Can anybody help me set up and sort out com/org confusion?

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  amysherman · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 1:52 pm

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  Having tried to build my own blog through wordpress.org, I now want to use a normal wordpress.com account but link it to a domain I own: amy-sherman.com . The problem is that it says I need a SLQ database, but I was under the impression that was only needed for a wordpress.org website, rather than a normal wordpress site. Can ANYONE help me so I can just get started on this long overdue blog!

  Thanks,
  Amy

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  airodyssey · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 2:00 pm

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  Hi Amy. You are right: you don’t need to handle SQL databases when your blog is hosted by WordPress.com. Where did you get your information?

  If you already have a domain name and want to use it as the address of your WordPress.com blog, here are the instructions:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

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  amysherman · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 2:02 pm

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  Thanks for the help. Before I do this, will I need to cancel the existing Streamline hosting I’ve stupidly been paying for, before I can map it?

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  airodyssey · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 7:46 pm

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  If you buy domain mapping, your site will be hosted by WordPress.com already. You don’t need to make any further arrangements to host the same blog elsewhere.