WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Movable Type import issue - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/movable-type-import-issue WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Movable Type import issue - Recent Posts en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:59:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 westi on "I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the impo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-imported-from-my-old-movable-type-blog-ten-years-worth-of-posts-but-the-impo#post-1069507 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:14:19 +0000 westi 1069507@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Steven,

I've stopped the in-progess import - it had got stuck and stooped importing anyway.

You can now run another import to import the rest of your content.

]]> kathrynwp on "I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the impo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-imported-from-my-old-movable-type-blog-ten-years-worth-of-posts-but-the-impo#post-1068807 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:07:34 +0000 kathrynwp 1068807@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there - I'm checking what we can do to assist and will keep you posted.

]]> stephensilverwriter on "I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the impo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-imported-from-my-old-movable-type-blog-ten-years-worth-of-posts-but-the-impo#post-1068552 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:30:50 +0000 stephensilverwriter 1068552@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'd rather not empty everything out, since I've added new posts. When I go to Tools -> Import, it still says "processing." Is there a way you can stop that so I can try importing again?

]]> kathrynwp on "I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the impo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-imported-from-my-old-movable-type-blog-ten-years-worth-of-posts-but-the-impo#post-1068385 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:58:42 +0000 kathrynwp 1068385@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Would you like us to empty out your site so you can try again? This will remove all pages, posts, images, and other content, and is not reversible. If you still have issues following that we can investigate further. Please let me know if you'd like me to go ahead.

]]> stephensilverwriter on "I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the impo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-imported-from-my-old-movable-type-blog-ten-years-worth-of-posts-but-the-impo#post-1067937 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:36:24 +0000 stephensilverwriter 1067937@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ They go back to 2001 but the most recent one that imported was from 2009. There's three years in there that didn't go over.

]]> kathrynwp on "I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the impo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-imported-from-my-old-movable-type-blog-ten-years-worth-of-posts-but-the-impo#post-1067296 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:13:03 +0000 kathrynwp 1067296@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there - I now see posts going back to 2001. Did the import complete or is anything still missing? Thanks.

]]> timethief on "I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the impo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-imported-from-my-old-movable-type-blog-ten-years-worth-of-posts-but-the-impo#post-1066483 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:44:07 +0000 timethief 1066483@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
Staff will assist you with you import when they can. It's the weekend so please be patient while waiting.

]]> stephensilverwriter on "I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the impo" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-imported-from-my-old-movable-type-blog-ten-years-worth-of-posts-but-the-impo#post-1066479 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:33:08 +0000 stephensilverwriter 1066479@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I imported from my old Movable Type blog, ten years worth of posts, but the imports stalled out with the 2009 posts. How can I get the rest? The screen still says "processing," and has since last night.
Blog url: http://stephensilverwriter.wordpress.com/

]]> airodyssey on "How to redirect URLs broken by migration to WP.com?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-redirect-urls-broken-by-migration-to-wpcom#post-802794 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:31:34 +0000 airodyssey 802794@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi.
1. I don't think we could really answer that. So the answer is: as long as you feel right. (In my case that would be: forever, in case anyone has an old URL).
2. Yes, that's correct for your old __.wordpress.com address, provided you follow all of the steps in the support documentation regarding domain mapping.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
These answers are to the best of my knowledge. If you'd like confirmation from staff (who answered the locked forum thread you were referring to) feel free to contact them by clicking on the link below.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

]]> felciano on "How to redirect URLs broken by migration to WP.com?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-redirect-urls-broken-by-migration-to-wpcom#post-799940 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:22:46 +0000 felciano 799940@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We are nearing completion of a a migration from a self-hosted Movable Type blog to a wordpress.com blog. The migration has involved URL changes due to the way WP.com predefines post and archive URLs. For example, if there is currently an archive page at:

http://www.emmacarlson.com/emmablog/archives/2011/06/22/best-laid-plans/

then after the import to wp.com it will look like this:

http://emmcarlsondisplaced.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/best_laid_plans/

We intend to buy the domain upgrade so the WordPress site will eventually look like:

http://www.emmacarlson.com/2011/06/22/best_laid_plans/

I am trying to minimize broken links, search engine errors, etc in this process. A previous post on this topic (now closed—see http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-handle-broken-urls-migrating-from-mt-to-wpcom) suggested setting up a 301 Redirect on the original site for a limited time to help the search engines recognize the new site, and potentially allow some users to update bookmarks.

I would like to take this approach if we can still end up with http://www.emmacarlson.com being the main site. So I have two follow up questions to figure out how this works:

  1. How long should this 301 Redirect configuration be left in place to allow search engines to recognize the new URL? I know there isn’t a hard number, but a guideline would be helpful – 2 days? A week?
  2. Once we buy the domain name upgrade, will WordPress similarly redirect so that search engines again “catch up” and use the vanity URL (i.e. http://www.emmacarlson.com rather than emmacarlsondisplaced.wordpress.com)?

Thanks!

Ramon

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