Self-Hosting Switchover & Domain
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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?
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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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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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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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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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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. -
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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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
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