WordPress.com Forums » Topic: switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg WordPress.com Forums » Topic: switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org en Sat, 25 May 2013 18:42:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 stonegodstemple on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-245622 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:02:48 +0000 stonegodstemple 245622@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It's the latter. Ok, thanks. No problem! Maybe it would be easier to pay the $15 and fully customise my CSS, tbh. It's the logo and the background that are completely necessary, not really anything else. Any recommendations there?

]]> thesacredpath on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-245620 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:58:07 +0000 thesacredpath 245620@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Do you have your own domain name, something like http://domainname.com? If you do, then you can keep that domain name when you move.

If your blog URL is http://blogname.wordpress.com then you cannot.

]]> stonegodstemple on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-245617 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:54:06 +0000 stonegodstemple 245617@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Can i switch to wordpress.org and keep the .com URL? Sorry, it's not clear from the above. I don't really have any data as yet, I set up the .com so that my partners can use it to practice on whilst decisions are made. I don't want to have to purchase another one if not absolutely necesssary, as the blog will be part of a larger site.

]]> wpvstp on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-232784 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:28:50 +0000 wpvstp 232784@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @jaqueline
No, it's not the same.

XML allows you to export your blog as one piece (all posts, pages and comments) from one platform, e.g. wordpress.com and import it into a different platform, e.g. wordpress.org.

FTP is for uploading/downloading files.

You can use FTP to transfer XML files.

]]> jacqueline1230 on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-232776 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:36:46 +0000 jacqueline1230 232776@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is that XML version the same thing as FTP?

]]> zachary86 on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-228222 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:59:08 +0000 zachary86 228222@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ thanks very much andrew for your help :D

]]> andrew on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-228205 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:23:35 +0000 andrew 228205@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It sounds as though you plan to move your blog to another host, and to use WordPress there. That will indeed free you of the limitations placed on us here.
The most relevant FAQ is this one:
http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/can-i-migrate-my-blog-from-here-to-another-blog-somewhere-else/

]]> raincoaster on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-228172 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:50:09 +0000 raincoaster 228172@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The domain upgrade doesn't free you from any of the WP.com conditions, as you are still here. Moving to independent hosting (ie WP.org) does.

]]> zachary86 on "switching from wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-from-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-228163 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:41:42 +0000 zachary86 228163@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ i've just created a blog using wordpress.com
however, once i get enough traffic, i plan to use wordpress platform from wordpress.org and redirect my blabla.wordpress.com site to a new domain: blabla.com

i browsed through the faqs and most of them talks about redirecting your wordpress blog to a new domain. the question is once i redirect my website to another domain, will i be free of the limitations of wordpress.com? and will i be able to switch to wordpress.org platform and do my editing with wordpress software?

tqs
zac

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