migrating my blog to godaddy

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  iancallister · Member · Jun 6, 2014 at 1:53 pm

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  i have set up an account at go daddy and have click to to transfer my wordpress.com site over they are asking for host location or IP address and also FTP user name and password. where do i find this info so i can input it into godaddy? thanks

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  hinoonvlog · Member · Jun 6, 2014 at 3:22 pm

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  I have the exact same question. I am following. Currently waiting to chat with a godaddy person. I’ll let you know if I can help.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 6, 2014 at 3:28 pm

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  See Moving to WordPress.org
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.

  Also note that if you have purchased a premium theme you will have to contact the theme designer and request a wordpress.org version of it.

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

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

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

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. 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/

  NOTE: 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.