How to use SEMAGIC to log into WORDPRESS

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  mikesmaddie · Member · Apr 30, 2011 at 5:37 pm

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  I would like to transfer my journal entries to WORDPRESS by using the SEMAGIC client.

  But after trying the suggestions made here both in the support section and from other pages online, I keep getting this particular error:

  ‘Error: 404
  Resource Not Found’

  So my question is how exactly do I log into WORDPRESS using my SEMAGIC client?

  Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.
  Olga/Maddie

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

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  timethief · Member · Apr 30, 2011 at 8:11 pm

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  Please post an active URL to the blog which your are referring to starting with http://
  Wordpress.com makes it easy for you to import your blog content from a variety of other blogging platforms, including Blogger, Israblog, LiveJournal, Movable Type, Typepad, Posterous, Spaces, Tapuz ,Vox, and Yahoo! 360. Simply log into your WordPress.com blog dashboard, then go to Tools -> Import, choose your previous platform and follow the instructions. http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/

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  timethief · Member · Apr 30, 2011 at 8:13 pm

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  If that does not work for you then you can ask for Staff help. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Apr 30, 2011 at 8:47 pm

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  Yes, there is a direct live journal import that wordpress has provided. Check the link Timethief provided. That would be the easiest way.

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  mikesmaddie · Member · May 2, 2011 at 12:51 am

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  @timethief- My wordpress.com URL is http://mikesmaddie.wordpress.com

  And I can’t import my entries to wordpress.com because lj.com (LiveJournal) was hit by a DOS attack about three weeks ago. And there has been quite a queue of people trying to import their lj.com entries to other places (including wordpress.com).

  I’ve tried doing this here at the wordpress.com for over two weeks. And I keep getting an error message about the import fuction not working.

  And so, that is why I asked how I could use SEMAGIC to transfer my posts to here (wordpress.com).

  Hope that both makes sense and that it helps.

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  mikesmaddie · Member · May 2, 2011 at 12:51 am

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  @thesacredpath- Please see my reply to timethief about why I can’t use the import fuction here on wordpress.com in order to transfer my lj.com (LiveJournal entries.

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  mikesmaddie · Member · May 2, 2011 at 12:52 am

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  @timethief- I will get in touch with support.

  But I thought first that I would ask about this (using SEMAGIC to transfer my lj.com entries to the wordpress.com site) here before I contacted the wordpress.com site support section.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 2, 2011 at 6:35 am

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  Semagic says it can work with WordPress, but I’ve never tried to use it and know nothing about it. From what I see though the setup should be rather straight forward and as long as you get he URL for the API point correct, everything should work, and that is,

  http://blogname.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php

  If your username and password are correct, and Semagic has things straight on their end, it should work.

  Contacting staff at this point is probably your best bet.

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  mikesmaddie · Member · May 3, 2011 at 9:37 am

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  @thesacredpath- I’ve tried doing what you suggested in your most recent reply but that didn’t work.

  Well, it looks I will be contacting wordpress.com support about this.

  Thanks to both you and @timethief for your help, as it’s most appreciated.

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  mikesmaddie · Member · May 3, 2011 at 9:38 am

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  Oh, and if the forum admin would like to declare this particular thread closed, then please feel free to do so.

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  mikesmaddie · Member · May 3, 2011 at 9:44 am

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  One last thing and that is the LiveJournal to wordpress.com import feature just now worked for me.

  So now I’m update to with all of my LiveJournal posts on my wordpress.com blog.

  Hope that helps.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 3, 2011 at 9:56 am

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  You can always look at blogdesk or windows live writer if you’re on Windoze, or Ecto if you are on Mac. Ecto isn’t free, but at about $20, it doesn’t break the bank either and I have been very pleased with Ecto.

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  mikesmaddie · Member · May 4, 2011 at 5:11 am

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  @thesacredpath- As you see from my most recent replies above, I was able to resolve this issue.

  But thanks for your sugestions, as they are most appreciated.

  And to the forum admin, please consider this thread closed.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 4, 2011 at 5:22 am

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  You are welcome, and you can mark this as resolved at the top of the page on the right side if you wish.

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  mikesmaddie · Member · May 4, 2011 at 5:27 am

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  Done.

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  thesacredpath · Member · May 4, 2011 at 5:30 am

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  Great, and glad you are up and running.