Title: External access to website
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# External access to website

 *  [jnolanICG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnolanicg/)
 * (@jnolanicg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-access-to-website/)
 * the IP address of my wordpress server and it can be only accessed on the network.
   I need to know how to access it outside the network. i have a domain name through
   GoDaddy that i need it to be listed as. currently the url redirects to the IP
   address but obviously that’s no good, as it just shows a refused connection.

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 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * (@kidsguide)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-access-to-website/#post-6755291)
 * I am guessing that you are using a localhost server (with software like MAMP,
   XAMPP, VVV, or something). If so then you CANNOT access it outside of your computer.
   If you want your website to be public you need to purchase a domain name AND 
   hosting. Then you will need to point your domain to your hosting, install WordPress
   on your website, and then transfer your localhost website onto your live website.
 * If you are not using localhost then please explain in more detail what your setup
   is.
 *  Thread Starter [jnolanICG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnolanicg/)
 * (@jnolanicg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-access-to-website/#post-6755297)
 * using a LAMP ubuntu LTS. my problem is that the site is borrowing resources from
   another server. The story is that the guy before me left without documentation
   on how to edit the site and everything is encrypted. so i ripped the html for
   the old site and edited as i needed to to get the site where i needed it. this
   new html was pasted into a wordpress CMS running on the ubuntu server mentioned.
   so what i did was then redirect the url of the old site to the IP address where
   the wordpress version of the site is hosted. can I then assume that all i need
   to do is create a domain name with wordpress using the IP address of the server
   and then use the same redirect to the new domain name hosted by wordpress?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-access-to-website/#post-6755301)
 * > can I then assume that all i need to do is create a domain name with wordpress
   > using the IP address of the server and then use the same redirect to the new
   > domain name hosted by wordpress?
 * Yes and no.
 * Yes you need to point the domain name to the public IP of the server.
 * No that’s not ‘all’ since the vhosts setting on your webserver has to know that‘
   domain.com’ means a specific folder.
 * But. This isn’t WordPress, this is webhosting 101.
 *  Thread Starter [jnolanICG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnolanicg/)
 * (@jnolanicg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-access-to-website/#post-6755333)
 * Yea sorry, this was supposed to be an entry level position, but the other guy
   was ,well, the only other guy in the IT dept. When he left, everything got dumped
   on me.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-access-to-website/#post-6755333)
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