WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Moving from wordpress.com to new host? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/moving-from-wordpresscom-to-new-host WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Moving from wordpress.com to new host? en Thu, 23 May 2013 00:14:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 drmike on "Moving from wordpress.com to new host?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/moving-from-wordpresscom-to-new-host#post-3457 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:23:40 +0000 drmike 3457@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm sure Matt will slap his forehead when he sees this thread and it'll be changed asap. :)

]]> wank on "Moving from wordpress.com to new host?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/moving-from-wordpresscom-to-new-host#post-3454 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:19:47 +0000 wank 3454@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ They allow hotlinking? That does surprise me. I suppose the only reason we haven't really seen it exploited yet is that everyone assumes they wouldn't be that stupid.

]]> drmike on "Moving from wordpress.com to new host?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/moving-from-wordpresscom-to-new-host#post-3441 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:23:11 +0000 drmike 3441@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 1) WordPress.com allows external linking (Otherwise known as hotlinking) but I'm sure they'll shut this off pretty soon when others discover that it can be done. It's a huge waste of bandwidth that is frowned upon.

2) I'd also figure out what your most popular links are and change those posts to the posts on your new blog.

]]> wank on "Moving from wordpress.com to new host?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/moving-from-wordpresscom-to-new-host#post-3356 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:07:33 +0000 wank 3356@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 1) Currently the only way of exporting a wordpress.com blog to a self-hosted site is through RSS. I don't know whether wordpress.com allows external linking, so you may have to re-upload your images.

2) Not that I know of. Best thing to do is just make a post with a link to the new location.

]]> fxcubed on "Moving from wordpress.com to new host?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/moving-from-wordpresscom-to-new-host#post-3346 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:44:14 +0000 fxcubed 3346@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am pondering possibly getting a paid host and moving my blog there, but I had a couple questions I was hoping someone could answer for me.

1) If I get a paid host, is there a way to MOVE my current blog contents to the new host or will I have to reenter all my posts/pages and reupload all my images and files?

2) Is there anyway to setup my blog on wordpress.com to redirect to the new blog if I move to a paid host?

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