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21-Apr-09 00:00
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Elated Elated's avatar Rank: gold
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This is a forum topic for discussing the article "How to Start a Blog":

http://www.elated.com/articles/start-a-blog/

Learn how to start a blog. Find out how to choose a blog system, set up your blog, build traffic, and make money blogging.
29-Dec-11 17:37
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Dillon Prickett Dillon Prickett's avatar Rank: none
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If I start a blog using Wordpress just for fun, can I later transfer it so that I host it myself without losing any of my previous work?

Great article!

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08-Jan-12 03:31
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@Dillon: If you mean wordpress.com, yes you can export your blog: http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/

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10-Dec-12 10:03
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Hi!

Thanks for the fantastic guide, and I apologise for commenting on an old post.

Like the previous poster I am wondering about transferring the blog so that I'm hosting it myself in the future.

However, I've never blogged before, so would it be a good idea to start with a Wordpress-hosted blog to see if it's for me, before perhaps moving it to my own hosted Wordpress blog further down the line if I wish to consider allowing advertising on it?

This way I wouldn't have to fork out for hosting costs initially - a try before you buy sort of thing.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Jonny
18-Dec-12 19:11
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@Jonny Rae: It depends how seriously you think you'll be blogging in the future. It can be a pain to set up redirects from one blog to the next, and your blog's Google rankings could suffer (either short or long term).

If you think you might make a business out of it at any point then I would personally start with self-hosted.

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