Change the name of my blog
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Just wondering if there’s a way to change the name of my blog address (to the actual name of the blog) without having to start all over? Didn’t have it all figured out when I first started…
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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https://therunaround.wordpress.com is no longer available. The authors have deleted this site.
Hi there,
You cannot register a deleted blog URL. There is no recycling of deleted blogs addresses here at wordpress.com. Read https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ -
Had no idea it was even an old blog. (Didn’t do my research, I guess!) Do you know if it’s possible to change the URL though? Such as runaround.wordpress, assuming it’s not already used? Or how to navigate the site to find that answer? Thanks!
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You cannot register a deleted blog URL. There is no recycling of deleted blogs addresses here at wordpress.com. Read https://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
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re: changing a .wordpress.com address
We cannot edit any blog URLs. If you want to change the .wordpress.com blog address ie. the URL starting with http:// then you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to do that and the URL you desire must be available. If so, then you can change the URL by using the guide http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/Be sure to locate the correct page http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dashboard-e1371648470893.png
Changing a URL is a permanent and irreversible act. No changed or deleted blog URLs are recycled here, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/ -
If you wish to, you can purchase a custom domain. All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URLs and nothing else. The content stays exactly where it is. What domain mapping does its create a seamless transfer between the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs to the domain URLs no matter where they are on the internet. Visitors who click the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs will be seamlessly redirected to the exact same content under the domain URLs.
Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub domain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.
See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
if you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/
After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.
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