Confused re: moving blog vs. importing content

connectwithjoanne · Member · Mar 21, 2015 at 8:35 pm
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Hi.

I have two user names and want to move a blog from one user to the other. (I own both blogs.)

I followed the directions to move the blog but haven’t seen the email I need to confirm the change. Am I doing something wrong?

Then, I happened on a info re: exporting info from one blog to another–am I correct to assume I can’t move content between users?

Thanks for your input!
kokkieh · Staff · Mar 22, 2015 at 9:18 am
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Hi there. How did you move the blog? Did you go to WP-Admin ->My Blogs ->Transfer blog (http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#transferring-your-blog-to-another-wordpress-com-user-or-account)? Check your email’s spam folder and also the Social tab if you use Gmail.

As far as I know you can move content between users as you simply export the xml file from one blog and import it to another. The two blogs don’t need to be in the same account. https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

Regarding the difference between moving a blog and moving content: If you transfer a blog to another account, the entire blog, including URL, theme, content, followers, stats and upgrades, gets moved to a different username account.

If you export content ONLY posts, pages, media files, categories, tags and comments are moved. Also, the blog from which you export remains unchanged – exporting doesn’t delete the content.

If for some reason the blog transfer won’t work, I think staff can help you with it, but they’ll need the URL of the blog that must be moved, as well as the username of the account to which it must be moved. If you need more help with this, please let us know and also include that information.
connectwithjoanne · Member · Mar 22, 2015 at 4:43 pm
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Thanx for your help, Kokkieh. I tried to move it via the blog transfer option (big red warning, etc). Checked SPAM folder(s) but nothing there.
I’m at a loss.
connectwithjoanne · Member · Mar 22, 2015 at 4:43 pm
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Thanx for your help, Kokkieh. I tried to move it via the blog transfer option (big red warning, etc). Checked SPAM folder(s) but nothing there.
I’m at a loss.
kokkieh · Staff · Mar 22, 2015 at 4:48 pm
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Please give the URL of the site you want to move and the username of the account to which you want it moved. Then we can tag this for staff to see if they can help.
joannaaslinn · Member · Mar 22, 2015 at 6:49 pm
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http://joannectimpano.com

Please move it to this user name: connectwithjoanne

Thank you!
kokkieh · Staff · Mar 22, 2015 at 7:01 pm
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I’ve tagged this for staff. Please be patient while waiting for their response.
connectwithjoanne · Member · Mar 22, 2015 at 10:50 pm
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Staff is awesome. I greatly appreciate your help too.
shawnajroberts · Member · Mar 23, 2015 at 10:11 pm
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I’ve just transferred that site for you. Let me know if I can help with anything else! :)
joannaaslinn · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 3:17 am
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Thnx so much, Shawna!

Just curious re: what I might have done wrong or missed?

Have a great day.
shawnajroberts · Member · Mar 24, 2015 at 4:08 pm
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You may want to make sure that your email address is correct in your account settings. Check that there aren’t any typos or anything:

https://wordpress.com/me/account

Other than that, I’m not sure why it wouldn’t have gotten to you. We do get caught in spam filters sometimes, or in Gmail our emails end up in the Social tab, even when its account-related and not blog-related.

I don’t think you did anything wrong here. :)
connectwithjoanne · Member · Mar 25, 2015 at 2:26 am
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Hi Shawna,

Thanks again for handling that for me. I’d checked spam–came up empty–and don’t do Gmail. I also followed the link you gave me. Hopefully, I didn’t mess anything up, lol.

Be well. As always, the HEs was superb!

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