Want a domain but confused..
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Hi! I am looking towards getting a domain for my blog, but have a few queries … I
1. If I get a domain, how easy it to transfer my existing posts to the new site?
2. Will I have to re invite everyone or will they automatically be connected to my site, when they try to log in to the original?
3. I am new to this blogging world and don’t wanna lose my writing and have to start all over..pls guide me. Thanks!The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Every upgrade applies to a single blog only and is a one year subscription that requires renewal at years’ end.
All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URL and nothing else. Example: frecklesandcheeks.wordpress.com/ changes to frecklesandcheeks.com
The content stays exactly where it is. What domain mapping does its create a seamless transfer between the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs to the domain URLs no matter where they are on the internet. Visitors who click the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs will be seamlessly redirected to the exact same content under the domain URLs.
You can simply publish a post providing the new URL to your existing subscribers and ask them to subscribe to the new URL.
Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
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.
See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
if you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/
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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1) if you use Domain Mapping to map your custom domain to your blog here (rolesoundcameraaction.wordpress.com/) it is done for you – automatic – a new address is added that your visitors will see when they visit your site
2) See above – done for you – all your subscribers will see is a change of the name they see
3) as long as you don’t hit the delete key your content is safe and stays on rolesoundcameraaction.wordpress.com/ – you will not need to start over
All the old original links will also still work and a visitor with an old link will be sent automatically to the new blog name
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