I want to add a secondary blog and make it my website

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  jvlivs · Member · Jul 17, 2014 at 2:03 pm

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  I currently have an account with Justhost.com, and I want to transfer it to WordPress. The account is jvlivsphoto.com, but I want to change it jvlivsphotography.com while at the same time keep my other WordPress account.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 18, 2014 at 8:56 am

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  You can set up as many free WordPress.com blogs as you want under your account. You can also register as many separate accounts as you want, but each one has to be registered under a different email address.

  First make sure that the website you want to create is allowed on WordPress.com: http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/ Also keep in mind that you can’t use custom themes, plugins, and advertising here. http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  To start you’ll need to register a new free blog on WP.com (you can do so from the My Blogs page on the dashboard. If you want the website to be in a separate account you’ll need to log out, create a new account, and create a free blog on that account.) http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#register-another-blog

  You will then need to import your content from your self-hosted site to the new free blog. If you’re using the WordPress.org software for your website you can follow the instructions here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-from-wordpress-org If you’re not using WP software I’d suggest contacting your webhost to ask how to generate an XML export file of your content which you can import to WordPress.com

  As you want to use a different domain for your website than the one you currently have I think the easiest option would be to then simply purchase a custom domain directly from WordPress.com. Go to the dashboard of the new blog, click on Store, and register the domain you want to use. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/ (If you intend on buying custom design and space upgrade as well, consider just buying the premium bundle which includes a custom domain: http://store.wordpress.com/plans/)

  If the domain you want it not available you’ll have to keep your current domain with your current registrar as WordPress.com isn’t accepting incoming domain transfers at present. In that case you’ll need to buy the domain mapping upgrade to point your domain to your free WordPress.com blog. http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

  Once you’re sure all your content is on the new site you can cancel your hosting for the other domain. (Keep in mind if you’re merely mapping your free site to the domain you already own you can only cancel your hosting, but you have to keep the domain registered with it’s current registrar. You then pay the registrar for the domain and WordPress for the mapping. If you register a brand new domain through WordPress you can cancel your hosting and registration with the other webhost and you’ll only be paying WordPress for the domain.)

  I know this is a lot to process, so don’t hesitate to ask if anything is unclear.