Wow, I’ve finally done it and moved my blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org and you know what, it really wasn’t that hard. The hardest part was trying to choose a theme from the thousands now available to me!

For those of you who have ever wondered how the transition works here’s a brief run down of the steps I’ve taken today:

1. Found a host – DreamHost – and set up an account. This includes registration of a domain.
2. Used the one-click install available from DreamHost to set up wordpress.org
3. Followed the instructions sent by email from DreamHost to set up my WordPress admin account and import my existing wordpress.com blog.
4. And finally the really fun stuff, chose a new theme and worked on the look of my new blog.

Now I know I’ve got a long way to go to get my head around all the plugins and extras on wordpress.org but I’m pleased with what I’ve achieved in just a few hours today.