wordpress.com to wordpress.org
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I just purchased hosting through hostgator and I’ve done the “1 click install” ….. my domain was previous hosted on wordpress.com, and I’m unsure how to go through wordpress.org so that I can begin working on my site.
thanks!!
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If you’ve registered your domain through WordPress.com and now want it to point to a blog or website hosted elsewhere then you can do this by updating the nameservers. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/
move to WordPress.org summary:
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/
WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
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. -
thanks timethief….but i’m stuck on step 4.
i was following the instructions per http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/#changing-domain-name-servers
and after entering a password, i do not see “manage your domains” …. can you please advise?
thanks
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