WordPress.com Forums » Tag: a record - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/a-record WordPress.com Forums » Tag: a record - Recent Posts en Sun, 19 May 2013 19:37:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 amightywp on "Multiple A Records - Can't Point WordPress Domain to GoDaddy Hosting" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/multiple-a-records-cant-point-wordpress-domain-to-godaddy-hosting#post-1269359 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:53:30 +0000 amightywp 1269359@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Heya!

I've gone ahead and made that change for you. It does indeed require a change in your nameservers in the first place, so you'll receive an email about that, but at least your IP is now pointed at your shared hosting with GoDaddy.com.

So you know, in the future should GoDaddy perform any sort of migration for your site that results in a change of your IP, you'll need to let us know so that we can update your domain name to the new IP. This will allow your site to remain up!

]]> contemperamental on "Multiple A Records - Can't Point WordPress Domain to GoDaddy Hosting" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/multiple-a-records-cant-point-wordpress-domain-to-godaddy-hosting#post-1269119 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:22 +0000 contemperamental 1269119@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The support person did not specify why the A record needed to be changed but insisted that this be changed before changing the name servers. I will definitely try changing the name servers without changing the A record if amightywp is not able to point the domain to GoDaddy!

Your suggestion is much appreciated!

]]> auxclass on "Multiple A Records - Can't Point WordPress Domain to GoDaddy Hosting" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/multiple-a-records-cant-point-wordpress-domain-to-godaddy-hosting#post-1269112 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:56:31 +0000 auxclass 1269112@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Your mistake is Godaddy support - they should support the name servers - or at least the last several people that have moved their site to Godaddy just changed the name servers - did the one tech tell you why they wanted an A Record type change? The name servers are much easier to do and from what the staff have said in the past much more reliable -

]]> contemperamental on "Multiple A Records - Can't Point WordPress Domain to GoDaddy Hosting" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/multiple-a-records-cant-point-wordpress-domain-to-godaddy-hosting#post-1269102 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:51:34 +0000 contemperamental 1269102@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I would love your assistance in changing the A record! I would like to see if this works first before changing the name servers as well but if the name servers must be changed in order for the domain to point to GoDaddy, please proceed with that as well.

Many thanks!

]]> amightywp on "Multiple A Records - Can't Point WordPress Domain to GoDaddy Hosting" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/multiple-a-records-cant-point-wordpress-domain-to-godaddy-hosting#post-1268443 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:48:10 +0000 amightywp 1268443@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,

Pointing your domain using A records is a somewhat complicated proposition in our system. I can do it for you however.

If you'd like me to go in and change your A record so it's pointed correctly towards that IP, I certainly can! Or you can change your nameserver as suggested by GoDaddy (and which I also suggest), by following this help article:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

]]> timethief on "Multiple A Records - Can't Point WordPress Domain to GoDaddy Hosting" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/multiple-a-records-cant-point-wordpress-domain-to-godaddy-hosting#post-1268423 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:39:08 +0000 timethief 1268423@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'll tag this thread for Staff assistance. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

]]> contemperamental on "Multiple A Records - Can't Point WordPress Domain to GoDaddy Hosting" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/multiple-a-records-cant-point-wordpress-domain-to-godaddy-hosting#post-1267788 Thu, 16 May 2013 16:16:55 +0000 contemperamental 1267788@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi All,

Thank you in advance for your patience in assisting a WordPress newcomer.

I registered and purchased my .com domain through WordPress last month and recently purchased hosting through GoDaddy in order to install a custom theme.

In order to avoid the fee and wait time of transferring my domain to GoDaddy, GoDaddy says to change the A record to 173.201.93.1. One support person has told me to also change the Nameservers to NS31.domaincontrol.com and NS32.domaincontrol.com but another support person has told me to leave the name servers as the default WordPress ones. I have left them with WordPress but am now being told by GoDaddy that my domain is not pointing to their host because I have multiple A records attached to my DNS.

