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  1. alam0sh
    Member

    Hi, I just transferred a domain I already owned to my blog, and everything seemed fine except that when I type http://nbkteam.com/ it directs me to a 403 Forbidden page, but when I type the address with the www prefix like this http://www.nbkteam.com/ , the page loads fine but none of the links work since they all point to their respective URLs but without the www prefix.

    I hope this is just erratic behavior while the DNS propagates, but I've browsed the forums and didn't find much about this. Thanks in advance.

  2. alam0sh
    Member

    ... just in case, my original blog URL was http://nbkteam.wordpress.com/ , it redirects to http://nbkteam.com/ which doesnt work.

  3. raincoaster
    Member

    It does work like that for awhile; someone said up to 72 hours after the change. If it hasn't settled down by Monday, definitely contact staff.

    FYI http://nbkteam.com works just fine for me right now, and http://www.nbkteam.com does as well, just redirecting me to the first.

  4. alam0sh
    Member

    Does it really work for you just fine? If so, it must be something to do with my own PC. I'll try to flush my DNS and wait a while.

    Thanks for the information!

  5. raincoaster
    Member

    Okay, don't forget to clear your browser cache and cookies and do a forced reload. You could just be stuck looking at an old page.

  6. alam0sh
    Member

    Well, I cleared my cache and cookies and even rebooted my PC, but it still doesn't work for me. At least it works for others, but it's pretty annoying nonetheless.

  7. raincoaster
    Member

    Maybe it's just a factor of how you're getting there? I'm in Vancouver, so I could be a lot closer to the servers handling it. Like I said, if it's still mucked up on Monday don't hesitate to contact staff when they open.

  8. trent
    Member

    It will just be a dns cache problem for you. All domains on wordpress.com get the "www" stripped out and it redirects to the domain for me without the "www" just fine. If you are on vista, check out:

    http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1600/vista_dns_cache_flush

    If you are on a mac (leopard) you can clear your dns cache in terminal with:

    dscacheutil -flushcache

    Trent

  9. thesacredpath
    Member

    I know at one time that WordPress would not map to a http://www.yoururl.com and instead would only map to a http://yoururl.com. WWW is actually a subdomain, and it used to be that WordPress would not map to subdomains.

  10. raincoaster
    Member

    I don't think they will let you use "www" on your blog as part of your ACTUAL domain; I've seen some people complaining about it. So, you couldn't buy http://www.whatever.com, but if you bought http://whatever.com the first would still work.

  11. thesacredpath
    Member

    Actually when you buy yoururl.com, you also get the www (or visa versa) On my blog I have the http://www.yoururl.com redirected to yoururl.com.

    WWW is sort of becoming passe now-a-days.

  12. restylegreen
    Member

    thesacredpath and raincoaster - so how would if fix the problem of http://restylegreen.com directing to the wordpress blog, and http://WWW.restylegreen.com directing to a page not found?

  13. katm
    Member

    You just have to wait for DNS to propagate or you need to flush your dns cache. The www link redirects fine for me (FF2 on Fedora 7)

  14. sonychen
    Member

    Does it need any credit to mapping domain? Why can't I buy any credit by clicking the pre-pay link which redirecting to pay-pal???
    HELP

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