Can't get Import to work

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  beestonrylandscommunity · Member · Aug 23, 2012 at 3:33 pm

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  Hi,

  I created a test version of my blog site at http://wednesdayblogbeeston.wordpress.com/

  On this I created about 20 pages. I exported this content to an XML file, and then tried to import it into the ‘live’ site at:

  http://beestonrylandscommunity.wordpress.com/

  But as you’ll see hardly anything imported. I have the comments, but few of the pages.

  If I examine the export, all of the content is in the XML file, but hardly any of it is imported. When I do the import, after I point at and load the XML, I get an email saying the import is complete, but it hasn’t brought in the pages or posts.

  How do I resolve this? Should I delete the ‘live’ site and start again?

  Thanks,
  Mike.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 23, 2012 at 3:33 pm

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  Do not delete anything!

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  timethief · Member · Aug 23, 2012 at 3:34 pm

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  I have flagged this thread for Staff attention. They will assist with this import. Please be patient while waiting for their response.

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  jenia · Member · Aug 24, 2012 at 1:27 pm

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  It looks like you’ve attempted the import several times. If you look in Pages in the Dashboard of http://beestonrylandscommunity.wordpress.com/ , there are 23 pages found there. Are those the pages you are looking for? If yes, you can restore them (you can select all and choose Restore under Bulk Actions).

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  beestonrylandscommunity · Member · Aug 24, 2012 at 6:01 pm

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  Thanks for your response Jenia.

  Yes, I have tried the import several times, however those deleted pages are not the ones I imported.

  What happened, and this my fault I admit, is that I did an early export from the first blog. And then a much later, more up to date one. However, first time around I imported the wrong/older exported file. Realising my error, I then deleted those pages … and those are the ones in the trash.

  What I did after deleting those pages from the first import, was try to import the later/newer export, and these are the ones that are failing.

  So, possibly the second import will not work because the same named pages are in the trash area? If I permanently delete those will the import work do you think? The pages currently in there were just place-holders when I came up with the page structure. The newer export has content in the pages :)

  Hope that’s clear …

  Mike.

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  pcrumm · Member · Aug 24, 2012 at 6:10 pm

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  Hey Mike,

  It’s absolutely possible that the already-existing content is the result of your import problems. If you’d like, I can empty your “live” site completely (this will remove all posts, categories, pages, etc), so you can try the import again. To confirm, this is your live site:
  http://beestonrylandscommunity.wordpress.com/

  Best,
  P.

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  beestonrylandscommunity · Member · Aug 24, 2012 at 7:42 pm

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  Hi,

  Yes – that’d be great. I’m just trying to copy one blog to another, so the site:

  http://beestonrylandscommunity.wordpress.com/

  can be completely emptied, no problems.

  Then I’ll try the import again.

  Many thanks,
  Mike.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 30, 2012 at 4:43 pm

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  I have emptied the blog as requested. Please feel free to try the import again and let us know how it goes!

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  beestonrylandscommunity · Member · Sep 1, 2012 at 4:37 pm

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  Hi,

  That worked!

  Thanks much to you all for the support.

  Mike.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 3, 2012 at 6:31 pm

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  You’re welcome!