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Redirect a subdomain to an external URL

  1. eviloverlord
    Member

    Given the following:

    1) I own a domain name geekman.com purchased from another registrar.

    2) I have or will have purchased the Custom Domain option so that I can point geekman.com to http://geekman2185.wordpress.com.

    3) I will establish an external site for a store, such as http://store.yahoo.com/geekman.

    4) I want to redirect the subdomain http://store.geekman.com to http://store.yahoo.com/geekman.

    How do I set up the Custom DNS records to accomplish this subdomain redirection, while leaving geekman.com pointed to my WordPress blog?

    Thanks...

    JGB
    Blog url: http://geekman2185.wordpress.com/

  2. eviloverlord
    Member

    ...bump...

    Still rather hoping for some guidance on this.

    Thanks!

    JGB

  3. timethief
    Member

    I'm sorry you have waited so long and have flagged this thread for Staff attention.

  4. eviloverlord
    Member

    Not a problem, timethief. WordPress is a big community, and I am one tiny piece of it. Thank you for your efforts.

  5. macmanx
    Staff

    You can add Custom DNS records following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/custom-dns/

  6. eviloverlord
    Member

    Yes, I have read that page in the Support section, and I understand the interface that I would use to add a custom DNS record.

    What I do not understand is what custom DNS record I would add to redirect a subdomain to an external URL.

    I strongly suspect that I am not to first to have asked this question, but I can find no record of anyone ever providing a definitive answer to a WordPress.com user.

    Can anyone advise me what the custom DNS record I would need will look like, please?

    Thanks...

    JGB

  7. macmanx
    Staff

    CNAME records are what control subdomains, so you would need to add that in the following format:

    CNAME <subdomain> <host>

    You'll need to contact the intended destination for what the host value should be.

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