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1. astrydmoore
   Member
   Mar 7, 2007, 11:23 AM

   Hi,

   I have registered a domain and am hosting it (DNS and mail forwarding) elsewhere. I'd like to get http://www.astrydmoore.com to point to my blog. I understand that I have to use the "domains" upgrade to do this, but it's not clear to me from the interface how to achieve what I want without using wordpress's nameservers, which I don't want to do.

   What entry / entries do I have to add to my DNS in order to achieve this? Can I just create an A or CNAME record for http://www.astrydmoore.com and point it at wordpress.com somehow?

   I used "feedback" to ask this question but didn't get a reply, so I thought perhaps I was supposed to ask here. Apologies if this is the wrong place.

2. astrydmoore
   Member
   Mar 7, 2007, 11:47 AM

   OK, I'm sorry, I should have read more before I posted.

   On a more thorough reading of the domain mapping section of the FAQ I found instructions on setting up a CNAME record.

   It's a shame I can't have my blog at http://www.astrydmoore.com though...

3. drmike
   Member
   Mar 7, 2007, 3:28 PM

   Sure you can -> http://wordpress.org

   Regards,
   -drmike

4. astrydmoore
   Member
   Mar 7, 2007, 5:12 PM

   Sorry -- I should have said "it's a shame I can't ... without hosting it myself" :-)

5. drmike
   Member
   Mar 7, 2007, 5:14 PM

   The issue is that you would have to have access to wp.com's nameservers to make those modifications and that's a security concern.

6. astrydmoore
   Member
   Mar 7, 2007, 5:15 PM

   Sorry -- I should have said "it's a shame I can't ... without hosting it myself" :-)

7. astrydmoore
   Member
   Mar 7, 2007, 5:37 PM

   Hmmm, drmike, I'm curious about that. I don't understand why using blog.astrydmoore.com does not require access to wp.com's nameservers, but using http://www.astrydmoore.com does...?

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