deleting a subsidary domain so upgrades go to primary domain

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  helenmilesmosaics · Member · Mar 30, 2014 at 2:59 pm

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  I wanted to upgrade my exsiting primary site (www.helenmilesmosaic.org) from a free theme to a premium one but when I did so, it upgraded to my subsidiary (free WordPress) site: http://www.helenmilesmosaicsdotorg1.wordpress.com and I couldnt work out how to move it over to the real active site. Could you please explain how to get rid of the latter domain name which I obviously never use so that all activity (including upgrades) goes automatically to http://www.helenmilesmosaics.org? Many thanks.

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  thatrobyn · Member · Mar 31, 2014 at 7:48 pm

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  Hi there Helen,

  Helenmilesmosaicsdotorg1.wordpress.com is the name of the site you maintain here on our servers.

  Helenmilesmosaics.org/ is your domain name. It is not an actual website, it is just a custom name that represents your site helenmilesmosaicsdotorg1.wordpress.com/.

  Your WordPress.com site is free, your domain is a separate purchase you make to “upgrade” your site.

  When you purchase a premium theme, it applied to your WordPress.com site, because that’s where you operate, maintain, edit your site. That is where your content (text, images, media files, etc) reside.

  If you want to learn more about what a domain is, and how it functions, please take a gander at this:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/all-about-domains/

  I hope this clears things up. Please let me know if I can address any other concerns!