Comments on: Moving from WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress in Plain English

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Self-Hosted Wordpress VS Free Blogging - www.douglampi.com — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:53:47 +0000

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By: We have moved to self-hosting and a new domain! » Wordpress Snippets

We have moved to self-hosting and a new domain! » Wordpress Snippets — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:53:13 +0000

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Moving from WordPress.com to Self-Hosted WordPress « cekka’s stories — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:22:08 +0000

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Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:32:25 +0000

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By: MsTrisBeats

MsTrisBeats — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:54:32 +0000

Thanks sssssoooo much for this post, It led me in the right direction this weekend. Now Im on self hosted and feeling free as a blog -bird.. Thanks again..I’ll be reading

By: How To: Moving from WordPress.com to WordPress.org | [Blog Tutorials]

How To: Moving from WordPress.com to WordPress.org | [Blog Tutorials] — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:34:11 +0000

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By: Eric P

Eric P — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:19:37 +0000

I agree with Mad that you can easily redirect your WordPress.com blog to WordPress.org, and http://blog-well.com/ did a great documentation on it.

I just needed to add that after redirecting, you need to edit the default permalinks in your WordPress.org blog (using ver. 2.5.1, not sure with old versions). Otherwise, people will not get to your new blog if they click old links to your WordPress.com posts.

You can read more about it here: http://menoob.com/2008/06/07/redirecting-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/.

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:41:24 +0000

@kj - No, there isn’t. You can pay a monthly fee to be able to edit your theme’s CSS file, but you don’t get to upload any theme you want. And the only ads that will ever be on wordpress.com will probably be through their own ad network (which doesn’t yet exist).

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:38:51 +0000

@Radu - That Google juice isn’t yours to lose. It never was. That is the sad truth when you don’t own your own site.

By: Radu

Radu — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:41:05 +0000

For a while now I have been thinking if I should move from blogger to a self-hosted wordpress blog and I can’t decide. Honestly I don’t want to lose my google juice…