Self-Hosting Switchover & Domain

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  morganwhitneyneal · Member · Oct 3, 2013 at 6:20 pm

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  Hi, I want to switch my blog to self-hosting. Will I be able to keep my domain if I purchase the happiness engineer for my blog switchover? Also do I need to purchase the hosting from one of the recommended hosts prior to the process?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Oct 3, 2013 at 6:41 pm

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  Hey there Morgan –

  Did you register your domain name through WordPress.com? if so, you can update the name servers and point it to your new self hosted site:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-nameservers

  If you are proceeding with the guided transfer, I would encourage you to purchase the recommended hosting site of your choice first. You can also try to do it yourself.

  Hopefully this helps!

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  morganwhitneyneal · Member · Oct 3, 2013 at 6:45 pm

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  Can I keep my current domain name that way?

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Oct 3, 2013 at 6:47 pm

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  Yes, miss – you sure can!

  Here’s another support page reference for you: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Oct 3, 2013 at 6:50 pm

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  You own your domain name and you can redirect it to the site you move your content to, with or without Staff help re: the move.

  Here’s a brief summary:

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/
  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  3. 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/
  4. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.
  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

  Read more here http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/08/31/moving-your-blog-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org-resources-and-tips/

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  morganwhitneyneal · Member · Oct 3, 2013 at 7:06 pm

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  Last question – How long does it take before my blog is up and running again?

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Oct 3, 2013 at 7:15 pm

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  After you update the nameservers to point to your new site 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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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Oct 3, 2013 at 7:58 pm

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  @TT

  What brought about the name change?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 3, 2013 at 8:04 pm

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  staff-doublebassd
  I have had two username accounts for years. One associated with each blog. I was attempting to work on my personal blog today but I took one look at the unanswered questions here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/view/no-replies/page/7and decided to help out.

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Oct 3, 2013 at 8:15 pm

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  Ah, nice –

  Just taught me something new. I usually respond to threads with no replies. Now I know how to filter them. Thank you =)

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  timethief · Member · Oct 3, 2013 at 8:18 pm

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  Sorry about b0rking the URL usually got to page 7 or 8 and work forward https://en.forums.wordpress.com/view/no-replies/page/7