Change localhost to domain

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  saramuniz2 · Member · May 21, 2015 at 4:51 am

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  Hey guys. I’m sorry about the stupid question but I’ve been trying to set up my own website and so far I’ve got nothing!

  Let me explain a little bit of whats going on. I created the wordpress.com and decided to change to .org. So I got the bluehost and, downloaded the wordpress on my mac and exported the files from the old to the new one.

  The thing is, I was trying to find a way to redirect my domain to wordpress.org and I did exactly as they taught on the other question.
  I changed my domain (heysarahh.com) to heysarahh.wordpress.com so my domain would be free to be used at the wordpress.org.

  Then I changed the server name to bluehost, and I tought that by doing it, I would be all set to go to my website, but my domain is still not working!

  Is there any way for me to add my domain to the localhost?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 22, 2015 at 3:34 pm

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  I’m still seeing the nameservers for heysarahh.com point to WordPress.com.

  You might need to try changing them again.

  Are you following these instructions:

  Change a Domain’s Name Servers

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  saramuniz2 · Member · May 27, 2015 at 2:02 pm

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  Thanks for answering,
  I had to change it back to wordpress.com since my blog is active and I couldn’t transfer to.org by myself.
  I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, Is there a place at wordpress.org where I can transfer my domain?
  And yes, when I changed to heysarahh.wordpress.com I followed those instructions.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 27, 2015 at 3:41 pm

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  I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, Is there a place at wordpress.org where I can transfer my domain?

  WordPress.org isn’t a webhost. it is just a site where you can download the WordPress software and access the WordPress support documentation/forums.