Importing from Squarespace

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  plantpotphil · Member · Jan 28, 2016 at 1:24 pm

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  I am trying to import a 20mb export file (xml) from Squarespace, but the limit to upload is 15mb.

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  noebiewan · Member · Jan 28, 2016 at 1:46 pm

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  Hi, there.

  You can split the file into two smaller files. There are utilities you can use for this, if you Google “how to break up xml file” you’ll find a bunch.

  You could also do it manually in a text editor, if you’re familiar with syntax and such.

  If you need help with that, let me know and I’ll try to explain.

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  plantpotphil · Member · Jan 28, 2016 at 3:57 pm

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  Thanks for the tip! I’ve just tried a few splitters but they either don’t work, or crash when I select the xml file. I’m guessing that this is because it was designed for WXR rather than what Squarespace outputs.

  If I was to split it manually, which section should I aim to split?

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  noebiewan · Member · Jan 28, 2016 at 4:23 pm

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  The main thing will be to make sure that all of the ‘<channel>’ information is in both files.

  So first, make a copy of the file.

  Then, pick an ‘<item>’ about halfway through the original file, begin before the item’s first bracket, and select the text from there to the end of the last item’s closing bracket. Delete all of that text and save the file.

  Then open the duplicate file, and cut everything from the first item’s opening bracket, through the closing bracket for the item that immediately proceeds the item that you started your cut with from the original file. Save the file.

  Now you should have two smaller files to import, one at a time, each with about half of the item entries of the original.

  Hope I’m explaining this adequately. When I Googled for instructions on how to do it manually, the returns all seemed to be related to utilities.

  Hit me back if this doesn’t make sense.

  One other thing. Might be a good idea to backup the original file somewhere before making edits, just in case there’s a parsing error or something so you’ll still have the original to work with.

  Good luck!