Can you tell me how I make sure there is only a single A record listed and if I should change the name servers to point to GoDaddy?

Thank you!

]]> squeezemedia on "Update DNS - A Record - PLEASE HELP" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/update-dns-a-record-please-help#post-1265754 Tue, 14 May 2013 22:03:19 +0000 squeezemedia 1265754@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm transferring my website to GoDaddy and they say I have to update my DNS records so that my doman "points to" their servers. Apparently I have to add an "A" Record onto my WordPress DNS registration or something? They gave me a sequence of some numbers, which I assume is the new record. WordPress instructions involve adding code and I'm SO lost, not to mention very frustrated. How do I add this A record to my DNS???

]]> ashleywyork on "Nameservers propagated, but old site still shows" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/nameservers-propagated-but-old-site-still-shows#post-1265503 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:03:51 +0000 ashleywyork 1265503@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ mve.org is the URL

midwestvocalexpress.wordpress.com is the wordpress blog.

]]> timethief on "Nameservers propagated, but old site still shows" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/nameservers-propagated-but-old-site-still-shows#post-1265499 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:01:39 +0000 timethief 1265499@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What id the domain URL please?
Which .wordpress.com blog are you mapping from to the domain URL?

]]> ashleywyork on "Nameservers propagated, but old site still shows" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/nameservers-propagated-but-old-site-still-shows#post-1265497 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:59:21 +0000 ashleywyork 1265497@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am mapping my domain to a wordpress site. I updated the nameservers on the host site admin page, and a check on both the wordpress site and external sites shows the nameservers have completely propagated, but the previous site still shows.

I realized the host site had Host Name (A) records pointing back to their IP address, so I copied them down in case something went wrong and then deleted them. Nothing else pointed away from wordpress at that point.

After deleting the A records, the domain is broken. Going to the url brings up a DNS error page. If the nameservers are properly loaded and propagated, why is the site not working?

]]> macmanx on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1265436 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:22:13 +0000 macmanx 1265436@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

It sounds like you are saying that name servers have to be delegated to wordpress.com and because of that DNS records would have to be managed via wordpress.com so it wouldn't be possible to use one's existing DNS registrar's DNS management facilities?

Correct, not at WordPress.com.

]]> tandava108 on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1265046 Tue, 14 May 2013 05:23:03 +0000 tandava108 1265046@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't think you would have to re-verify with google, but I'm not 100% sure on this.

]]> tonywatkin on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264831 Mon, 13 May 2013 22:34:56 +0000 tonywatkin 1264831@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

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

If I delegated to WordPress.com's name servers would I still need to do the google-site verification again, having already done that once before for my watkin.info domain?

]]> tandava108 on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264651 Mon, 13 May 2013 20:09:21 +0000 tandava108 1264651@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you transfer the nameservers tp WordPress the whois will still show your existing registration details, without personal details if you have a private listing. You can check my whois listing to see, only the namserver shows as WordPress.com.

]]> tonywatkin on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264606 Mon, 13 May 2013 19:32:29 +0000 tonywatkin 1264606@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

WordPress.com automatically removes the “www” from all URLs.

Why do you do that?

Google Apps email

I added the Google Apps MX DNS records etc through my DNS registrar as I manage my DNS records through my DNS registrar. Why would I need to do google-site-verification again when my existing watkin.info domain already has its DNS records managed at my DNS registrar? Or, is it the case that if I delegate to wordpress.com's name servers that I have to manage and recreate all my DNS records via a DNS record management facility with wordpress.com? If that is the case, one of the features I have through managing my DNS records at my DNS registrar is that if you do a whois on my domain details you will notice that they provide contact details of my DNS registrar and not my personal details. This prevents me from getting unwanted phone spam etc. Does wordpress.com's DNS management facility provide a similar capability?

