changing website name

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  judichang · Member · Jul 29, 2016 at 9:02 pm

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  I have been working on chineseheritagecommons for a friend who now would like to change it to cantoneseheritagecommons. Is there a way I can do that?? It is currently a .wordpress.com site. Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Jul 29, 2016 at 9:05 pm

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  re: changing a site title or tagline
  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the underlying .wordpress.com URL the Site title (blog name) and/or the optional Tagline can be changed on the top of this page at any time. > Settings > General … “save changes”.

  That is exactly where search engine spiders look for the site title and removing it from there can cause issues with getting your content indexed. Note that the site title (blog name) and blog address URL do not have to be the same but it’s better for SEO (search engine optimization) if they are the same.

  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/ Then all the content will be the same only the URLs will change and nothing else.

  Be sure to locate the correct page http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dashboard-e1371648470893.png

  Changing a URL is meant to be a permanent and irreversible act. No changed or deleted blog URLs are recycled here, regardless of who registered and deleted them and the only exceptions are made are for URLs that were deleted 2 or more years ago
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

  re: purchasing your own custom domain or mapping an existing domain

  The prices are found at > Dashboard > Store and here https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
  Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

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  judichang · Member · Jul 30, 2016 at 12:27 am

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  Thank you very much for your help!!!! I appreciate the thoroughness of your response! Love your screen name too, timethief! Have a lovely weekend!

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  timethief · Member · Aug 1, 2016 at 3:46 pm

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  Happy to help and best wishes for a great week to you. :)