DId my WXR wordpress blog Import fail ? Why is it iincomplete?
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I was importing a WXR file from a former self-hosted wordpress blog and it didn’t work. It only imported the first 35 posts? What do i do?
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Hi there,
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Hi @lionelvaldellon,
I was able to complete an import using the .xml file you used. My import successfully brought over 600+ posts. Can you give this another try and let me know what you experience? Just a note, the importer will not duplicate posts that were already imported.
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Can’ t seem to import anything as the page still says “Processing…”
I cleared cache and cookies and same thing. -
Hi @lionelvaldellon,
Sorry about that! I went ahead and reset the importer. Can you give it another try?
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Same old thing: just the page saying it’s processing.
Questions:
1. Does it matter that I didn’t map the posts to the existing blog author?
2. Does it matter that since nothing seemed to be happening, I hit “refresh” on the import page and resent the info?
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Hi @lionelvaldellon,
It should not matter whether you map the posts to the existing author. Hitting refresh may be the error here. Occasionally, it just takes a few moments before the import is successfully processed. Can you try the import one last time without hitting the refresh button? Once you click import (after selecting the file), wait until you see a screen like this:
I don’t believe the XML file is faulty as I was able to successfully import the content into a test blog. Let me know if that works!
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This is all I get after importing. A blank page with “Import WordPress” on the top. That’s it. See screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/qkWoi7a6
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It looks like the import isn’t actually starting up correctly. Can you let me know if that error is reproducible across multiple browsers (give Safari or Chrome a try)?
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Will try Safari. Kindly reset the importer for me?
Thanks — and i really appreciate the time you’re putting into this. -
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Tried it on Safari. Same result. Import isn’t starting at all.
URL not moving from: http://lionelsewhere2.wordpress.com/wp-admin/admin.php?import=wordpress&step=2 -
Hi there,
Would you mind if I tried to do the import from my side? Please make a backup of your current data by navigating to Tools -> Export. This will make an .xml file of current site content before I import the content from your self-hosted blog.
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Hi,
I’m having trouble when I try to import to your blog as well. I’m investigating the issue a bit more, and I will let you know as soon as I have a solution!
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Hi there,
It looks like the import was processed successfully. Can you confirm that all of your content is appearing on your side?
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Not a problem! I’m glad we were able to get this figured out. Let me know if you have any additional trouble.
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