WordPress.com Forums » Topic: cname to redirect to blog http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cname-to-redirect-to-blog WordPress.com Forums » Topic: cname to redirect to blog en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:55:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 hcdaargau on "cname to redirect to blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cname-to-redirect-to-blog#post-952561 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:38:47 +0000 hcdaargau 952561@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Shouldn't it be possible to redirect when having a domain somewhere? Like this i pay twice, once the host/domain and also here on wordpress for the mapping. I am sure there's a technial way to solve the problem. How does it work with creating a cname?

]]> megacolby on "cname to redirect to blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cname-to-redirect-to-blog#post-952517 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:54:01 +0000 megacolby 952517@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Like auxclass said, try mapping the domain. You can find all steps your need in this support post:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

]]> auxclass on "cname to redirect to blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cname-to-redirect-to-blog#post-952514 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:50:02 +0000 auxclass 952514@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Why don't you just map the domain?? - simple and your site looks professional

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

]]> hcdaargau on "cname to redirect to blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cname-to-redirect-to-blog#post-952475 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:33:56 +0000 hcdaargau 952475@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ so basically redirect a external domain to a wordpress.com blog

]]> hcdaargau on "cname to redirect to blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cname-to-redirect-to-blog#post-952474 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:32:58 +0000 hcdaargau 952474@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ i would like the following:
i have a registered domain (www.abc.ch) and i have a wordpress blog (hcdaargau.wordpress.com.

now i when i enter http://www.abc.ch in the browser, that it redirects to my wordpress blog so that only http://www.abc.ch is visible in the browser.

]]> designsimply on "cname to redirect to blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cname-to-redirect-to-blog#post-952331 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:17:42 +0000 designsimply 952331@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ To clarify, are you trying to setup a custom domain for a WordPress.com blog or redirect traffic from a WordPress.com blog to a site setup at an outside web host?

]]> hcdaargau on "cname to redirect to blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cname-to-redirect-to-blog#post-951799 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:59:49 +0000 hcdaargau 951799@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ hi all,
i have a registered domain and would like that when i entered in the browser, to user is redirectet to my wordpress blog (and that in the url remains the entered domain).

I thought it could work somehow with a cname, but how do i get one?

can somebody give me a step by step instruction what do to?

thanks

]]>