What’s involved with moving a blog from a free host to a real host?

I’m thinking about starting a blog, but I’m not ready to pick out a host yet. If I start on the free Blogger or WordPress, how easy is it to port to my domain/host later? Is it as simple as just repointing, or is it better to just copy and paste the content in a new place?

Chosen Answer:

Might help:

Moving WordPress:

Moving WordPress: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
How to Move a WordPress Blog to a New Domain?: http://www.selaplana.com/2009/01/16/how-to-move-a-wordpress-blog-to-a-new-domain/

Giving WordPress Its Own Directory: http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

Ron
by:
on: 27th April 10

You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “What’s involved with moving a blog from a free host to a real host?”

  1. Kind_Lad says:

    Depends, if you can just copy the underlying database and libs its trivially easy.

    ie: if I run WordPress one one host, I can easily move it to another (have done so in fact).

  2. ☠ My Bud ☠ says:

    Might help:

    Moving WordPress:

    Moving WordPress: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
    How to Move a WordPress Blog to a New Domain?: http://www.selaplana.com/2009/01/16/how-to-move-a-wordpress-blog-to-a-new-domain/

    Giving WordPress Its Own Directory: http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

    Ron

  3. David says:

    If you’re going to start your blog at your own domain with different pages, you need a web host providing wordpress.

    Take a look at:
    http://www.threehosts.com/blog

    There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the blog/wordpress website hosting industry. Go to that page and add it to your favorites list. This way whenever you want to move your blog to a web host you can make the best choice.

    An useful video tutorial:
    http://www.threehosts.com/video-tutorial/wordpress.html

    Hope this helps.

Leave a Reply