Keeping my wordpress account open after closing my hosting account

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  tajahenson · Member · Aug 28, 2012 at 1:37 pm

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  i closed my host account with hostgator but i want to keep using my wordpress.
  Blog url: http://whoisurbanbuttafly.com/

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

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  pcrumm · Member · Aug 28, 2012 at 3:22 pm

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  Hey there,

  If you want to keep your WordPress.org blog, you’ll need to transfer it to a new host, or to WordPress.com.

  Please let me know if I can be of any further help with the move.

  Cheers,
  P.

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  tajahenson · Member · Aug 28, 2012 at 11:35 pm

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  Ok. How do I do that???

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 28, 2012 at 11:40 pm

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  You can transfer the contents of your blog here following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-from-wordpress-org

  Then, map your domain to your WordPress.com blog following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

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  tajahenson · Member · Aug 28, 2012 at 11:45 pm

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  so do i have to register with wordpress again?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 28, 2012 at 11:49 pm

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  You would need a WordPress.com blog here, and you do have one at whoisurbanbuttafly.wordpress.com

  To direct your domain back to that, you just need to change your namservers to:

  NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  You can change your nameservers following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

  But, before you do that, make sure that you export your other blog’s content, and import it via https://whoisurbanbuttafly.wordpress.com/wp-admin/admin.php?import=wordpress

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  tajahenson · Member · Aug 29, 2012 at 12:18 am

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  My website switched back to what it looked like before I switched host does that mean I did it right?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 29, 2012 at 12:36 am

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  Yes, if you direct the domain back here, you’ll see your old WordPress.com blog content.

  If you want the content from your hosted blog, you’ll need to export and import it as mentioned above before directing the domain back here.