From WordPress.com to self-hosted

By Margie Clayman | October 9, 2010 |

I am just getting used to my new home here at my first ever self-hosted site. I have been nudged for a few months now by folks like Stan @pushingsocial to buy my own domain and move my blog over here, but truth be told, I just found this whole concept to be extremely intimidating.

When I changed my Twitter handle from @RLMadMan to @MargieClayman, I realized that my WordPress.com blog site, which was RealLifeMadMan.wordpress.com, no longer made sense with my new branding initiative. It seemed like all of the signs were pointing me in the direction of building my own site at my own domain.

Last night I went through the process, which was a bit tricky at times, and a bit nerve-wracking at other times. In trying to do the research, there wasn’t one single source that answered a lot of my questions, so I decided to use my experience and create a MyBrainshark tutorial on how to migrate a blog from WordPress.com to a self-hosted site using WordPress.org software. I hope you find it helpful. Let me know what you think!

How to Migrate from WordPress.com to a Self-Hosted Site

Thanks for popping by my new home! I think I’ll be staying here for awhile.

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7 Comments

  1. Kimberly A. Graham on October 9, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    Oh, thank you!! How very cool. Now, how didja make that nifty tutorial?! Off to peek at MyBrainShark.

    • Margie Clayman on October 10, 2010 at 12:44 am

      mybrainshark is easy peasy if you know how to do power points. And the price is right…free-ola! 🙂

      Glad you liked!

  2. Michele Price on October 9, 2010 at 11:49 pm

    Welcome to the light! So glad you were influenced to own your home, instead of rent 😉

    It is easier to relate to you now your twitter profile is your name.

    You have influenced me by your ability to tweet great points and use logic and charm.

    • Margie Clayman on October 10, 2010 at 12:44 am

      Thanks a bunch, Michele. Nice way to put it too 🙂

  3. Will Marlow on October 12, 2010 at 12:34 am

    Great post — I’d be interested in reading a post in a few weeks or months about your thoughts on the process of going from WordPress.com to self-hosted, whether you wish you had done so sooner, or how other people who are intimated can find the motivation, etc…I think a lot of people share your initial hesitation.

    • Margie Clayman on October 12, 2010 at 6:22 am

      Sure thing, Will! Thanks!

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