How can I re-import my Posterous blog?
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I imported my Posterous blog, but the last 10 posts (the ones on the homepage) didn’t get imported. I added 10 phony posts so the real ones would be out of the homepage and tried again, but still nothing. I deleted all the imported posts then, and tried to import all of them again. That didn’t work either: the importer says those posts were already imported.
Any thoughts?
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The importer won’t import duplicates, so they must have gone through, but something could be wrong with the file.
Please send the file and details to support@wordpress.com and we’ll look into it.
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Hey macmanx,
Mmm, I have no idea how to send you the file, haha. (It makes me feel like my mom learning to use email or something like that).
Isn’t there a way to just erase all traces of the failed importing so I can try again? Although of course, that would require me to access the file, which is what seem to be unable to do.
Clues for the clueless, please.
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When you exported from Posterous, didn’t they give you a file?
If so, that’s what you can attach to your email to us.
Otherwise, I can completely empty your blog if you’d like. Did it only have the Posterous posts, or where there other posts there that a full empty would destroy?
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Nope, I didn’t get any file :(
Let’s go with emptying my blog please, there’s nothing in there yet anyway.
Thanks!
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Ah, they’ve changed the way they do things.
I have emptied your blog as requested.
Let’s try that.
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The importer imported even less posts this time.
*Sigh*.
I am willing to forget about rescuing my other blog, but if you have any other ideas I’d like to try those out first.
Thanks.
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Nope, there’s no way to export from them.
I think the easiest thing at this point would be for you to empty my blog again, and then I’ll retry importing it from Posterous. Hopefully most of the posts will get imported, then I’ll post manually the ones who don’t. (Luckily, there aren’t that many posts anyway)
:)
And I learned my lesson: export files are a necessary feature!
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Before I pull the trigger, are you absolutely sure that you want me to empty http://mjenvancouver.wordpress.com/ ?
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Haha, yes, pull the trigger please. I’ve actually been putting off posting anything until we managed to fix this, so it’s absolutely safe to empy it.
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I have emptied your blog as requested.
Please let us know if you need any further assistance!
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Thank you so much for all your help! Your help alone proves moving to WP was the smart thing to do :)
Cheers,
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