Domain Name

  • totallytorah · Member ·

    change the domain name of my blog to the one I just purchased.

  • timethief · Member ·

    re: changing a site title or tagline
    Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the underlying .wordpress.com URL and purchased the upgrade the Site title (blog name) and/or the optional Tagline can be changed on the top of this page at any time. > Settings > General … “save changes”.

    That is exactly where search engine spiders look for the site title and removing it from there can cause issues with getting your content indexed. Note that the site title (blog name) and blog address URL do not have to be the same but it’s better for SEO (search engine optimization) if they are the same.

  • timethief · Member ·

    re: purchasing your own custom domain

    The prices are found at > Dashboard > Store and here https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

    All support docs are at http://support.wordpress.com

    You can only purchase one year at a time.

    Every upgrade applies to a single blog only and is a one year subscription that requires renewal at years’ end.

    All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URL and nothing else. The content stays exactly where it is. What domain mapping does its create a seamless transfer between the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs to the domain URLs no matter where they are on the internet. Visitors who click the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs will be seamlessly redirected to the exact same content under the domain URLs.

    You can simply publish a post providing the new URL to your existing subscribers and ask them to subscribe to the new URL.

    Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

    In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.

    See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
    http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/

    See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

    if you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/

    Your payment methods are here https://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/

    Your upgrade history will be here Dashboard > Store> My Upgrades
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/

    Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/

    After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

  • totallytorah · Member ·

    I have already purchased the new domain name.
    What I need to know is HOW to change the old wordpressblog.com name to the name I just purchased so that when people type in that domain name all of the data on the old wordpressblog.com site shows up under the new domain name.
    Do I do that or does it occur automatically?
    I’m not looking at changing the site name or headings.
    Thanks

  • totallytorah · Member ·

    Do I have to wait the 72or so hours before I can change my OLD wordpressblog.com domain name to a NEWLY PURCHASED domain name as my Primary Domain?

    I’ve gone to the Domain Management page but the only thing showing is my OLD wordpress domain name.

    I have read the instructions but can’t figure out how to do it.

    Regards.

  • timethief · Member ·

    I’m sorry you are having difficulty. I typed modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

    What is the domain URL starting with http://?

  • carinapilar · Member ·

    Hello totallytorah!

    I checked your account and saw that you got in contact with us by email, you have to follow the instructions on the email. Then, to change your free WordPress.com domain to your custom domain you have to change your site’s primary domain following the instructions below:

    Domains

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