Looking for Help starting out with WordPress.org

  • cldhughes

    (@cldhughes)


    16 years ago

    Good afternoon all. Let me start by saying I am a current wordpress.com user who is looking to make the leap. I’ve already got my domain name and I think I have found a good host but this is where my need for help comes in. I don’t want to loose anything I currently have on my WP.com blog, I’m making the move to my own host for customization reasons. I’m not the most programming saavy individual on the planet so I’m kind of scared of mucking this up. Is there anyone out there willing to be my “starting out” buddy to help me through this, or even just one to tell me I’m nuts and go back to WP.com where I came from. Thanks in advance!

    Cheryl

    oh, my current overly crowded and stuck in limited template hell site is http://www.the-ocm.com

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  • Snat

    (@snat)

    16 years ago

    Making the jump is very easy and you will lose nothing at all.

    First what you want to do is go to your WordPress.com website, go to tools and export your website. This will export all your posts, comments, pages etc etc.

    Then go to your webhost and setup your domain to point to the webhost. Setup and install WordPress, setup the same permalinks and then import your export file into your new WordPress website.

    It will then import and that’s it in a nutshell. There is also jobs.wordpress.net incase you don’t feel like doing it yourself as I am sure there is people like me on there that will do it for a very low price.

    Although, always best to just try it yourself first as the learning process is always good.

    Thread Starter cldhughes

    (@cldhughes)

    16 years ago

    Thanks Snat, that looks easy enough (famous last words) but I do appreciate the point the the jobs board just in case. Looks like Monday will be the big day, giving myself a hosting package for Mothers day 🙂

    Snat

    (@snat)

    16 years ago

    No problem at all, I am sure you will do fine. Just remember not to delete your WordPress.com blog and you are always able to just start again with the mirgation.

    Any problems, just post on here and I am sure I or something else will see it.

    Good luck 😀

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