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1. tothemaxkaufman
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I created my wordpress website on the hosting companies sub domain, I then parked my own domain name on top of it. I realized that I could type in my own domain name and it would load the website but when I went to another page, it would show the subdomain in the address bar. I then went in to settings and kept the wordpress address the same as it was before with the subdomain but I changed the site address to my own domain name. Did I change the right thing? My goal is for the subdomain to never be shown in the address bar. Once I switched that, all the pictures on my site were gone. I then went through and updated the links to the pictures on my site to the new domain name. The problem is that the theme I am using is not working correctly. The logo and some of the websites design is no longer there. How do I fix this?

   Thanks,
   Max

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Change the urls back again.
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL

3. tothemaxkaufman
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Once I change it back, how do I get the address bar to always show my own domain name instead of the subdomain I have in the background?

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You can't without masking every post & page address so that it reads http://your_domain.com (sometimes known as cloaking or masking).

5. tothemaxkaufman
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   How do I go about masking every page? and Thanks for your help!

6. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It's an option that has to be offered by your domain hosts.

7. tothemaxkaufman
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Where in the Cpanel would that be?

8. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try asking your hosts for assistance.

9. tothemaxkaufman
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I contacted them,they said it has nothing to do with the host.

10. esmi
    Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    WordPress doesn't handle domain forwarding or masking. That's handled at the server level by your domain hosts.

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