WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Forwarding with masking getting 404 code? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forwarding-with-masking-getting-404-code WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Forwarding with masking getting 404 code? en Thu, 23 May 2013 15:59:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 kathrynwp on "Forwarding with masking getting 404 code?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forwarding-with-masking-getting-404-code#post-1072393 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:04:42 +0000 kathrynwp 1072393@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there - the 404 error is not coming from the WordPress side - it's a Google error page.

As timethief mentioned, our recommended way of pointing a domain to a WordPress.com site is using our domain mapping upgrade:

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

]]> lacresha2001 on "Forwarding with masking getting 404 code?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forwarding-with-masking-getting-404-code#post-1069937 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:24:00 +0000 lacresha2001 1069937@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay, thanks.

]]> timethief on "Forwarding with masking getting 404 code?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forwarding-with-masking-getting-404-code#post-1069936 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:22:27 +0000 timethief 1069936@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I flagged this thread for a Staff response. Please be patient while waiting.

]]> lacresha2001 on "Forwarding with masking getting 404 code?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forwarding-with-masking-getting-404-code#post-1069929 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:18:00 +0000 lacresha2001 1069929@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay, that definetly is another way of approaching it and keeping any problems such as this at bay, but may I ask why forwarding is so wrong?
As I said I never had any problems before. And what does the google 404 code has to do with it?

This will help in future decisions. Thanks for your response and input.

]]> timethief on "Forwarding with masking getting 404 code?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forwarding-with-masking-getting-404-code#post-1069904 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:50:07 +0000 timethief 1069904@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I suggest you stop this practice which will be doomed to fail intermittently and simply purchase a domain mapping upgrade to map from your .wordpress.com blog to an existing domain.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

]]> lacresha2001 on "Forwarding with masking getting 404 code?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/forwarding-with-masking-getting-404-code#post-1069895 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:42:57 +0000 lacresha2001 1069895@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I forward and mask domains a lot and this is the first time i have gotten an error code. I have never had to change nameservers before.

The domain is http://www.affordablyhealthy.org (Godaddy) which I am forwarding and masking to affordablyhealthylife.wordpress.com, a free wordpress.com blog

However I am getting a 404 error code. Godaddy states there are too many ip addresses pointing to the domain? I am not the actual owner of the blog, just the one setting it up. Currently waiting for owner to get back with me with acct info so that I can talk with Godaddy more in detail. Until then, I wanted to know is there anything I can do on my end? I have never had this problem before with a free wordpress.com blog.

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