Saving my website files to my computer

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  jschelly · Member · Feb 5, 2016 at 3:52 pm

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  We already have a web host and I would like to upload my word press designed site to that host.
  This is their instruction to me: ‘You can upload using File Manager or FTP client. You can zip the WordPress folder so you can upload it one time and exact the zip WordPress folder using File Manager.’
  But how do I save my website from the internet WordPress site?
  I can’t find any information to save my files to my computer anywhere.

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  mishrashutosh · Member · Feb 5, 2016 at 4:48 pm

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  Hi,

  This forum is for WordPress.com users. What you have on your computer is WordPress.org software.

  Difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Here’s the forum for WordPress.org queries: https://wordpress.org/support

  The good folks over there will help you out.

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  jschelly · Member · Feb 5, 2016 at 4:59 pm

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  Thank you SO much!

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  jschelly · Member · Feb 9, 2016 at 3:29 pm

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  I can’t seem to access wordpress.org to get any help.

  Is there anyway to contact any wordpress support directly?

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  mishrashutosh · Member · Feb 9, 2016 at 3:48 pm

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  Contacting WordPress support directly is not possible for WordPress.org, but there is extensive documentation available at https://codex.wordpress.org to help you out.

  Here’s the guide to installing WordPress.org on a web host: https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

  Here’s a guide to move your WordPress.org installation from your local machine to a live server: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-from-local-server-to-live-site/

  Once you have set up WordPress on your web host, you can either use their dashboard or a plugin like BackUpWordPress to download the site to your computer.

  If you’re finding it difficult to follow the steps, please contact your web host and I am sure they’ll be happy to take your site live for a small fee.

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  jschelly · Member · Feb 9, 2016 at 3:59 pm

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  Thank you so much. I will definitely follow all of your steps. I just seems to be flailing through the forums at the moment.

  I really appreciate your time and wisdom.

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  noebiewan · Member · Feb 9, 2016 at 4:19 pm

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  Hi, there. I saw your related question at this link.

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-access-the-wordpressorg-forums

  Is this the site you want to move from?

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  Here’s some info on how to move *from* a WordPress.com site *to* a self-hosted site.

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/

  Please let me know if this isn’t what you mean. Include the addresses of any of the sites involved, if possible.

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  mishrashutosh · Member · Feb 9, 2016 at 5:57 pm

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  Oh dear. I completely misunderstood what OP was trying to ask. Thanks a ton noebiewan for the help!

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  noebiewan · Member · Feb 9, 2016 at 6:56 pm

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  Not sure I’ve got it right either. The other thread had a little more info.