domains and permalinks

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Apr 25, 2012 at 12:54 am

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  If I have a wordpress.com blog and do some posts for it, then buy a domain – what happens to the post title permalinks? Do they remain ‘blogtitle.wordpress.com/date/etc’ or do they change to ‘blogtitle.com/date/etc’?

  I’m trying to do a new blog (private for now, so I’d rather not give the URL of it til it’s public) but will probably want to buy a domain for it soon, but should I want to link internally to any posts I need to know about this. Thanks.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 25, 2012 at 1:25 am

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  Hi there,
  Sometimes seeing is believing.
  Click these links:
  originally > http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/wordpresscom-beginners-guide/
  currently > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/08/08/wordpresscom-beginners-guide/

  Seamless transfer between the .wordpress.com blog URLs to the same content under the domain URLs is what we pay for when we purchase a domain mapping upgrade and it’s what we get. Do I Need a Domain?

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Apr 25, 2012 at 1:35 am

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  Okay – so the links just seamlessly transfer? Good, thanks.

  What about on the actual post editor? Does it still show as ‘wordpress.com’? after getting the domain upgrade?

  Sorry if I’m a bit clueless. I know a heck of a lot about WordPress.com but not much about some of the domain-y sort of stuff! :)

  Thanks TiTi.

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Apr 25, 2012 at 1:49 am

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  Ah, it’s okay, I’ve just read your reply to the first comment in your post linked here. I understand now. Thanks. :)