Exporting from wordpress.com

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  nigelrumsey · Member · Aug 26, 2010 at 11:02 am

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  Hi I’m trying to export my blog from wordpress.com and upload to wordpress.org. I’ve tried the export tool but it’s just exporting the catagories, tags etc. it’s not picking up any of the posts. I’ve used the ‘All’ options all the way. Can anyone offer some suggestions.

  My blog: http://nigelrumsey.wordpress.com/

  thanks
  Nigel

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  timethief · Member · Aug 27, 2010 at 4:46 pm

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  Hi Nigel,
  If you tried this without reading the support documentation I’d like to ask you to read it and try again please.

  1. Export and import of content (posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags)
  Please see the support entries located here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
  Tools -> Export

  2. Export and import of Links (blogroll)
  Please see the support entry located here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/blogroll/import-export-links/

  If you still have difficulties then please contact Staff directly using this link. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

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  mark · Member · Aug 27, 2010 at 4:51 pm

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  nigelrumsey – have you imported the file into the new blog or are you checking it by opening the file in a text editor?

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  areyoutargeted · Member · Aug 28, 2010 at 12:15 am

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  Don’t forget that when you migrate away from wordpress.COM, your wordpress.ORG site won’t have some of the plugins you may need to keep your site functioning the way it did before.

  The replacements I’m using:

  “WordPress.com Stats”
  “Youtube Brackets”
  “Audio Player”
  “Enhanced Recent Posts”
  “PollDaddy Polls”
  “Recent Comment Avatars”

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  areyoutargeted · Member · Aug 28, 2010 at 12:17 am

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  Also, you may not be able to find a replacement theme that behaves exactly the way the wordpress.COM hosted themes do. In which case either you’ll have to customize a freely available themes to duplicate needed functionality, or you’ll have to change the look of your site when you move.

  Just giving you fair warning.