Registering my blog as a domain name.

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    whatisityouseek · Member ·

    I am considering moving my blog to a domain name on WordPress so I am not “flagged” as inappropriate.
    Will all my posts move?
    Will I be able to add certain features to it or will it look the same as it currently does?

    whatisityouseek.wordpress.com
    Thanks.
    Victoria

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    timethief · Member ·

    When you purchase domain the only thing that changes is the URLs. Nothing else changes because the blog is till hosted by WordPress.com. Before you go ahead with this please read this section very carefully > Domains – Important Notes Before Upgrading
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

    In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/ and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase or you must already own the domain.

    After you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog from the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades.

    See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

    Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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