Transfer from WordPress.com to .org

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  cgsmith1 · Member · Apr 19, 2011 at 7:43 am

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  Hi
  I want to export a blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. When I carry out the process am I just copying the content so that I still have the WordPress.com site as before (while I sort out the new site) or do I lose the old site content on WordPress.com in the process?
  Many thanks

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Apr 19, 2011 at 8:00 am

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  Your WordPress.com blog will remain unharmed. You’re basically just copying content from one blog to another, nothing will be deleted.

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  cgsmith1 · Member · Apr 19, 2011 at 8:34 am

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  Much appreciated

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Apr 19, 2011 at 9:54 am

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  You’re welcome!

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  mylittlecornerdesign · Member · Apr 19, 2011 at 10:06 am

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  How do you edit the blog at .org. I transferred my site so that I can add the google friend widget but, I can’t figure out how to edit the new blog.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Apr 19, 2011 at 10:13 am

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  You’ll have to access the blog through the domain on your hosting account.

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress at:
  http://wordpress.org/support/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/

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  edwinridout · Member · Apr 19, 2011 at 11:13 am

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  I edit my wp.org blog almost exactly the same way as my wp.com blog —
  in both cases, I go to myblogname.com/wp-admin and log in with my id and password. Most (all?) of the tools look and work about the same way.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 19, 2011 at 3:55 pm

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  The bottom line is that we do not provide support here for those who have wordpress.org installs. Support for them is provided here http://wordpress.org/support/