WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How do I change my A record? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-a-record WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How do I change my A record? en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:12:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 auxclass on "How do I change my A record?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-a-record#post-532990 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:19:19 +0000 auxclass 532990@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am wondering more about a host that requires tricks to map to it and has no name-servers to point to - but my knowledge of advanced web is very basic -

just wondering...

]]> thesacredpath on "How do I change my A record?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-a-record#post-532984 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:49:44 +0000 thesacredpath 532984@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If I were you I would be looking into transferring your domain name over to a different registrar that gives you full control. It will cost to transfer it, and the new registrar might be more expensive, but not having full control is not a good thing.

Using a bunch of "tricks" to redirect the domain name generally isn't a good idea since too many redirects makes the search engines extremely suspicious and could affect your ranking.

Just sayin'...

]]> arisb53 on "How do I change my A record?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-a-record#post-532983 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:39:56 +0000 arisb53 532983@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Not according to my new hosts' documentation. They say I need to keep the nameservers the same, and add a new A record and a new CNAME for the www subdomain. They don't have their own nameserver for me to point to.

I discovered that alternatively, I can create another CNAME that points mydomain.com to http://www.mydomain.com and that would accomplish the same thing. But, I don't see any way to create a CNAME without a subdomain. Is it possible?

This would be a lot easier if I could just get FULL control over the domain that i've purchased. This is yet another way I can solve my problem.

Thanks,
Dan

]]> auxclass on "How do I change my A record?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-a-record#post-532817 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:25:41 +0000 auxclass 532817@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ See also: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/

]]> auxclass on "How do I change my A record?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-a-record#post-532816 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:21:16 +0000 auxclass 532816@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is no content on your site - so you just want to set up a new site not on WordPress.COM and not transfer the content?

You need to get a new host, install whatever software you want on that site then you change the pointing of the name-servers to your new host. No A Record changes.

]]> arisb53 on "How do I change my A record?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-change-my-a-record#post-532798 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:01:37 +0000 arisb53 532798@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I no longer want a wordpress.com website, but I want to keep my domain. Therefore, I NEED to change my A record because I want to host my domain elsewhere. The problem is, I bought my domain through wordpress.com and I don't see the option to change the A records. Can someone tell me how to do this?

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