possibly moving to wordpress.ORG

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  dil27guy · Member · Sep 23, 2011 at 2:32 pm

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  Hi all,

  I am thinking about switching one of my blogs to wordpress.org, so it can be hosted through aphotofolio (who will be hosting my website during its launch). Aphotofolio hosts a blog for free and gives instructions as to how to move a current wordpress blog over. (includes exporting a blog and then importing at and possibly adding a plug-in.) I’m wondering what the admin area will be like if I choose to move and if it is worth moving since I am already accustomed to the wordpress dashboard as it is.

  I also wonder how it will affect my domain in each case. With my aphotofolio website being example.com, is it easy to make my blog be blog.example.com or example.com/blog?

  Any help is appreciated
  Thanks!

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  strodick · Member · Sep 23, 2011 at 6:40 pm

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  Using subdomains such as subdomain.example.com is a great method of presenting your blog and creating a subdomain will be dependent on your host giving you access to specifying a directory that your new subdomain will point to.
  As far as the wordpress admin, everything in wordpress.com will still be in wordpress.org. WordPress.org will give you a little more flexibility with plugins.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 23, 2011 at 6:44 pm

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  @strodick
  Please link your WordPress.com username to your WordPress.com blog and remove the link to the site it’s currently linked to. Dashboard -> Users -> Personal Settings -> then scroll down to Account Details. Then scroll down to where it says ‘Website‘ select the URL for your primary WordPress.com blog and then save changes.