Switching from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

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  tuftssigep · Member · Oct 22, 2011 at 6:32 pm

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  Hi-

  I am having trouble transferring my wordpress.com to wordpress.org.
  My site is tuftssigep.com
  I have a hosting site that I am hosting the domain at
  I have changed the name servers to the NS1 and NS2.wordpress.com
  However, every time that I sign in, I am only signing in to the wordpress.com account.

  Is there anyone that can help me?

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

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  dlager · Member · Oct 22, 2011 at 6:44 pm

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  I am hoping you can clarify:
  You mean that the new domain and hosting site was not a purchased for Domain Mapping Domain Mappingand

  and is a hosting package?

  If it is a hosting package you will have to first install WordPress.ORG yourself….

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  dlager · Member · Oct 22, 2011 at 6:51 pm

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  let me re comment:

  I am hoping you can clarify:

  Do you mean that the new domain( the one your trying to sign into) was not purchased for Domain Mapping and

  and instead is hosting package?

  If it is a hosting package you will have to first install WordPress.ORG yourself….

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  tuftssigep · Member · Oct 22, 2011 at 10:25 pm

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  i did purchase Domain Mapping, and the host does have wordpress.org installed as well

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  dlager · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 6:21 pm

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  If you are trying to log in to your new self hosted site, and expecting to Log in WordPress.ORG, but are finding your self log into a WordPress.COM dashboard

  I suggest you contact wordpress.COM support at:

  Contact

  I suspect there are somethings they can clarify that forum volunteers cannot.
  The support page says that they won’t be looking at tickets to Oct 29,
  so I’ll also tag this thread if the Stafff are available to the forums, right now.

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 23, 2011 at 6:32 pm

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  You need to change the name servers to point to your new host – they need to have set up the site for your new name – You would then log into on your new site and not at WordPress.COM

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  dlager · Member · Oct 24, 2011 at 3:49 am

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  @auxclass, its been a couple years for since I have had a selfhosted blog.
  Why would you need domain mapping for a selfhosted blog using wordpress.org?

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 24, 2011 at 3:56 am

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  You don’t need domain mapping for a WordPress.ORG install. You might use domain forwarding if you want to send traffic from a your-site.WordPress.COM to a your-site.com. But if you had domain mapping long enough traffic would just follow where your-site.com changed to.

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  dlager · Member · Oct 24, 2011 at 4:10 am

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  O.k that make senses, since the O.P. appears to have a ranking on google already due to his previous wordpress.com blog.
  I was just wondering if the O.P wasn’t overpaying for something he didn’t need, when I posted previously.

  Thanks.

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 24, 2011 at 4:16 am

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  You be welcome

  we have had a couple of people that were domain mapping AND paying for hosting where their domain was registered – yes double payment and a good deal for their other host as there was zero bandwidth being used – sometimes there is confusion on what is really needed –

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  skangy · Member · Oct 24, 2011 at 11:14 pm

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  How do I switch from WP.com to WP.org? Don’t I need an external host? How do I get one? And do I lose any of my blog posts (not pages) if I make the switch?

  http://skandarkeynesandgeorgiehenley.wordpress.com/

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  airodyssey · Member · Oct 25, 2011 at 12:57 pm

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  @skangy: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org