Importing from Posterous, Select Photos Deleted?

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  carolynsd · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 3:06 pm

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  I imported my blog from Posterous (anotherderpinantwerp.posterous.com) but any post that had both video and photos on Posterous does not seem to have the photos on WordPress. Does anyone know what has gone wrong here and how to fix it?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 3:07 pm

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 3:44 pm

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  Hi there!

  There have been a number of known issues with Posterous imports. Please check here to see if your import issue fits any known issues:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/import-from-posterous/#known-issues

  If not, can you give us more detail with the problem you’re having? A link to an example post where you are having the problem would be a great help.

  Thanks,

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  carolynsd · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 3:47 pm

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  This problem is distinct from those raised in “known issues.” You can compare this post on WordPress: http://anotherderp.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/carnaval-in-halle-and-unrelated-oihanes-birth/

  to this post on Posterous: http://anotherderpinantwerp.posterous.com/carnaval-in-halle-and-unrelated-oihanes-birth

  to see the point, but it seems to affect every imported post with a video.

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 4:47 pm

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  Thank you for those links! I’m going to have someone take a closer look to see why the photos didn’t import properly.

  I’ll be back in touch once I have more information for you. Thanks for your patience.

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 6:34 pm

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  Ok, it seems there was a small issue in the import functions that we have now fixed.

  Now, you will need to do the following:

  1) Delete the posts where you had the importing problem (also empty your trash – see here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/)

  2) Run the importer again with the same file. It will skip any posts that already exist on your blog and import only the ones you deleted. This is why you need to make sure you empty the trash before you reimport.

  That should take care of it. Let us know if you have any more trouble.

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  carolynsd · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 10:21 am

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  Great, thank you! That did the trick with those posts.

  Unfortunately, I noticed that the fix now treats photos of all those posts without videos as non-photos. I noticed this when trying to choose a “featured photo”: I couldn’t select from among the photos already in the post because WordPress doesn’t seem to recognize them as photos. Here is one such case: http://anotherderp.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/beautiful-and-delicious-luxembourg-2/

  (Note: I added a few “featured photos” by hand before posting this.)

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 3:41 pm

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  I’ll have someone take a closer look to see what is going on and I’ll get back to you once I have more information.

  Thanks!

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 9:38 pm

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  Hi again!

  I think we got it sorted out for you!

  When you go into a post to set a featured image, click the Media Library tab and in the drop down, make sure you select “Uploaded to this post” and all the images connected to the post should display. I tested it out on the post you linked to earlier, and it worked.

  I hope that helps! :)

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  carolynsd · Member · Mar 14, 2013 at 11:49 am

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  Thank you! It does seem to be working now. I appreciate your help!

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Mar 19, 2013 at 7:31 pm

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  You’re welcome!