2013 at 5:51 pm

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  Why is my domain not going to www. and instead using an http://domainname?

  Hi! When I put in http://www.poetlandia.com, nothing happens. But it is redirecting from http://poetlandia.com to my blog, such as it is. (It’s a new blog.)

  Any way to fix that so the www. part is also showing up? My name servers with my domain register are all pointing at NS1.WORDPRESS.COM.

  Thank you thank you!!!

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  poetlandia · Member · May 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm

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  I should say, the servers are pointing to NS1, NS2, NS3.

  Thanks!

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  amightywp · Member · May 27, 2013 at 5:04 pm

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  Hi there,

  Your domain is actually working correctly right now! WordPress.com does not use the “www” subdomain as that is an old, left over practice from when different services were kept on different servers. So the “www” was meant to signify that you needed the “world-wide-web” version of a domain name. Now, browsers and servers have been upgraded to the point where the www is not necessary.

  You’ll notice that we have still set up your domain so that the “www” still forwards to your site, so if you prefer to put that on your business card, you can, but it isn’t necessary!

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  poetlandia · Member · May 30, 2013 at 3:25 pm

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  Thank you very much!

  I’ll direct people without the www, but thanks for setting it up so if someone types it in, they end up in the right place.

  (I have to say, I’m loving wordpress.)

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  amightywp · Member · May 30, 2013 at 3:34 pm

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  Well thank you very much! We appreciate you coming and giving us a try!

  Have a great weekend!

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  poetlandia · Member · May 31, 2013 at 5:18 am

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  Thank you! You too!