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1. samanthaspirit
   Member
   Apr 19, 2009, 10:13 PM

   Hi there. I'm doing a few tests, trying to learn the system before I go live with my actual blog, and I have read this support document (http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/) and am still having trouble understanding if it is possible to set-up my blog so that instead of seeing for example: testingsamantha.wordpress.com

   I can have it
   blog.samantha.com

   FYI: I already own my own .com site for what I want to use.

   Also, can you have it either way as:
   blog.samantha.com
   - OR -
   samantha.com/blog

   and can I do that in wordpress and what's really the difference between where the "blog" part of the name comes in, is there and advantage or disadvantage to either way?

   Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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

2. lorawow
   Member
   Apr 20, 2009, 7:52 PM

   There's no need to have a blog part in your domain.

   samantha.com will work just fine, if it isn't already taken.
   Also smanatha.com/blog is easily done by redirecting all incoming traffic to samantha.com to samantha.com/blog

   Good luck!

   Regards,
   Lora @ http://lorawow.wordpress.com/

3. justjennifer
   Member
   Apr 20, 2009, 7:56 PM

   Check out the documentation on the Support site about domain mapping. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/

4. justjennifer
   Member
   Apr 20, 2009, 8:04 PM

   @samanthaspirit-Sorry-didn't fully read your question. You can't map a blog to a subdirectory, only a subdomain.

   Also, if you want to use your domain for your email, don't map your blog to yourdomainname.com Check out the support documentation regarding email too.

5. samanthaspirit
   Member
   Apr 20, 2009, 8:33 PM

   Thanks, I did read that support document but still didn't understand which is why I posted my question.

   hmm, I appreciate the replies, but I'm not quite sure I still get it though.

   What is the difference between a subdirectory vs. a subdomain?

6. justjennifer
   Member
   Apr 20, 2009, 8:41 PM

   blog.yourdomainname.com is a subdomain

   yourdomainname.com/blog is a subdirectory

7. lorawow
   Member
   Apr 20, 2009, 8:44 PM

   Hm. Seems I was mistaken about that redirecting thingy then...?
   I'm sorry.

8. samanthaspirit
   Member
   Apr 20, 2009, 9:02 PM

   No worries lorawow, and thanks just jennifer....my follow-up question is which is better, a subdomain or a subdirectory? I guess I'm wondering also what the titles of the pages would be, if there is any preference in terms of coming up in searches and web traffic, etc.
   Thanks!

9. lorawow
   Member
   Apr 20, 2009, 10:59 PM

   You can't map a subdirectory so a subdomain is better.

   Please call me Lora

10. samanthaspirit
    Member
    Apr 21, 2009, 2:07 AM

    Thanks :-)

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