using the wordpress dashbaord with a third party hosting

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  pythongenetics · Member · Jun 27, 2014 at 11:35 pm

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  I want to purchase my own domain name through a third party. Can I still use the wordpress dashboard.

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

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  lizthefair · Member · Jun 28, 2014 at 1:22 am

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  You can. The instructions are here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

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  lizthefair · Member · Jun 28, 2014 at 1:25 am

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  note in doing so your site would still be hosted at WordPress.com so you’d follow all the usual WordPress.com rules etc. If what you meant was you want to have a self hosted WordPress blog, (here’s the difference: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/) that’s also possible, but the process is different.