Website name
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Greetings,
I am new to using WordPress. My question is can you change the name of your website using the free version of WordPress? The blog name differs from the actual website address given to me when I signed up. Any help is appreciated.
thanks,
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The blog name differs from the actual website address given to me when I signed up
Actually you entered the address yourself when you signed up. It wasn’t given to you.
You can change both the address and the title. To change the title, go to Settings ->General in the dashboard.
Instructions to change your blog URL are found in this support doc: http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/
Please make sure you read the support doc and all instructions and warnings carefully as this process cannot be reversed.
When prompted whether you’d like to keep the old URL or delete it, consider keeping it as deleted URLs can never be recovered: http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
Rather, set the old address to private, and then you can either use it as a test blog to try out new themes and widgets, etc., or you can use it as a backup to your regular blog by periodically importing content to it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
As part of the process you’ll also have the option to change your username to match the new address. Note that if you do this your current username will cease to exist and you won’t later be able to go back to it. If you prefer, you can also keep your username what it is and simply change your display name (what will appear next to comments – on the forum it will still be the actual username that appears). Instructions to do that can be found here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/
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Thanks for your help. I read over the links you gave me and I have another question. If I change the web address will I have to create a new blog, layout, blog name, etc., or will everything remain the same and just the address changes?
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When you change the address that’s all that changes. The blog stays exactly like it is, but it will just be available at a different address. If you have any internal links between existing posts and pages they are changed automatically to the new address.
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