Importfile larger than 3M

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  dpetereit · Member · Sep 7, 2007 at 8:04 am

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  I want to import an WP-XML-File by the size of 5,5 M. WP.com insists that it is not possible to import files larger than 3 M. What can I do?

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 7, 2007 at 8:31 am

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  Contact staff for suggestions.

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  atthe404 · Member · Sep 7, 2007 at 9:54 am

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  @rc : can i just ask what time it is where you are ? :)

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  mark · Member · Sep 7, 2007 at 9:59 am

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  The way to do this is to split the file into chunks no more that 1.7mb for a good result.

  You open the file in text editor (on Windows, use jujuedit) and save out between closing and opening statements:

  </some-statement>
  <———————————split here
  <some-other-statement>

  then save each one as 1.xml, 2.xml, 3.xml

  Work on a copy – keep the original file safe!

  But….. we have an import problem right now so you’ll have to hold off for a short time.

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  drmiketemp · Member · Sep 7, 2007 at 1:27 pm

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  Just for reference, the ‘statement’ bit that Mark alludes to is usually an ‘item’ tag. The file is divided into sections by item tags and everything for a post is contained within those item tags.