Domain question from a newb
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Hello all! I’m not experienced with building websites and am trying to teach myself, but am stumped on the best way forward with this issue. I just created a new website, hosted on WP. I’d like to remove the ‘.wordpress.com’ from the URL but I’m not sure if I have to delete the website and create a new one from scratch to do this! A web search reveals some complex instructions involving an FTP client. I’m totally stymied on that approach because the client cannot connect to the server and I’ve not a clue how to make it connect, as I don’t have the port # or know where to find it.
I currently pay for a BlueHost domain, for another WordPress site I’ve yet to launch… I want to link my newest website to this domain but I’m not sure how to go about it without deleting and starting over. Any help would be graciously accepted!The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
I assume you’re speaking of https://hivemindconsulting.wordpress.com/, as that’s the only site hosted on WordPress.com in your account, correct?
urblsm.com is a completely different site, using the open source WordPress software found on WordPress.org, and hosted with Bluehost.
To use a domain you already own with the WordPress.com site you need to first upgrade that site to a paid plan. Then you can connect the domain to your site using our domain mapping upgrade.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-existing-domain/
FTP is used to upload of modify files directly on your server, and has nothing to do with connecting a domain. We don’t offer any FTP access on WordPress.com.
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