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Redirecting domain to new host

  1. cuzoogle
    Member

    I gave a quick scan over the forum and I am sure this is a repeat post but I am in a hurry.

    I am trying to move a wordpress hosted blog to Hostgator. I have my domain name on wordpress (mapped to take out the wordpress)

    SO if I have the logic down right I just need to redirect it?

    this is what customer service at HostGator is asking for

    Dear Customer,

    You need to change the nameservers for that domain to ns739.hostgator.com and ns740.hostgator.com and then add the domain as an addon domain.

    Have a great day.

    So how do I do that?

    The blog I am trying to move over is http://chocolatedogblog.com/

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    Hope this all made sense.

  2. nickmomrik
    WordPress.com Staff

    If you purchased the domain through WordPress.com, under Options –> Domains from your blog’s dashboard, you will see a link that says “Manage Domains”. If you click on this link you will be able to receive access to a control panel that allows you to change your domains nameservers and point it elsewhere.

  3. cuzoogle
    Member

    ok thanks

    I found exactly where to do it but it won't let me add in my two new nameservers.

    It will default back to wordpress

    does anyone have experience doing this?

    To Set the Nameservers for Your Domain

    1. Log in to your Account Manager.
    2. In the My Products section, select Manage Domains.
    3. Select the domain(s) for which you want to modify the nameservers.
    4. Click Nameservers.
    5. Select one of the following:

    Default Hosting Nameservers
    Specifies your domain is hosted with us and you want to use our nameservers.
    Default Parked Nameservers
    Specifies you want to park your domain on our parked servers. We automatically park your new domain registrations. The parked page displays when someone opens your domain from a Web browser.
    Custom Nameservers
    Specifies your domain is hosted with another company, and allows you to enter at least two nameservers.

    6. Click OK.
    7. Click OK again.

    It does not allow me to enter anything

  4. cuzoogle
    Member

    nobody working this week?

  5. thesacredpath
    Member

    Ok, if you have your own install of wordpress (from wordpress.org) at hostgator, there is no way to redirect your visitors from your old blog here at wordpress.com to your new one.

    Best you can do is leave your blog here set up for a while and put a last post on it that explains that you have moved and give them the URL of your new blog. To avoid search engine confusion, go to options > privacy and click "I would like to block search engines but allow normal visitors" and then click "update options."

  6. thesacredpath
    Member

    You will also have to "undo" the domain mapping here at wordpress.com.

    To get your posts, pages, comments and such here onto the wordpress install at hostgator is to "export" it at manage > export and then import it into the wordpress install at hostgator (manage > import). You will have to move your links (blogroll separately) by going to your new blog after importing your posts and such, and go to blogroll > import and put in the wordpress.com URL of your old blog http://chocolatedogblog.wordpress.com/wp-links-opml.php and that will import your links to your new self-hosted blog.

  7. cuzoogle
    Member

    Ok thanks I know all of that (the export etc), it was not really my question.

    I wany my domain http://chocolatedogblog.com/ hosted on hostgator

    I have the nameservers and I know where to put them, it just won't let me.

  8. cuzoogle
    Member

    I don't think the last two posts understood.

    I paid for the upgrade for http://chocolatedogblog.com/

    I want it to be hosted elsewhere.

    but I can't reregister it elsewhere because I own it in wordpress.

    So I can't go into my domain management and send it elsewhere?

    The first guy in this thread said I can.

  9. cuzoogle
    Member

    Can I undo the domain mapping and just purchase the new domain the old-fashioned way?

    that would probably take out all of the confusion.

    I was just trying to keep the address for easy moving.

  10. thesacredpath
    Member

    Have you moved your domain name registration off of wordpress.com yet to say, hostgator or network solutions, etc? As long as your domain name is registered through wordpress.com, you cannot redirect it. Once the domain registration is moved to hostgator, then you can redirect it through your new registrar. And as I said, you have to then undo the domain mapping here.

  11. cuzoogle
    Member

    ok thank you, I am getting several different ways of doing it and it is very confusing. Will try this.

    hostgator was telling me pretty much the oppisite thing.

  12. cuzoogle
    Member

    This is what hostgator said

    Dear Customer,

    You need to change the nameservers for that domain to ns739.hostgator.com and ns740.hostgator.com and then add the domain as an addon domain.

    Have a great day.

  13. cuzoogle
    Member

    I guess what I don't understand is I paid for the domain name on wordpress and it is good until june. I can't buy it elsewhere because it is registered to me.

