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  alejandrosantander · Member · Oct 24, 2012 at 1:42 am

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  I am trying to migrate a wordpress site hosted on a private server into pablodompe.wordpress.com. I managed to import xml data but I see no way to upload all my media files. Is this possible? Is this something provided by the pro bundle?
  Blog url: http://alejandrosantander.wordpress.com/

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 24, 2012 at 1:50 am

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  Media files will only come over if they are part of a Post or Page AND you choose the correct option somewhere in the import (sorry can’t remember where) to have media files transferred.

  If the files are not part of a Post or Page then you need to move them by hand – you can FTP into your old .ORG site and put the media files on your PC then upload the files you want –

  sorry no short cut to glory here – it is a down side to the transfer process

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  alejandrosantander · Member · Oct 24, 2012 at 12:04 pm

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  Thanks for the reply auxclass =)

  The media files are part of posts and pages but they are not currently only, only on a MAMP installation in my computer. While importing, I saw no mention at all about the transference of media files….

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 24, 2012 at 3:03 pm

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  Your WordPress.COM blog needs to be able to see where the pictures are stored to import them – if you have a local host install on your own PC I doubt the media can be moved automatically.

  I will flag this for the staff to see if they have any suggestions

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  alejandrosantander · Member · Oct 24, 2012 at 3:06 pm

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  Yeah I figured. Thanks a lot!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 25, 2012 at 8:23 pm

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  That is correct, the blog needs to be publicly accessible online in order for us to import the media files.