Creating a new blog but site already exists?

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  deidreacosta · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 5:44 am

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  I’ve been registered with WordPress.com for over 2 years now and after some time away from blogging I just now decided to change my oldusername (deidredaily) to newusername (deidreacosta). I also wanted an address that matched my new username so when going about the process of changing usernames I chose “Change example.wordpress.com to match my new username and discard the old address” but when I logged back in and clicked “My Blog” I found no blog. In not knowing what went wrong I tried to “Create a New Blog” but was told the site already exists for “deidreacosta.wordpress.com”. HELP!

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 6:16 am

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  deidreacosta.wordpress.com is no longer available.
  The authors have deleted this site.

  Assuming it was not you that deleted the new site, I’ve tagged this for Staff assistance. There seems to be some kind of weirdness happening right now.

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  yoursupermum · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 6:30 am

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  Hi,
  I think I’m having the same problem. I’ve got my web hosting from ixhosting and they made the wordpress site for me. I updated it and I created a new wordpress.com to match it with my old one. But I can’t log in to my old one and I’m being sent to this unique mothers gift ideas.wordpress.com. So how will I know if I’m on the right wordpress site url?

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  deidreacosta · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 6:49 am

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  @justjennifer Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.
  
  @yoursupermum I hope WordPress staff is able to situate this problem soon. Keep me posted if yours get configured.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 6:50 am

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  The two sites are completely separate. It’s up to you to keep in mind which content you want on what site.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 7:03 am

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  @yoursupermum-not the same problem as deidre’s at all.

  Please start your own thread here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/?new=1 and include a link to your WordPress.com website.

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  jackiedana · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 6:11 pm

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  @ deidreacosta I’ve sorted things out for you. Your blog deidreacosta.wordpress.com should now be working. You can change the site title, if desired, in your Dashboard under Settings > General.

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  deidreacosta · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 6:39 pm

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  @jackiedana Thank you so much for getting this resolved! I really appreciate it. You made my day.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 7:10 pm

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  Hooray for happy endings!

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  jackiedana · Member · Jan 16, 2014 at 7:30 pm

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  That’s great! Glad to help.

  I’m going to close this thread but feel free to open a new one if you have more questions.