Importing from Squarespace

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  innomove · Member · Nov 4, 2015 at 9:21 am

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  I tried importing from Squarespace. The email notified me that it was successful. But I don’t see any content on my WordPress.com site.

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

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  ariwinokur · Member · Nov 4, 2015 at 7:42 pm

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Nov 4, 2015 at 8:20 pm

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  Hi there,
  I exported your Squarespace XML file over to koreastrategy.wordpress.com. Please check the blog and let me know if everything imported correctly.
  Thanks!

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  innomove · Member · Nov 5, 2015 at 1:31 am

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  Thanks a lot for your help, both of you!

  Text contents have moved. Some images have not. I can move them manually, but is this normal?

  Another question. The Squarespace home page is not anymore the homepage, and its URL has changed. How do I make it the home? And how do I change the URLs of the pages?

  Thanks!

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Nov 5, 2015 at 2:58 pm

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  Hi there,

  Text contents have moved. Some images have not. I can move them manually, but is this normal?

  If you have any media/images that needs to be exported over, your Squarespace site must be activated and accessible during the import. If you still can, make your Squarespace accessible again and the WordPress should automatically pull the images over.

  The Squarespace home page is not anymore the homepage, and its URL has changed. How do I make it the home? And how do I change the URLs of the pages?

  The number indicates you have more than one home page. You can either restore the first version from Trash or permanently delete it there https://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/permanently-delete-trash

  It appears that you were already able to do that. =)

  but, for more information on page titles and URLs, please visit our support page:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/new-page-screen/#page-title-and-permalink-url

  Please let me know if you have any other questions.

  Thanks!

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  zpactoid · Member · Dec 4, 2015 at 2:31 am

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  Hi,

  I’m having a similar problem. I’ve created my own post but didn’t get any attention. I hope you could help me too. :)

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Dec 7, 2015 at 12:56 pm

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  Hey @zpactoid,

  I see that @kokkieh was able to help you in another thread. Let me know if you have any other questions or issues.

  Thanks!

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  zpactoid · Member · Dec 23, 2015 at 1:14 pm

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  Hi darnelldibbles,

  I just noticed that a lot of my images are still pointed to the squarespace addres, which are no longer available. Is there a way to still get those? I can maybe try to re-activate my squarespace, but how can I import them to wordpress and keep them? Hope to hear from you soon!

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Dec 23, 2015 at 10:24 pm

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  Hello! If your Squarespace site is no longer publicly accessible, we won’t be able to retrieve those for you.

  If there are many files, you should try to get the entire site reactivated, empty your site, and run the import again. That way the files get automatically uploaded and the file names changed.

  Otherwise, you’ll have to upload them yourself to your Media Library. And then go through your posts and update the image references.

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  zpactoid · Member · Jan 29, 2016 at 1:17 pm

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  Hi Shawnajroberts,

  I just re-enabled my Squarespace and the images are live again. Could you help me transfer all of them to my WordPress now? I’ll unsubscribe from my Squarespace once you’ve transferred them.

  Hoping to hear from you real soon.

  Thanks!

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  zpactoid · Member · Feb 4, 2016 at 1:15 am

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  Hoping to hear from you guys soon… I only paid for a month of Squarespace subscription. Please help me migrate my photos over to WordPress. :)

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Feb 11, 2016 at 8:16 pm

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  Hello! Can you confirm which of your sites you’re running this import for?

  I’ll need to completely empty all of the content from that site. So if you’ve written any new posts or pages, make sure to copy that content to your computer before confirming that I can empty it.

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  zpactoid · Member · Feb 11, 2016 at 10:21 pm

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  Hi! Ita for this one:https://myhazyjournal.wordpress.com/ you can go ahead and empty it. Thanks!

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Feb 11, 2016 at 10:26 pm

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  Thanks! I’ve just started the emptying of that site. Give it at least an hour, then you can start the Squarespace import like normal. :)

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  zpactoid · Member · Feb 12, 2016 at 4:20 am

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  I did the Squarespace import again, the images on my WordPress are still pointing to Squarespace like before. Am I doing something wrong?

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  siobhyb · Member · Apr 6, 2016 at 7:44 pm

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  Hi @zpactoid: I’m very sorry that we didn’t reply to your last message until now. :(

  Would you still like to transfer your content to WordPress.com? I have sent you a direct email so that we can help further, if so.

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  zpactoid · Member · Apr 7, 2016 at 12:48 am

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  Hi @siobhyb, my Squarespace account had expired. I’ve given up, and it’s okay. I’m not a good blogger anyway ^_^.

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  siobhyb · Member · Apr 7, 2016 at 3:54 pm

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  Hi @zpactoid: I’m sad to hear that!

  If you decide to give blogging another shot then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We have a ton of resources and a wonderful community to help build your skills.