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1. fireannach
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   Hi there, first poster here, also bit of a newcomer to web development.

   I went about purchasing a theme yesterday for WordPress sites from Themeforest.com, thinking I could use it on a wordpress.com site. I found out you need a self-hosted wordpress site. Here's what happened:

   -I wasn't sure where to purchase a domain from but I knew you could do so on WordPress.com. I went to the "Create a New Blog" on my WP user's "Manage Blogs" page, and bought a domain in the process of creating a new blog. My domain is http://www.danielcespedes.net/
   -I purchased hosting from DreamHost.
   -I attempted to perform the One-Click Install on DreamHost, but it came up with an error saying that WP was already installed.
   -When I visit the WP dashboard interface, the site that appears to be my site has the exact same interface as a .com blog, most notably that I still can't install the theme I've purchased. Another strange feature is that instead of the URL being "danielcespedes.net/wp-admin", it's "danielcespedesdotnet.wordpress.com/wp-admin".

   I suspect that this is the .com blog I created (unintentionally) when I first purchased my domain.

   My questions are these--how can I stop my domain from taking me to this .com blog, and how can I get started working on my new site (i.e. install the theme I purchased). I didn't intend to start a new .com blog, I just wanted a domain. Should I delete the .com blog?

   Thanks for taking the time to read!

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   You have linked your domain name with a wordpress.com site - not a self-hosted WordPress site. First, you need to contact the folks over at wordpress.com and ask them to point (or transfer) your domain name over to your Dreamhost account.

3. Ipstenu-DH
   DreamHost Rep
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   fireannach - I checked and you have hosting here at DreamHost :D Great!

   You only need to do one thing, and that's change your nameservers. I looked at your DNS settings on panel and it said "To modify your domain's whois information, please visit the registrar you registered danielcespedes.net with (looks like it's not us!)"

   So who is it registered with? Looks to be http://www.wildwestdomains.com

   You just have to go there and change your nameservers to ns1.dreamhost.com and ns2.dreamhost.com

   Wait a couple hours and we'll be good to go :)

4. fireannach
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   Thanks, you both! Problem solved.

   You're right, the changing of nameservers was key. Though I didn't have to do anything with WildWestDomains directly--I could access my nameservers from WordPress' Central Domain Manager.
   I found this help page immensely helpful: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

   Cheers!

5. Ipstenu-DH
   DreamHost Rep
   Posted 3 months ago #
   

   Aha! Sometimes finding that registrar is a trick. Remember that your domain is registered via WordPress.com, then, as when it's up for renewal, you'll need to know that.

   (You can transfer to DH if you want, but there's no requirement. A lot of us keep domains registered via one company and host on another.)

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