Redirect old domain to new domain, how ?

faeronsayn · Member · Jan 14, 2012 at 10:29 pm
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Okay so before you guys draw any conclusions from the title please read the following.

So I have a main site that is named “domain.com” and now one of my sections is very large and so I’ve decided to create a whole new site with it. Here is the problem though, I can get the URLs to redirect, but they’ll only redirect to my main site’s domain “domain.com” but I want a new domain for my new site, “website.com” but this is the problem. Since I am using my old domain already I can’t just forward all requests to the new domain, only certain requests need to go to the new domain. How can I do this ?

Just to clear things up if it will help. The section that I am breaking off is the only one that will run on wordpress, my main site currently does not run on wordpress, but the section with the domain name of “website.com” will run on wordpress. Is it possible that all requests that come from “domain.com” and try to access the wordpress platform, it will automatically change the domain from “domain.com” to “website.com” since only this section will run on wordpress, this technique would work.

Any help would be appreciated.
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timethief · Member · Jan 14, 2012 at 10:38 pm
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Sop are your prepared to create a free hosted WordPress.com blog, move the content into it and purchase a domain mapping upgrade or not?

Map an existing domain (one you already own) to your WordPress.com blog. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

Important Notes Before Upgrading > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/#important-notes-before-upgrading
timethief · Member · Jan 14, 2012 at 10:38 pm
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Edit: “Sop are your” was meant to be “So are you …”
faeronsayn · Member · Jan 14, 2012 at 10:44 pm
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@timethief

I want to host the new site myself, if it possible to use this service without letting wordpress.com host the site ?
timethief · Member · Jan 14, 2012 at 10:51 pm
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No
faeronsayn · Member · Jan 14, 2012 at 10:52 pm
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Awwh are you serious?

okay, any other solutions for what I am trying to do ?
timethief · Member · Jan 14, 2012 at 11:02 pm
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What you are trying to so is to get benefits from WordPress.com that are only available to free hosted by WordPress.com bloggers, who also pay for domain mapping upgrades. That’s a no go.

I want to host the new site myself

You can do that http://wordpress.org/
timethief · Member · Jan 14, 2012 at 11:04 pm
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Have you read this entry so you are clear on all the differences between free hosted WordPress.com blogs and self hosted WordPress.org installs, which are not part of the WordPress.com community? http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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