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  yopatv · Member · Jan 24, 2015 at 7:21 pm

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  I just paid $99 to purchased WordPress premium for http://yopatv.wordpress.com, domain mapping and domain registration for yopatv.com mapped to http://yopatv.wordpress.com.

  I also just paid someone to create an HTML code to put a form on my site. I am being told that because my site is blot and not a hosted site, my HTML is limited, hence the form is not working.
  I need to know how I can resolve this. How do I change this to a hosted site, so that I can install wordpress so that I have complete control over my website? Please give me examples of host providers that work with wordpress as well.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 12:10 am

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  How do I change this to a hosted site, so that I can install wordpress so that I have complete control over my website?

  Here’s a summary of the steps you need to take to move your content and your domain mapping.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and purchase a domain.

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme and widgets as they cannot be exported. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. WordPress.com is the top level domain here and all blogs hosted by WordPress.com are on .wordpress.com sub-domains.

  (a) Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

  (b) Or if you have domain mapping then see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/move-domain/#change-name-servers-to-point-the-domain-outside-of-wordpress-com and here http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/move-domain/

  5. Transfer subscribers. 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/

  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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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 12:28 am

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  Actually, apply for a refund for your upgrade; all except the custom domain. Do that first, because there’s no point having upgrades if you’re not going to use the site.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Jan 29, 2015 at 11:40 pm

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  It looks like you’ve refunded your Premium upgrade. And timethief’s steps for moving to self-hosted are pretty comprehensive.

  Let me know if there’s something I can help with.