.com to .org migration question

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  duncanseath · Member · May 14, 2014 at 6:32 am

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  Hello,
  Being a complete website build novice, I am wondering whether I have restricted myself when choosing WP.com option for my electrical/solar installation company site. Seems difficult to add a contact-me page and the ads are a nuisance. Could you advise of the procedure/ additional costs, to migrate to a WP.ORG deal.
  Thank you Duncan Seath

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

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 14, 2014 at 7:29 pm

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  Hi there!

  Here’s a quick guide for adding a contact form to a page:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

  And in order to remove ads from your site, you just need to purchase the No Ads upgrade.

  If you’d prefer to move to WordPress.org, this guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  Here’s a little information about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  Let me know if there’s anything else I can help with! :)

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  duncanseath · Member · May 18, 2014 at 11:20 am

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  Super advise thanks. It seems quite an upheaval to move from .com to .org, and I have found out how to add a contact page now. I shall stick with wp.com for now.

  Could someone please advise as to why, when adding a contact widget into a contact us page, the form is filled with My name and email, which can be deleted but seems confusing to site users.

  Thanks Duncan

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 18, 2014 at 2:10 pm

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  Hi Duncan!

  We auto-fill the forms with relevant information from the logged in viewer. So when I view your form, I see my own contact information automatically filled in already.

  Does that make sense? Let me know if I can clarify further!

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  duncanseath · Member · May 19, 2014 at 8:18 am

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  Shawna,

  Perfect!
  Thanks very much
  Duncan

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 19, 2014 at 4:06 pm

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  I’m happy to help! Let me know if you have any other questions!