Transferring from WordPress dot com

  • Resolved Rach

    (@streetscene)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    Hi

    I am considering updating my blog using www.ads-software.com and wondered whether I could transfer my wordpress.com files to www.ads-software.com- or would have to rewrite them.
    I’d appreciate any advice with this and am not the most tech savvy person but very keen to get things right and learn along the way.

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  • You can transfer your all files from wordpress.com to www.ads-software.com. You need not rewrite them.

    I just took a look at (and then deleted) a wordpress.com site I used to have there, and you have a Dashboard > Tools > Export option that will allow you to export all of your content (but not your media uploads, I believe). Here is a comprehensive look at that:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/export/

    If you would like to have a brief “test drive” of self-hosting using WordPress and a free theme from here at www.ads-software.com for a few days or so to see the differences for yourself, I would gladly help you do that without any charge whatsoever in a new, temporary sub-domain at one of my own self-hosted sites where you could even import your exported content and see how that works and turns out before purchasing hosting of your own and making your move.

    Thread Starter Rach

    (@streetscene)

    Thank you very much for this advice. This has been really helpful and I’ll do some more reading up and planning now.

    One error some people make, imo, is to move to self-hosted and not immediately take the time to establish some security…kind of like getting a new apartment with no lock on the door and then leaving to go get more of your stuff. Moving your content can go smoothly if you plan and prepare ahead like you are doing now, and I would suggest the same for security. There are various plugins that can provide that for you with just a few clicks, and BulletProof Security is my own recommendation:

    1) Install and activate it;
    2) Click “Create default.htaccess File”;
    3) Click “Create secure.htaccess File”;
    4) Activate Website Root Folder .htaccess Security Mode;
    5) Activate Website wp-admin Folder .htaccess Security Mode;
    6) Activate Deny All htaccess Folder Protection For The BPS Master htaccess Folder;
    7) Activate Deny All htaccess Folder Protection For The BPS Backup Folder;
    8) Click on the “Backup & Restore” tab and do a “Backup .htaccess Files”.

    At that point you will have some very-solid security in place via .htaccess with even more features available, and none of that will ever interfere with your permalinks or anything else.

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/search.php?q=BulletProof+Security

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