Title: Converting WordPress.com to hosted site
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Converting WordPress.com to hosted site

 *  [kitkaplan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitkaplan/)
 * (@kitkaplan)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-wordpresscom-to-hosted-site/)
 * I need some help. I have my domain kitkaplan.com registered at one place and 
   forwarded to my wordpress blog kitkaplan.wordpress.com
 * I want to set up a hosted site at hostgator and installed WP in a subdirectory
   at kitkaplan.com/web and was planning to set up the site, make it pretty and 
   then change the DNS to the new host.
 * I can see the content but no theme is applied and when I login I go to my kitkaplan.
   wordpress.com admin page.
 * I asked the host to set me up so I can use the ip address but the theme still
   does not apply and I still can’t login.
 * I have 12 WP.com client who want to go to hosting but I have to have the new 
   site set up before I redirect the DNS.
 * How do I move these sites without the site being down?

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-wordpresscom-to-hosted-site/#post-1120341)
 * Install WordPress on your local machine. Modify the theme there, upload the theme
   to your host, fix the name servers.
 *  Thread Starter [kitkaplan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitkaplan/)
 * (@kitkaplan)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-wordpresscom-to-hosted-site/#post-1120458)
 * Where can I get info on doing this?
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-wordpresscom-to-hosted-site/#post-1120485)
 * [Installing WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [kitkaplan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitkaplan/)
 * (@kitkaplan)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-wordpresscom-to-hosted-site/#post-1120595)
 * Both these links on that page produce no results for me
 * * Install WordPress Locally on MacOS X with MAMP (easy)
    PAGE IS EMPTY
 * * Install WordPress Locally on MacOS X (advanced)
    GOOGLE MALWARE WARNING WON”
   T LET ME ENTER PAGE
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-wordpresscom-to-hosted-site/#post-1120596)
 * fair enough, kitkaplan. so then you use google. its not like youre doing something
   all that unique.
    [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=how+to+install+lampkitkaplan+on+macos&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=OzgK0dwM7rU](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=how+to+install+lampkitkaplan+on+macos&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&fp=OzgK0dwM7rU)
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-wordpresscom-to-hosted-site/#post-1120597)
 * And this Codex article: [Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP)

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-wordpresscom-to-hosted-site/#post-1120597)
 * Status: not resolved

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