Transfer WordPress.com to .org? [Unique Problem]

  • davidemastracci

    (@davidemastracci)


    13 years, 9 months ago

    Ok so I’ll first explain what I did, so it will hopefully help.
    This is my first time making a site of any sort, so bear with me.

    I created a website on wordpress.com.
    When I created it, I bought myself a domain name, DavideMastracci.com

    Upon doing this, I realized I wanted to install plugins, but realized I couldn’t. I discovered I needed to get my website hosted, and then transferred to the .org to do so.

    So I got myself hosted on HostGator.
    Then, I attempted to do the one click installation of wordpress.org to my main domain.

    It was successful, and gave me the admin username and a password, but when I tried to log in to the url it told me to, I just got redirected to my main domain, with it telling me that I have the wrong log in info.

    By buying a domain before transferring to wordpress.org, did I screw myself over? I just want wordpress.org on my domain.

    Any help would be great.

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  • emzola

    (@emzola)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Yes… I think you have to wait for the DNS changes to take effect before you know the next step to take.

    Thread Starter davidemastracci

    (@davidemastracci)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Dave, how do I know if I’m missing the index.php??

    Also, new problem… Now when I go to the site I can’t even log in, I just get a random advertisement website under my domain. Wth??

    Try clicking on the link and see for yourself.
    And I had it working yesterday!

    D M

    (@eloquentbohemian)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    “Dave, how do I know if I’m missing the index.php??“
    Just an educated guess to explore being as other pages appeared, yet the main one did not.

    I think that what Emmanuel Idika said above may still hold. The DNS changes may not have taken effect as of yet. You could also contact your host and ask why your site is not showing.

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