Migrating wordpress.com blog to existing go daddy website

breastsinthecity · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 8:55 pm
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Hi, I need help. Is there a number I can call? I recently started a blog on wordpress.com called breasts in the city. I want this blog to feed into a website I created on go daddy (http://breastsinthecity.com). I have tried to migrate from WP to GD a few times and I keep getting an error. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, Simone Marcanonio [phone number removed by staff]

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timethief · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 9:00 pm
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There is no phone support.

Your subscribers can be moved from your .wordpress.com blog to your WordPress.org install. Install and activate the JetPack plugin http://jetpack.me and follow this guide https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/#wordpress-com-to-self-hosted-site

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timethief · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 9:02 pm
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To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.

Note: Premium Themes that are licensed for WordPress.com use only cannot be transferred to self-hosted WordPress.org sites. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/
Also note that if you have purchased a premium theme you may have to contact the theme designer and request a wordpress.org version of it.

WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
http://wordpress.org/themes/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/

3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

Alternatively you can purchase a Guided Transfer and Staff will do the move and set up for you http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

NOTE: WordPress.com and WordPress.org have different log-ins and run different versions of themes with same names. If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.
lizthefair · Member · Mar 3, 2015 at 4:43 pm
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I recently started a blog on wordpress.com called breasts in the city. I want this blog to feed into a website I created on go daddy (http://breastsinthecity.com).

Can you tell me a little more about what you mean by this? Do you want the posts from https://breastsinthecity.wordpress.com/ to appear on your new GoDaddy site? Do you want to have a “blog” link on your GoDaddy site that shows your posts? Do you just want your domain name http://breastsinthecity.com to take people to the site you see on http://breastsinthecity.wordpress.com/?

All of those options are possible, but we get there following different paths. So let me know more about what you are after and I’ll be happy to help!
breastsinthecity · Member · Mar 4, 2015 at 1:55 am
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Hi lizthefair,

To answer your question I want the posts from https://breastsinthecity.wordpress.com/ to appear on your new GoDaddy site?

Thanks!
lizthefair · Member · Mar 4, 2015 at 3:12 pm
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In that case, you need to export your content from your WordPress.com site and import it into your new site.

Here are the export instructions:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/export/

Here are the import instructions:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/import/

Let me know if you need anything else!

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