Importing from Posterous. Backup folder larger than max file size.

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  doodlesceramics · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 8:12 pm

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  I can’t import my backup file from Posterous. I think it may be because it is above the maximum file size of 15MB. The folder is around 20MB. Any suggestions? Cheers

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  timethief · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 8:13 pm

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  Have you checked the guide here? http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/import-from-posterous/
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  amightywp · Member · Mar 20, 2013 at 9:39 pm

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  Hi there, @doodlesceramics!

  You’re right, you definitely will not be able to upload a file which is 20Mb in size.

  Keep in mind though that as the help article which @timethief provided says (thanks!), you don’t need to upload the entire .zip file which you got from Posterous. Instead what you need to do is unzip that file and then get the main .xml export of your site from it. That’s what needs to be uploaded! It will import the rest of your site’s content for you!