Loss of posts when going to self-hosted wordpress?

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  mcarels · Member · Aug 22, 2008 at 8:26 pm

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  Hi guys,
  I’m wondering that if I start a blog now on wordpress.com and then upgrade to a self-hosted wordpress, will I be able to export all my data or does it not transfer over?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Aug 22, 2008 at 11:07 pm

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  Yes, you can export your blog (manage > export). If you have a lot of posts, and the resulting export file is over 2mb, then you might have to break it up into smaller chunks to import it into the self-hosted install, but it can be done.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 23, 2008 at 1:29 am

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  You can export your posts and your comments, but not your theme. Although many have independent WP versions as well.