help please
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i’m really new at this and am in need of some help. i have signed up with a few affiliate sites but have no idea how to add them to my site/blog. also, when i log into my dashboard, i am offered to buy my domain name. how do i find out if the price includes hosting and will it keep my blog as it is? all help is greatly appreciated. thanks!
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We cannot set up blog here at WordPress.COM for the purpose of affiliate marketing. If that’s what you want to do you have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org and set up your own WordPress.org install.
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i thought that might be the case. so, after i buy my domain and register with a hosting company, how do i transfer all of my blog stuff, including followers?
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To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme or any text widget content as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.
WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/
2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
http://wordpress.org/themes/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.
4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/
6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
Alternatively you can purchase a Guided Transfer and Staff will do the move and set up for you http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/
NOTE: WordPress.com and WordPress.org have different log-ins and run different versions of themes with same names. If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.
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wow! ok. sounds challenging but thats probably just because im so new to this. thanks for all of your help, timethief!
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