Confused about the order of execution of steps to move to self-hosted

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  debtdebs · Member · Jul 2, 2014 at 3:09 pm

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  I’ve engaged a hosting service and now I’m ready to export my blog etc. but I’m confused about the order of execution of the steps.

  1. How do I put my WordPress.com site into maintenance mode so that new comments are not accepted after I do the export? My hosting provider is saying to add a plugin to say it’s in maintenance mode or modify the index.php file but I don’t think I can do this on WordPress.com. How do I stop any new content being posted once I start my export? The below quote is from hosting company:

  You will want to put the site into maintenance mode, you can use a plugin like:

  LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder

  2. When do I change the name servers to:
  ns1.bigscoots.com
  ns2.bigscoots.com
  Do I do this first and before I start the export?

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  debtdebs · Member · Jul 2, 2014 at 7:43 pm

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  I found another topic where it was suggested to create a Maintenance page which I did.

  Set the Homepage

  Somehow, someone still went to my posts page and left a comment after I already did the export.

  I’m still interested to know the timing of when the name servers should be changed even though I have done it now.

  Should it be first step i.e. Step 0? or should it be between Step 1 and 2?
  Step 1 Export blog
  Step 2 Install wordpress on new host
  Step 3 Import xml file to new wordpress.