Got Domain, Got Hosting, got WP, got no idea!

Hi guys, just bought the hatchling plan, got my domain, installed W.Press via Hostgator C.Panel... but when I go to my domain, I just get a godaddy ads page advertising their stuff.

Should I not have a blank wordpress site that I can log into?

Help appreciated, thanks

 

Have you updated your details in webhosting cpanel?

 

Hi, thanks for the advice - do you mean in WP, or hostgator?

I found something on wordpress, do I need to pay $12?

On WordPress.com, you can use a domain that you already own, such as example.com, instead of your blog’s default address, like example.wordpress.com. This is called Domain Mapping. Your old WordPress.com address will still work, but we will automatically redirect traffic from your old address to your new one.

Domain Mapping is a paid upgrade that costs $12 per domain, per blog, per year. You can map as many domains as you want to one blog, but you have to pay for each domain separately.

 

Your hosting is with Hostgator, but I suspect your domain was bought from Godaddy. You need to change the "nameservers" in your domain settings (in your control panel on the Godaddy site). Basically it links the domain to the hosting. You should have an email from Hostgator with nameservers in but if not their live chat people are always happy to help.

Oh yes about the wordpress.com thing....

A wordpress.com blog is hosted by WordPress, you have limited control over it and have to pay for more flexibility. What you have is a self-hosted version, also known as a wordpress.org blog. This means it's all yours and you can tinker with it as much as you like.

 

Surely that is the solution. Your domain is "parked" by GoDaddy which is the default behavior until you specify your host's nameservers.

 

You will find domain settings in your hosting. There you have to update the name servers to your webhosting place.

 

did you change you name servers to point to host-gator servers? looks like your domain is still parked still in Go Daddy

Your web host would have given the name servers of the server space you had got from them, update them on your domain control ( inside Go Daddy control panel)

 

log in to your godaddy account and change the name servers pointing them to your hosting .To get the name server details log in to your cpanel that hostgator has provided and in extreme left you will find the name servers something like(ns1..........com and ns2.........com) copy them and paste it to your godaddy account and you should be fine

 

And it can take a few hours for the changes to propagate after you set your host's nameservers, so don't worry if your site still shows the GoDaddy parking immediately after applying the changes.

 

As said by others, you need to change your dns settings for your domain. After changing the dns settings, it will take up for 24-48 hours to show your real site. However, you can visit your actual site by typing in your site's IP address and you can find it from your welcome email that was sent by Hostgator. Hope this will helps you.

 

I get directed to changing my domain by way of subscribing through them by way of payment. This is quite heartbreaking. I do hope WP would be free of charge regarding this matter.

 

go to hostgator live chat ask them. they will give u the best answer.

 

OK thanks guys got that sorted, now upgraded to the Baby Plan and I want to add my new site/domain

I have added it via Addon Domains in HostGator C Panel,

Do I use the same nameservers as my original site - EG change on godaddy to Hostgator nsv'rs?

 

change on godaddy to HG name servers and wait for a few hours. that should do.

 

Yes as long as they're all on the same hosting account just use the exact same nameservers for each domain