steps to a domain and hosting?
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Here’s the deal.. I have a blog on wordpress “ebigadogwear.wordpress.com”.. I want to change it. I’m renaming it and would like it to be “.com”. So do I register the domain with wordpress first and then get a host or vice versa? Do I even need a host in the beginning stages of this blog? I also would like all the info from my former blog on this new one and am not quite sure how to do all that.. please help!
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Relax because when it comes to content the good news is that you don’t have to change a thing. When you purchase domain mapping the content stays exactly where it is and nothing except the URLs changes.
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, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.
You must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades to purchase upgrades for the blog.
See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
After you do the primary blog set up 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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