WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Have new domain. Should I delete the old Wordpress.com blog? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/have-new-domain-should-i-delete-the-old-wordpresscom-blog WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Have new domain. Should I delete the old Wordpress.com blog? en Fri, 24 May 2013 02:53:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 kaizensand on "Have new domain. Should I delete the old WordPress.com blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/have-new-domain-should-i-delete-the-old-wordpresscom-blog#post-45156 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:32:55 +0000 kaizensand 45156@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you all so much for your helpful replies. That all makes sense.

Thanks again!

]]> drmike on "Have new domain. Should I delete the old WordPress.com blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/have-new-domain-should-i-delete-the-old-wordpresscom-blog#post-45061 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:59:47 +0000 drmike 45061@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That as well. Just don't overdo it though. Then you get into that grey are of it being a link spam blog and staff will come down on it.

]]> raincoaster on "Have new domain. Should I delete the old WordPress.com blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/have-new-domain-should-i-delete-the-old-wordpresscom-blog#post-45055 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:53:14 +0000 raincoaster 45055@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Not to mention making the start page a page about your new blog, with a link to it smack-dab in the middle.

]]> drmike on "Have new domain. Should I delete the old WordPress.com blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/have-new-domain-should-i-delete-the-old-wordpresscom-blog#post-45042 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:30:34 +0000 drmike 45042@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Heck, I'd leave it open, find a theme that displays the sidebar in every Page and Post, and put in a single text widget pointing to your new blog. That way in case someone stumbles onto your old blog, they'll have a link to your new one.

]]> engtech on "Have new domain. Should I delete the old WordPress.com blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/have-new-domain-should-i-delete-the-old-wordpresscom-blog#post-44993 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:46:32 +0000 engtech 44993@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Mark it as private for now.

Deleting it is irrevocable.

]]> kaizensand on "Have new domain. Should I delete the old WordPress.com blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/have-new-domain-should-i-delete-the-old-wordpresscom-blog#post-44960 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:45:06 +0000 kaizensand 44960@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have a free blog on WordPress.com.

I have since gotten a new domain from a host company, and I am using WordPress.org now at my new domain.

I tried fiddling with importing and exporting and couldn't figure it out.

Since I didn't have that many posts yet, I just manually copied and pasted my posts and pictures from my WordPress.com blog into my new domain WordPress.org site. I manually entered links in my new sidebar.

So I currently have the free WordPress.com blog AND my domain site. I want to have only ONE site - my new domain.

I want my old WordPress.com blog to be obsolete. I didn't want to delete it yet in case I need it for some technical reason. I just want to shut it down to the public so that it no longer exists to them.

After I do a final post on my free blog giving my readers the new URL and leave it up for a few days, is it OK to delete the old free blog, or are the two connected somehow (backups, etc.)?

Is there a way for me to shut down public access to my old blog but still have personal access to it in case I need it for something? Do I even need it?

What is the best route to take?

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