WordPress.com Forums » Topic: wordpress.com to wordpress.org http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg WordPress.com Forums » Topic: wordpress.com to wordpress.org en Thu, 23 May 2013 10:19:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thesacredpath on "wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-140806 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:21:31 +0000 thesacredpath 140806@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here at wordpress.com, we have meebo which is similar to shout box, but if you want to track the identities of people who come to your site, then you will need to get your own domain name, a web host and install the software from http://wordpress.org . You can here at wordpress.com install an html version of sitemeter, which will give you some information on who visits your site, but because we cannot use the javascript version, what you will get is limited.

From a search of the FAQ's:
http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/20/how-do-i-add-a-counter-using-a-widget/
http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/07/28/can-i-have-a-statcounter-on-my-blog/

]]> vyork on "wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-140805 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:14:55 +0000 vyork 140805@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ i want a place i can hve a tracker to show who comes, to the site. I want a plusher lok a shout box.

]]> thesacredpath on "wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-135177 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:37:47 +0000 thesacredpath 135177@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you buy the domain upgrade through wordpress.com, then you will have your own domain name, but your blog will still reside here on wordpress.com and you will still have all the same restrictions and such.

If you get your own domain name and a web host, and then use the software from wordpress.org, you will have virtually no restrictions. The downside is that you will be responsible for all upgrades, troubleshooting and maintenance. Here at wordpress.com all of that is taken care of for you.

The other thing is that you will lose google and technorati juice and page rank when you make the move, and it will take about six months to get it back. You can keep your blog here with a "final post" to redirect your visitors to your new blog, which will help.

]]> ellaella on "wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-135156 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:12:17 +0000 ellaella 135156@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Going from wordpress.com to wordpress.org is a move, not an upgrade of the wp.com service. See:

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=3700&page&replies=1

If, by upgrade, you mean simply changing your url while remaining at the free wordpress.com service, that's domain mapping and is quite inexpensive:

http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/11/10/domain-mapping/

]]> fitnessformommies on "wordpress.com to wordpress.org" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg#post-135153 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:00:37 +0000 fitnessformommies 135153@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If I were to purchase the upgrade to wordpress.org - do I still need to find and pay for a host? I was under the impression that I would need to find a server to host the website.

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