CNAME forwarding question
Have a blog @ wordpress.com, lets say bloggy.wordpress.com. Have a domain name, bloggy.com. Just trying to point the domain to the blog using a cname.
So, both bloggy.com and
I have no A entries at all, as this should be just a staright forward.
Any help for this clueless user?
Thanks!
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$ host www.bloggy.com
www.bloggy.com is an alias for bloggy.wordpress.com.
bloggy.wordpress.com has address 12.34.56.78
You should see something similar to this.
The other half is that Wordpress must be set up to respond to requests for domain mapping
> root|production[~]=> host
www.bloggy.com CNAME bloggy.wordpress.combloggy.wordpress.com CNAME lb.wordpress.com
lb.wordpress.com A 74.200.243.251
lb.wordpress.com A 76.74.254.123
lb.wordpress.com A 76.74.255.123
lb.wordpress.com A 72.233.2.59
lb.wordpress.com A 72.233.2.58
lb.wordpress.com A 74.200.243.253
I think the problem lies on my end with my dns settings here at linode. Here are my settings. I have no A records at all, have the linode nameservers, and just the one CNAME record:
Hostname: www
Aliases To: bloggy.wordpress.com
TTL: 14440 (4 hours)
Problem remains with hitting
Anyone see anything wrong with them?
bloggy.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.webfaction.com.
bloggy.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.webfaction.com.
bloggy.com. 172800 IN NS ns3.webfaction.com.
bloggy.com. 172800 IN NS ns4.webfaction.com.
;; Received 179 bytes from 192.43.172.30#53(I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET) in 149 ms
@BarkerJr:
No, you're not pointing to Linode name servers:
bloggy.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.webfaction.com. bloggy.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.webfaction.com. bloggy.com. 172800 IN NS ns3.webfaction.com. bloggy.com. 172800 IN NS ns4.webfaction.com. ;; Received 179 bytes from 192.43.172.30#53(I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET) in 149 ms
For business reasons, I can't post the actual correct domain… bloggy.com is just a random name I choose. The domain in question is indeed pointing at linode.
But… I work here so I get to cheat.
I looked at your domain and the
-James
Thanks,
Paul