Exporting Problem

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  paradigmchangeinmedicine · Member · Nov 18, 2014 at 9:24 pm

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  I want to move my WordPress.com blog to WordPress.org and so am trying to transfer the material. I went into Tools and then Export. After I click the button to do the export, it appears to be working for a while and then goes to a screen that says that the page that I want does not exist. I don’t see the file in my downloads folder. What should I do?

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  timethief · Member · Nov 18, 2014 at 9:26 pm

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  I tagged this thread for Staff assistance with your export issue. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond. Note there is a backlog so you will have to wait patiently for Staff help. To subscribe:
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  shawnajroberts · Member · Nov 20, 2014 at 3:18 am

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  Can you confirm that the site you’re trying to export is livingcleaninadirtyworld.wordpress.com? I can send you a download link once you’ve confirmed. :)

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  paradigmchangeinmedicine · Member · Nov 20, 2014 at 10:32 pm

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  Can you just tell me how to do it? Because I am following the instructions and it’s not working.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 20, 2014 at 10:34 pm

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  Staff need you to answer the question posed above.

  Can you confirm that the site you’re trying to export is livingcleaninadirtyworld.wordpress.com?

  Please do that now.

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  paradigmchangeinmedicine · Member · Nov 20, 2014 at 10:42 pm

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  I’m not interested in having someone do an export and then send the file to me. I want instructions on how to do it myself since – as I said – the instructions that are on the site are not working. But thanks anyway.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 20, 2014 at 11:44 pm

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  The site in question has to be confirmed. Please do that.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Nov 21, 2014 at 12:58 am

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  The reason why I’m offering to send you a download link is that most browsers can’t handle the export process if you have a lot of content to export. However, I just took a look and you probably wouldn’t have any issue doing this export yourself. Here are our directions for exporting your site:

  Export Your Website’s Content

  If it continues to fail, it likely just means you’re running to this browser issue, which I can work around from our end. I’ll just send you a link to where the export file is saved on our servers, that way the browser isn’t doing any of the heavy lifting.