Need Some Help Regarding Trasfering my Blog

  • Ok..so I have been using blogger for the past year. I purchased a domain name from URLFreedom.com, and I’ve had it for 9 months.

    However, I want to make the transition to wordpress. I just purchased a wordpress hosting plan from siteground.com. I have installed WordPress with the help of Fantastico. However, I have not transfered my domain name yet. Do I have to?

    I want to be able to WORK on my wordpress blog, while keeping up my blogger blog until I am done working on it. However, whenever I try logging into my WordPress account here: https://www.freebieshark.com/wp-login.php it won’t let me access that page..is it because of Blogger?

    I need some help here. I am kinda lost.. To sum it up, I want to be able to KEEP my blogger blog up, and still be able to work on my wordpress blog. Also- do I need to transfer my domain? Any help? Step by step would be awesome!

    Thanks!!

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  • Does your host offer a temporary domain name? You will have to transfer your domain name eventually. Or invest in a new domain name.

    Thread Starter pistons125

    (@pistons125)

    So bottom line is that I NEED to transfer my domain name in order to use WP on my new hosting package?

    Thank you so much

    Longer term, yes. But you could use a temporary domain name whilst you’re setting up your WP site. At least that leaves your blogger site functioning whilst you’re preparing the new site.

    I would like to do a similar thing–work on a new WP site while letting my old site continue functioning. I want to be able to use the old site’s domain name for the new site–is that simply a matter of redirecting the name server on the old site’s hosting control panel?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Woodruff, the best thing to do would be to install WordPress in a sub directory, like yourdomain.com/newblog/ . When you’re done setting it up, it’s not too difficult to move it to yourdomain.com .

    Instead of using Yahoo for my host, I was planning on setting up new hosting with BlueHost or one of the recommended WordPress hosts.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    In that case, you should probably switch hosts before starting work on your new blog.

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