    So should I just turn off domain mapping and then start fresh by buying it again? Can I do that? Won't it be registered on wordpress til my time is up?

    or bottom line I am stuck.

  14. thesacredpath
    Member

    No, you don't need to buy again, you already have it, and have paid for it. You want to move the registration of that name from wordpress.com to say, hostgator, or network solutions, or wherever.

    You might want to ask hostgator about that as I'm not sure what all is involved. If I register a domain name with say, cheapdomains.com (example only) I can later move my registration over to say network solutions.com. When you move to a new registrar, all that means is that you are changing who handles the registration for you. Think of it like changing banks. You take your money and move it over to a new account at another bank. That is what you are doing - or need to do.

  15. ellaella
    Member

    Did you try entering those 2 nameservers in the Custom Nameservers box?

  16. ellaella
    Member

    If I understand you correctly, that is. You have a blog here with domain mapping. You want to move it to your own host now. Yes?

  17. cuzoogle
    Member

    ok thanks I thought that was what I was doing all along.

    one last time I am going to go through this in case what I am saying is not clear.

    I don't want to move the blog on wordpress over, I know I have to do that myself using export etc. I just want to move the domain name that I own over. Like you say, change the registration.

    I was told that to do this I had to go into my domain management on wordpress and update the nameservers, then hostgator can propigate the move and add the domain to their hosting service.

    They game me two nameservers to use to redirect the domain name (not the blog)

    I went into my domain mangement, followed all of the directions and where the two wordpress nameservers are, I tried to change them to the two I was given by hostgator.

    They won't delete.

    So I thought maybe I had to add the two nameservers as well. So there would be four.

    Then once hostgator moves my registration over, the two wordpress nameservers would be removed.

    It sounds like we are talking about the same thing that needs to be done but in two different ways.

    <b>If your domain(s) are hosted here, choose 'Default Hosting Nameservers.'
    If your domain(s) are parked here, choose 'Default Parked Nameservers.'
    If your domain(s) are hosted somewhere else, choose 'Custom Nameservers.'

    Default Hosting Nameservers (NS1.WORDPRESS.COM, NS2.WORDPRESS.COM)
    Default Parked Nameservers (NS1.WORDPRESS.COM, NS2.WORDPRESS.COM)
    Custom Nameservers</b>

    so I can't change this to the Host gator ones? sorry for this I am just confused

  18. cuzoogle
    Member

    "Did you try entering those 2 nameservers in the Custom Nameservers box?"

    Yes I did but it won't let me. It will autofill the old ones. I just did not know if there was something else I was not unclicking

    for example it says the domaim is locked.

  19. thesacredpath
    Member

    Contact staff on this is my suggestion and tell them:

    You are going self-hosted at hostgator

    You want the domain name you registered here at wordpress.com for your new self-hosted blog at hostgator

    Ask them what you have to do to accomplish that.

  20. cuzoogle
    Member

    "If I understand you correctly, that is. You have a blog here with domain mapping. You want to move it to your own host now. Yes?"

    that is correct

  21. ellaella
    Member

    /nod to tsp

    Use Custom Nameservers. I changed one of my blogs to self-hosted not long ago but left the domain registration here. Custom is what I used.

  22. cuzoogle
    Member

    yep that is what I am trying to do but it won't let me fill in new values.

  23. ellaella
    Member

    That's odd. I agree with thesacredpath that you should contact support. It's open now; just use the support tab in the upper right of your dashboard.

    Sorry.

  24. cuzoogle
    Member

    not a problem, I wrote them. Thanks for everyone's help

  25. thesacredpath
    Member

    I've heard just now from a friend that there are some domain issues and that could be the reason you cannot put stuff in the custom domain fields.

    Best of luck with getting it sorted out.

  26. cuzoogle
    Member

    I think I may of got it. I had to unlock it

    duh

  27. cuzoogle
    Member

    yep that did it. thanks again all

  28. ellaella
    Member

    That lock issue does affect things. :)

    I'm so glad you finally made it happen. Happy blogging.

  29. cuzoogle
    Member

    one more question

    if I turn off domain mapping can I still look at the old free wordpress blog?

    I just want to have access to it while I make the switch

  30. ellaella
    Member

    You won't have to turn it off. Once everything is propogated, the url of your wordpress.com blog will revert to what it was before the domain name upgrade. You should make the .com blog private right now, to avoid duplicate content.

    Once you're happy with how things are on your new host, you can either delete the .com blog or leave it private and leave it there, in case self-hosting ends up not being right for you. That's what I did, 'cause you never know.

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