Problems with exporting images

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  willcookson · Member · Nov 10, 2011 at 7:09 am

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  I am trying to move one of my blogs onto a wordpress.org blog. I am having problems with the images. I can create an XML file and read it into my blog. I tick the link to bring in the photos. I go onto the new blog and all the pictures are still pointing to the wordpress.com blog.

  I have tried to use the Search and replace plugin but as the pictures aren’t on the new blog this doesn’t work. I found an “obscure” blog that suggested i replace the links before uploading. I tried this and this didn’t work.

  Any idea why I can’t upload my pictures onto the new blog??

  Many thanks

  Will

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

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  airodyssey · Member · Nov 10, 2011 at 12:35 pm

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  Hi. Have you tried asking at the WordPress.org forum instead?
  http://wordpress.org/support/

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  timethief · Member · Nov 10, 2011 at 11:39 pm

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  @willcookson
  I have flagged this thread for Staff attention.

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  willcookson · Member · Nov 11, 2011 at 8:04 am

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  Thanks timethief.

  airodyssey, I’m asking everywhere! No-one seems to know!!

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  willcookson · Member · Nov 11, 2011 at 10:30 am

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  Just one quick thought. I know it ought not to make a difference but does the suffix of the web name make a difference. In other words does the wordpress move care that I have a .co.uk suffix and not a .org or .com?

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  andrewspittle · Staff · Nov 11, 2011 at 6:09 pm

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  The suffix wouldn’t matter. Can you let us know the URL of:

  – The new WordPress.org site you’re setting up
  – The old WordPress.com site you’re exporting out of

  Thanks.

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  willcookson · Member · Nov 11, 2011 at 6:19 pm

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  Andrew,

  Thanks for coming back to me

  The old blog is willcookson.wordpress.com

  The new one is willcookson.org.uk

  You will see all the Featured Images missing, and most pictures link back to the wordpress.com site. The first few posts that you see on the new blog have images uploaded by me (and there is a wildlife safari gallery that I did as well to check other stuff). But if you scroll down you will come across the blank ones or where the photo links back and hasn’t been uploaded onto the new blog.

  Thanks for any help

  Best wishes

  Will

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  willcookson · Member · Nov 14, 2011 at 9:55 pm

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  Any news or help that you can offer??

  Cheers

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  timethief · Member · Nov 14, 2011 at 10:05 pm

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  @willcookson
  I have flagged this thread for Staff attention so you can get some assistance from Staff.

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  andrewspittle · Staff · Nov 15, 2011 at 5:03 pm

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  I do see that some of the images are still referencing the URLs off of WordPress.com. I can help track down why this is but I’ll need a few details first.

  What version of WordPress are you running on the self-hosted site? Is the importer plugin that you’re using fully up to date? Do you have any other plugins running on the site right now?

  That will help me set up something similar on my side to see what’s going wrong with the export file we’re generating. Thanks!

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  willcookson · Member · Nov 15, 2011 at 7:38 pm

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  Hi Andrew,

  I have the latest wordpress software 3.2.1
  The importer is WordPress importer 0.5

  Other plugins activated are:

  Akismet
  All in one SEO pack
  Awesome FLickr Gallery
  Broken Link checker
  Nextgen Gallery
  W3 Total Cache
  SP Slimstat
  Yet Another Related Post plugin

  Not all of these were plugged in when I installed them but all are currently activated.

  Happy to deactivate or help, let me know

  Many thanks

  Will

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  willcookson · Member · Nov 18, 2011 at 5:15 pm

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  Hi Andrew,

  Any ideas as to solve the problem?

  Many thanks

  Will

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  willcookson · Member · Nov 21, 2011 at 12:57 pm

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  Hi Andrew,

  Any news?

  Many thanks

  Will

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  andrewspittle · Staff · Nov 23, 2011 at 12:27 am

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  Howdy, I’m going to follow up through a private ticket here. I’ve tried this with your export file but haven’t been able to find anything that would be preventing the images from working.

  There may some details with your hosting setup and configuration that will be easier to narrow down through a private thread. Thanks for your patience.