Can I move a .wordpress blog to my server?

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  bernardborealis · Member · Nov 16, 2007 at 9:44 pm

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  Is it possible for me to take a blog which I’ve already created and move it to a server of my own so it is now: http://servername.com/blogname instead of .wordpress.com?

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  timethief · Member · Nov 16, 2007 at 9:46 pm

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  It’s possible to export the contents of your wordpress.com blog into an xml file and then import it into a wordpress.org installation you can get as a free download from http://wordpress.org on your own server. http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/can-i-migrate-my-blog-from-here-to-another-blog-somewhere-else/

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  timethief · Member · Nov 16, 2007 at 9:47 pm

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  Edit: “on your own server” above should have read “that you host on your own server”

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 16, 2007 at 10:20 pm

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  You could also keep it here but buy the domain upgrade and name it http://blogname.websitename.com or whatever.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 16, 2007 at 10:33 pm

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  This is what raincoaster is referring to above http://faq.wordpress.com/category/domain-mapping/