It sounds like you are saying that name servers have to be delegated to wordpress.com and because of that DNS records would have to be managed via wordpress.com so it wouldn't be possible to use one's existing DNS registrar's DNS management facilities?

]]> macmanx on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264247 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:28:10 +0000 macmanx 1264247@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We can really only support mapping to us via name servers: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

I noticed that really the only other element in your DNS is your Google Apps email, which you can add here after mapping your domain following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/add-email/add-email-through-google-apps/

]]> tandava108 on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264115 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:58:55 +0000 tandava108 1264115@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ BTW, the reason that you cannot set an A record in another host to use WordPress is that WordPress.com itself uses dynamic DNS, and your blog may run on different servers as capacity is needed, scheduled outages are required, and so on.

]]> tandava108 on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264114 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:56:40 +0000 tandava108 1264114@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Like I said you can give it a go, but it will be an unsupported configuration even if it works. I would guess you would map "www" exactly the same as a subdomain. Note that the page says:

WordPress.com automatically removes the “www” from all URLs. Mapping the “www” subdomain is not supported.

so it possibly won't work anyway.

Note that you cannot use a CNAME for a root domain name (without a subdomain) because the RFC says "If a CNAME RR is present at a node, no other data should be
present". This means that you couldn't have an A record with an IP address

]]> tonywatkin on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264081 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:17:08 +0000 tonywatkin 1264081@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Why are you reluctant to do that?

Well, there are some very good reasons.

1. My DNS registrar also happens to be a dynamic DNS provider. Many people like using DNS registrars that are dynamic DNS providers.

This is potentially very useful e.g. for creating subdomains using BitNami/Wordpress.org WordPress in a SOHO environment which doesn't have access to a static IP address! In this scanario WordPress.com might be used for the website/blog and BitNami/WordPress.org WordPress might also be used for an internal intranet but using plugins with different functionality and purpose, for example. In other words it is about flexibility.

2. Creating tiers by separating DNS records, email hosting, and web hosting in the way I have done for watkin.info makes sense and also provides greater flexibility and freedom. The only real worry I might have is if WordPress.com renamed the web server to something else, but then it would be pretty obvious very quickly if there was a problem.

3. I have already prepaid 3 years for my DNS registrar's services and because they have specialise in DNS they have useful benefits which many web hosters offering name server delegation simply don't provide such as the web redirect feature, 11 points of presence (http://www.noip.com/company/2012/04/11/11-points-of-presence-across-the-globe-giveaway-results/) etc etc. Also, I am in Australia so this sort of thing is important.

Could you please advise the name of the webserver that would be used for delights2life.wordpress.com?

Regards.

]]> tandava108 on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264050 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:54:40 +0000 tandava108 1264050@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

No, that is not the case. My DNS registrar's servers redirect watkin.info to http://www.watkin.info so that wouldn't be an issue.

It might work then, but you would be in an unsupported configuration. Possible issues that I can see are:

  1. WordPress.com normally redirects http://www.something.com to something.com. If they changed the configuration so that this took precidence over the mapping (assuming it worked in the first place) then you would lose your site.
  2. Sites are increasingly redirecting from http://www.something.com to something.com rather than the other way round, which now seems old-fashioned. If your registrar changed to this method of working you would also lose your site.

Personally I wouldn't risk it - i'd just map the DNS server to WordPress.com. Why are you reluctant to do that?

]]> tonywatkin on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264048 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:44:43 +0000 tonywatkin 1264048@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Apologies, forgot to include the DNS registrar's information page about "Web Redirect" using the DNS registrar's name servers:

http://www.noip.com/support/knowledgebase/how-to-configure-your-no-ip-hostname/

]]> tonywatkin on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1264028 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:03:51 +0000 tonywatkin 1264028@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No, that is not the case. My DNS registrar's servers redirect watkin.info to http://www.watkin.info so that wouldn't be an issue.

If you access my existing website using URL watkin.info with the current arrangement you will notice that the URL gets modified to include a www,watkin.info before the web page is presented to the web browser.

