domain help

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    deuxrosebeautyrefinery · Member ·

    Hi – we have our domain hosted with a private 3rd party, however we are looking to move it over to WordPress. The issue we are having is that we dont want to switch the domain yet before the new website it built because we dont want our current site to go down. Can you explain how to login to our new WordPress and build our new site without losing our current one? Thanks!

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    All sites on WordPress.com get a free WordPress.com or .blog subdomain when the site is created, that functions just like any regular subdomain, and your site is fully online and accessible at that subdomain (provided you set it to public).

    Just select the free address instead of adding a custom domain during site creation, and you can experiment and build your site at that free address, even upgrade the site while still using the free address, and only switch the domain over to us once you’re ready.

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    yncadventures · Member ·

    How do I setup a site with a free wordpress.com subdomain. For some reason I get to step 4 out of 5 and it is not an option

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    On step 5, the first option should be to select the free subdomain as shown here:

    Do you see an option similar to that on your end?

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