Typepad import fails, but sends success email?

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  richardbollinger · Member · May 3, 2013 at 4:06 pm

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  I tried importing my blog from Typepad after creating a new blog here at WordPress. I exported the blog from Typepad into a file, then attempted a couple of times to import the blog into WordPress. I selected the option, “Import from Moveable Type or Typepad”, then selected the file I exported from Typepad and pressed “Upload”.

  It prompts me to assign an author to associate with the user name of the imported posts. I do that and after I hit “submit”, nothing happens. There are no posts imported at all. I see in the status that data is transferring, but that disappears and the screen next to the tool menu below the header is blank…there is nothing there. The only results are 7 emails telling me:

  Your Movable Type import was successful.

  http://wedeming.wordpress.com

  Happy Blogging!

  — the WordPress.com team

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

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  timethief · Member · May 3, 2013 at 4:08 pm

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  I’ll tag this thread for Staff assistance. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  richardbollinger · Member · May 3, 2013 at 4:46 pm

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  Well, in that case, let me save an iteration and declare that the import failed both on Internet Explorer 10.0 and on Firefox 12.0, showing no errors in Firebug. All on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

  I could send the export/import file. It is only a 221 KB text file.

  Thanks,

  Rick

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  timethief · Member · May 3, 2013 at 4:51 pm

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  Firefox 12.0

  The most recent stable version of Firefox is 20 not 12. If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading.

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  richardbollinger · Member · May 3, 2013 at 6:40 pm

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  Vielen Dank. Aber ich habe auch versucht, den Internet Explorer 10 importieren, die in der Liste war.

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  richardbollinger · Member · May 4, 2013 at 1:58 pm

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  What I meant to have said, was that I also tried to perform the import using Internet Explorer 10, which is current, according to the German website to which I was referred.

  I suspect the problem may be in the file. And, I am willing to send it for diagnosis. I looked at it using Excel, as it is formatted as a CSV file. It seems complete. But, I do not know the exact format/content required for successful import.

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  richardbollinger · Member · May 5, 2013 at 4:29 pm

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  Update. I gave the import the file with a CSV extension. It worked under Internet Explorer 10.

  Thanks, timethief, for your efforts to lead me to a solution.

  Rick