Can I transfer my blog to my domain on Host Gator AND keep it on WordPress?
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Eventually I want to use WordPress self hosted, but I’m really enjoying the ease of setup at WordPress.com (I know NOTHING), so I’m hoping that I can run my blog on both spots by transferring over what I have to my domain http://www.sfnativemom.com on Host Gator and still keep updating and running http://www.sfnativemom.wordpress.com. Is that possible? I just can’t wrap my head around starting from scratch self-hosted.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I should have put in my title that I’m talking about staying on WordPress.com AND having my own domain on Host Gator…
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You can map sfnativemom.com to your blog here – that is mapping an existing domain name – $ 13.– / year
If you move your content onto Host Gator with a WordPress.ORG install blog then you are not here and need to get help at WordPress.ORG when you move
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It’s technically doable, but it’s a bad idea for several reasons:
1) search engines will see the same content in two places and consider them both spam blogs, ruthlessly downgrading them.2) staff have said if your blog here is a duplicate of another externally hosted blog, it needs to be set as Private or it will be suspended.
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Oh, so I have another question then, if I’m playing around with my wordpress.org site that is hosted on Host Gator and this wordpress.com site at the same time is that a problem? They both have different content.
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Why would it be a problem then? They’re totally independent systems. Once you find one you prefer, you can transfer your other content into it and shut down the blog.
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Great, now if someone can help me with this question:https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/oxygen-theme-problem-with-no-page-for-blog-and-pictures-for-entries?replies=1#post-1380265
I know..I’m hijacking my own post.
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