What things about a .com site cannot be used on a self-hosted site
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Can I transfer my theme to a self-hosted WordPress site?
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Please read this entry > http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/
To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.
Also note that if you have purchased a premium theme you will have to contact the theme designer and request a wordpress.org version of it.
WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/
2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
http://wordpress.org/themes/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.
4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/
6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
NOTE: WordPress.com and WordPress.org have different log-ins and run different versions of themes with same names. If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.
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(Sorry – accidentally hit ‘enter’ before I was through.)
I normally develop self-hosted sites, but have a client I think would be best served now and for the coming year or two with a WordPress.com site and the $299 Business Plan. Before I suggest this route, I need to consider whether we’d be starting over (except for content) if/when the client requested a Guided Transfer to set up a self-hosted site.
I saw that premium themes don’t transfer to self-hosted sites. Do any themes transfer, or are there themes that can be repurchased for a self-hosted site? Does any Custom CSS transfer?
Thanks for any input.
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No themes found here either free or premium can be exported period.
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@timethief – thank you for your response. S
I’m sorry you wrote all that before I was able to clarify what I had in mind. I will be grateful for any additional insight you can provide in light of the new information. -
Does any Custom CSS transfer?
NO. CSS editing is theme specific editing and cannot be transferred.
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Also note that if you have purchased a premium theme you will have to contact the theme designer and request a wordpress.org version of it.
I hadn’t thought of that. Thank you.
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Here are relevant links:
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Business plan bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/premium-upgrades/wordpress-business/
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ecommerce-is-now-available-on-wordpresscom?replies=1 -
In the event that anyone stumbles across this thread in the future, I wanted to add that I’ll be recommending WordPress.com for the aforementioned project. We will be able to recreate essentially the same – if not exactly the same – site in a self-hosted WordPress site.
The theme I was considering is indeed available for use with self-hosted WordPress. Scraping the CSS out of the custom editor on the .com site and pasting it into a text document for safekeeping during the Guided Transfer should enable its reuse on the new site, preserving any style modifications made to the theme on the .com site.
With premium upgrades, the availability of a .org version of the theme of choice and the ability to either export or use Guided Transfer, I see virtually no downside for this client. The recent addition of e-commerce options may mean .com works for this client even longer than anticipated.
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