Cancelling a .com blog.
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I started with a wordpress.com blog and then soon afterwards changed to a wordpress.org blog through BlueHost. I am not using the first .com blog, but it does have the same name as the .org blog ie: ‘A Meaningful Life’. How do I shut down the first .com blog without jeopardising my .org blog, seeing as they both have the same name.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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To permanently delete your blog, go to https://johnmountford.wordpress.com/wp-admin/tools.php?page=delete-blog
Please read the warnings and advice before deleting a blog. We can’t revert blog deletion for any reason.
If you want to temporarily hide your blog instead, please use privacy option so only you and logged-in members of the blog can view it.
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Kardotim,
Thank you for your response, but it didn,t address the specific issue I raised. I am aware of the procedures of how to delete a blog, but I am more specifically concerned that my new blog (.org) has the SAME NAME as my old one (.com). If I delete the old one it looks as if I lose the right to the name in the process? Is that correct, or is my new blog in no danger at all if I delete the old one. -
If you delete old-blog.wordpress.com – yes you loose the contents and the use of that blog name.
Set old-blog.wordpress.com to Private then if you want to come back here you can use that name again
It sounds like you have a blog at blue host (old-blog.com) as long as you keep the registration paid (old-blog.com) for you are in fine shape
Without the actual names / URL’s of the blogs / sites in quesiton it is a bit difficult to give you advice that makes sense –
Your blue host domain name should have no connection to your blog here
If you post the real names then we can give you more clear help
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Thanks for the follow up. My old blog is http://www.wordpress-johnmountford.com; my new one, hosted by Bluehost is http://www.johnmountford.com. Both are called ‘A Meaningful Life’. There is nothing that i need to transfer from the old one to the new.
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It looks like http://johnmountford.wordpress.com/ has just been sitting there (the link you gave was broken – this is my best guess) – two followers – I would make a new Post “I have moved” with the new URL – that lets your two followers know what happened – then I would just leave the old blog here – remember to save the log-in info – there is no requirement that you use a blog – so if you ever decide to use the blog it will be waiting for you – nice name so it would be a shame to delete it – with no content it has no search engine juice so will not hurt your new site
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