Ivan

Thanks, I’m not that much a tech novice, I can handle this.

Everything clear on attachments. Rates? Rates of the articles and rates of the comments (thumbs up and down).

I guess that would be it, so can I close this thread? ??

Thanks, I’m not sure I do have any attachments — what exactly do you mean by those?

To conclude, following will be lost: categories (?), tags (!!), rates, media gallery, widgets used and their settings.

Losing tags will take me extra (boring) time to rebuilt. Doh.

1a. No – just your post/page content.

Nooooo! ?? I’ll lose everything else, all the comments for the start? Categories? Tags? Huh, I’ll have to go through all posts and set up categories and tags once again, that would be really a waste of time. Are you sure?

I just checked link you gave me on 1: Importing from WordPress: “WordPress will then import each of the posts, comments, and categories contained in this file into your blog”.

That’s not consistent with what you wrote on 1a.

Thanks,
Ivan

I think I’ll be fine with the suggestions you’ve made and I’m very thankful. ??

This is now regarding wp.ORG:

1. Since I do have wp.COM blog already, how to painlessly and smoothy transfer to wp.ORG all my content? I believe there is a guide online. Maybe some tips? ??

1.a. Is everything gonna be transferred, including comments, rates, categories, tags, links, media gallery, widgets used and their settings? (Some if it wouldn’t export-import even from wp.COM to wp.COM.)

1.b. I have registered a domain and a host service. Haven’t downloaded wp.ORG software yet.

2. Where to look for free themes I can use on wp.COM? I’m asking this since on wp.COM there was just one place, in Themes menu. ??

Again, thanks a lot, my fellow bloggers! ??

Ivan,
2,5 months blogger ??

Thanks. I’m reading it now. Can I modify a “parent” theme, the one I got free from WordPress to tailor it to fit better my needs? ??

(In my case Choco Theme, as you can see on my blog.)