llaadd :

hehe…yer if only…but if u struggle I can sort it for you.

I will send over passwords if/when I fail to do this tomorrow.

I am sooo knackered right now I just want to go to bed and deal with it in the morning :p (not tired from this of course, tired from trapsing about and getting them “sales”).

Thanks soo much for this help dude!

yep

might still be a bit of a delay though but hopefully not too long

Is it right in me thinking that I should change namecheap to point to the dreamhost dns and not wordpress which it is currently set at.

When this occurs, mynokiablog.com will point to dreamhost wp installation.

I should then import the file I receive from wordpress.

I can then play around with themes and such and relax.

I wish there was a way that this was much, much easier. Like here’s some money, here’s my blog, move it to selfhost. Done.

1) get nameservers for your private domain
2) go to the wordpress.com, to settings and then domains under “Domain Administration” type a password to manage your domain, and copy the “Customer Number:” just above the “Manage your domains” link at the bottom.
3) Click “Manage Your Domains” at the bottom then use the customer number and password from step 2.
4) once logged in, click on the domain in question
5) Click on where it say’s “Locking” and has a padlock symbol near the top left.
6) a pop-up should show, unselect the box that say’s “Lock domains” and click on
7) after a few min, you should be able to click on “Set Nameservers”, click on “I have specific nameservers for my domains.” and enter the ones given to you by your hosting company in step 1 (there is usually 2) and click ok it can take 24-48 hours in some occations of the domain to transfer unfortunetly so you will have to be patient! – but I have seen it happen in hours!

Like I said gimme a call if you need help…much easier to explain over the phone!