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Dana Nelson Social Media Consultant @DanaMNelson Twitter: @DanaMNelson Facebook.com/DanaMNelson LinkedIn.com/in/danamnelson Andrew Epperson Senior Web Specialist Lieberman Technologies Twitter: @eppand Facebook.com/eppand LinkedIn.com/in/eppand Presenters
Migrating from WordPress.com to a Self-Hosted Website WHY, HOW & WTF
Why Self-Host a WordPress SiteWeb HostingDoman Name RegistrationDNSContent Migration
Control / Customization PHP CSS Upload Plugins  Upload Themes Custom themes Flexibility SEO Why not just use the FREE WordPress.com?
I get it.Now What?
Register your own domain name! Costs Annual Fee Automatic Renewal Example Registrars: Network Solutions  GoDaddy Domain Name Registration
HostGator GoDaddy DreamHost BlueHost Wurvhosting Lieberman Technologies Hosting Companies
Support WordPress PHP MySQL Ease of Installation Ease of Management Web Control Panel cPanel Plesk Hosting Considerations
Servers that host websites use IP addresses to identify themselves to the Internet IPv4 208.77.188.166 IPv6 2001:db8:1f70::999:de8:7648:6e8 IP AddressIP = Internet Protocol
WTF
DNS”Domain Name System”
a hierarchical naming system built on a distributed database for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network Definition
WTF
a phone book for the Internet that translates human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses Definition(in english)
Typically Registrar or Host Stores DNS records for a domain A Record CNAME MX DNS Server
Used to map hostnames to IP address of the host A Record
Canonical name record Alias of one name to another Example: www is typically a CNAME records that points to IP of host CNAME Records
mail exchange record Maps a domain name to a list of message transfer agents (mail servers) for that domain Google Apps for Domain Example: MX Record
How to Migrate WordPress Site?
Get web hosting and have your WordPress.org blog/site up and running before you start to transfer anything. Step 1
Login to the old blog Go to Tools -> Export Download the XML (WXR) file to your computer. Be sure to choose All Content option Step 2
Login to the new blog Go to Tools -> Import Choose WordPress Importer Install plugin if needed Click choose file button and select the XML you downloaded to your computer in Step 2 Click Upload and Import Choose the Download & import file attachments options to move media files Videos updated to WordPress.com will not be moved by this process. Step 3
Andrew Epperson Twitter: @eppand Facebook.com/eppand LinkedIn.com/in/eppand Dana Nelson Twitter: @DanaMNelson Facebook.com/DanaMNelson LinkedIn.com/in/danamnelson www.smcevansville.org Twitter: @smcevv Facebook.com/smcevansville

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Migrating from WordPress.com

  • 1. Dana Nelson Social Media Consultant @DanaMNelson Twitter: @DanaMNelson Facebook.com/DanaMNelson LinkedIn.com/in/danamnelson Andrew Epperson Senior Web Specialist Lieberman Technologies Twitter: @eppand Facebook.com/eppand LinkedIn.com/in/eppand Presenters
  • 2. Migrating from WordPress.com to a Self-Hosted Website WHY, HOW & WTF
  • 3. Why Self-Host a WordPress SiteWeb HostingDoman Name RegistrationDNSContent Migration
  • 4. Control / Customization PHP CSS Upload Plugins Upload Themes Custom themes Flexibility SEO Why not just use the FREE WordPress.com?
  • 5. I get it.Now What?
  • 6. Register your own domain name! Costs Annual Fee Automatic Renewal Example Registrars: Network Solutions GoDaddy Domain Name Registration
  • 7. HostGator GoDaddy DreamHost BlueHost Wurvhosting Lieberman Technologies Hosting Companies
  • 8. Support WordPress PHP MySQL Ease of Installation Ease of Management Web Control Panel cPanel Plesk Hosting Considerations
  • 9. Servers that host websites use IP addresses to identify themselves to the Internet IPv4 208.77.188.166 IPv6 2001:db8:1f70::999:de8:7648:6e8 IP AddressIP = Internet Protocol
  • 10. WTF
  • 12. a hierarchical naming system built on a distributed database for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network Definition
  • 13. WTF
  • 14. a phone book for the Internet that translates human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses Definition(in english)
  • 15.
  • 16. Typically Registrar or Host Stores DNS records for a domain A Record CNAME MX DNS Server
  • 17. Used to map hostnames to IP address of the host A Record
  • 18. Canonical name record Alias of one name to another Example: www is typically a CNAME records that points to IP of host CNAME Records
  • 19. mail exchange record Maps a domain name to a list of message transfer agents (mail servers) for that domain Google Apps for Domain Example: MX Record
  • 20. How to Migrate WordPress Site?
  • 21. Get web hosting and have your WordPress.org blog/site up and running before you start to transfer anything. Step 1
  • 22. Login to the old blog Go to Tools -> Export Download the XML (WXR) file to your computer. Be sure to choose All Content option Step 2
  • 23. Login to the new blog Go to Tools -> Import Choose WordPress Importer Install plugin if needed Click choose file button and select the XML you downloaded to your computer in Step 2 Click Upload and Import Choose the Download & import file attachments options to move media files Videos updated to WordPress.com will not be moved by this process. Step 3
  • 24. Andrew Epperson Twitter: @eppand Facebook.com/eppand LinkedIn.com/in/eppand Dana Nelson Twitter: @DanaMNelson Facebook.com/DanaMNelson LinkedIn.com/in/danamnelson www.smcevansville.org Twitter: @smcevv Facebook.com/smcevansville