Please see the existing DNS records below. The only DNS record I would need to change would be the CNAME, which, instead of pointing to geriatrix.webvault.com.au would point to the WordPress webserver.

Please advise what the name of the WordPress server for delights2life.wordpress.com would be if I purchase the domain mapping option and changed the CNAME as discussed in this thread?

watkin.info A 1 minute 174.129.88.121 (Seattle, WA, US)
watkin.info MX 30 minutes 5 aspmx.l.google.com
watkin.info MX 30 minutes 10 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
watkin.info MX 30 minutes 15 aspmx3.googlemail.com
watkin.info MX 30 minutes 15 aspmx2.googlemail.com
watkin.info NS 1 day ns3.no-ip.com
watkin.info NS 1 day ns5.no-ip.com
watkin.info NS 1 day static-1.no-ip.com
watkin.info NS 1 day ns4.no-ip.com
watkin.info NS 1 day ns1.no-ip.com
watkin.info NS 1 day ns2.no-ip.com
watkin.info NS 1 day static-2.no-ip.com
watkin.info NS 1 day static-3.no-ip.com
watkin.info SOA 1 minute static-1.no-ip.com. hostmaster.no-ip.com. 2010061715 90 120 604800 60
mail.watkin.info CNAME 1 minute ghs.google.com
http://www.watkin.info CNAME 1 minute geriatrix.webvault.com.au

The blog I need help with is delights2life.wordpress.com.

]]> macmanx on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1263702 Sun, 12 May 2013 23:18:54 +0000 macmanx 1263702@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That really wouldn't work. Traffic to http://www.example.com would go to your blog, but traffic to example.com would just go nowhere.

If you want domain mapping to work, you'll need to follow this guide and direct your name servers to us: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

]]> timethief on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1263658 Sun, 12 May 2013 22:12:53 +0000 timethief 1263658@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This thread is tagged for a Staff response.

]]> tonywatkin on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1263638 Sun, 12 May 2013 21:55:10 +0000 tonywatkin 1263638@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Apologies, correction, the CNAME should have read as follows but without the quotes that I have added below (my above post shouldn't have added http to the CNAME line):

"www.domainname.com" CNAME delights2life.wordpress.com

]]> tonywatkin on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1263632 Sun, 12 May 2013 21:49:58 +0000 tonywatkin 1263632@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The mentioned links mention the ability to add a CNAME for a subdomain which makes me wonder whether doing something like the following would work:

http://www.domainname.com CNAME delights2life.wordpress.com

Is there someone who knows DNS and WordPress.com who can advise on this? Thanks

]]> timethief on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1263607 Sun, 12 May 2013 21:17:31 +0000 timethief 1263607@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ These are the only domain mapping options available.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

See: http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

]]> tonywatkin on "Use CNAME instead of delegating to WordPress.com Name Servers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-cname-instead-of-delegating-to-wordpresscom-name-servers#post-1263601 Sun, 12 May 2013 21:11:51 +0000 tonywatkin 1263601@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My domain is delegated to the Name Servers of my DNS registrar and uses a CNAME record which has the name of my current web hoster's web server.

I want to purchase the "Domain Mapping" upgrade and then change things so that I use my WordPress.com blog as my new website. However, I don't want to delegate to WordPress.com's name servers, I just want to change the CNAME record from my current web hoster to the web server(s) of WordPress.com.

Does someone know what the name of the WordPress.com web server(s) would be for the CNAME record(s)?

]]> scribblesandsass on "dns settings" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dns-settings-6#post-1256267 Sun, 05 May 2013 03:45:59 +0000 scribblesandsass 1256267@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yep! I followed those steps and figured it out. Part of what was throwing me off was the similarity in the screenshots. I was convinced I needed to be doing those steps through GoDaddy.

Thanks for helping! You certainly saved me lots of pain and suffering (plus wait time on the phone with GoDaddy)!

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