How do I migrate to .org?

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  bradborland · Member · Sep 15, 2011 at 3:54 pm

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  I have purchased service from Bluehost and now want to migrate domain and blog to WordPress.org. How do I do this?
  Blog url: http://bradborland.wordpress.com/

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  bradborland · Member · Sep 15, 2011 at 4:33 pm

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  I have downloaded Bluehost. I am confused as to how to start. My site is on WP.com. I know I can point the name at Bluehost, but where is my control panel, site, etc.?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 15, 2011 at 9:05 pm

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  First, you’ll need to install WordPress from http://wordpress.org/ on your hosting provider.

  Then, point your domain to your hosting provider by changing your namservers: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-nameservers

  Once that’s done, you can move your content following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress at:
  http://wordpress.org/support/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/

  We do offer yearly and one-time premium support packages for self-hosted WordPress sites through our VIP program, available at http://vip.wordpress.com

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  bradborland · Member · Sep 16, 2011 at 3:53 pm

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  Thanks, I will look through all of this.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 16, 2011 at 8:27 pm

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  You’re welcome!