Before exporting your blog you’ll need to register a domain name for your site and rent some server space.
I was lucky enough to have a friend who offered to host my site on his servers so I didn’t have to fork out for this. I did, however, have to register my domain name. As my friend buys domains in bulk he was able to get mediocremum.com for £9. I have no idea where he registered it but I’ve seen others mention GoDaddy, Google Apps, 123-Reg or 1and1.co.uk. This is in no way a personal recommendation.
Then you will need to find a new home for your blog. You may have to rent some server space. Again, I didn’t have to do this myself so I’m reluctant to recommend any. When I was researching migrating lovely @tiddlyompompom sent me this document, ‘How to Migrate Your Blog….’ which was really helpful. It does have a couple of recommendations for Web Hosting Services.
Once you have this in place you are ready to start exporting your blog.
Other Posts in this Series
My Journey from WordPress,com to WordPress.org
Customising Your Header
Redirecting Traffic (TBA)
Plugins (TBA)
Technorati (TBA)
