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  blueschoolofmotoring · Member · Sep 5, 2008 at 1:35 pm

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  Hi

  is it possible to use the WordPress software to create a blog under my own domain name on a hosted server?

  Regards

  Damien

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  webdesignni · Member · Sep 5, 2008 at 1:38 pm

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  Yep, go to your dashboard, and click on upgrades, then the domian tab and you will be able to do that easily.

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  blueschoolofmotoring · Member · Sep 5, 2008 at 1:49 pm

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  Cheers Webdesignni

  Thanks for that. Can I then install any features I like such as Google addwords affiliate adds etc??

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 5, 2008 at 2:15 pm

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  @blueschool, doing as webdesignni says, does not move your blog off of wordpress.com, it only maps your new domain name to the blog you have. Since your blog is actually still hear, then you have the same restrictions.

  What you would want to do to use ads and have more freedom is to self-host your blog using the software downloaded from http://wordpress.ORG. Also see http://wordpress.ORG/hosting/

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  katm · Member · Sep 5, 2008 at 2:15 pm

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  Changing the domain name doesn’t change the restrictions at wordpress.com (no flash/scripting/forms/iframes and no ads).

  If you want to install using your own hosting, you’ll need to ask for assistance at http://wordpress.org/support

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  katm · Member · Sep 5, 2008 at 2:16 pm

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  heh, apparently great minds think alike tsp :-)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 5, 2008 at 2:16 pm

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  {@katm – stereo}

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  vivianpaige · Member · Sep 5, 2008 at 3:14 pm

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  (I see that webdesignni has only been a member for an hour. He/she needs to be careful with responses.)

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  blueschoolofmotoring · Member · Sep 12, 2008 at 5:35 pm

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  Hi I have checked out those help pages thanks a lot. Are there any that host in the UK?