WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Backup and Import http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Backup and Import en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:46:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 akjk on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1736 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:38:12 +0000 akjk 1736@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ andy: Thank you for your suggestion.

Yes, i reset the encoding of all posts to Big5 and set the blogspot subdomain to something alphanumeric.

Tried the importer again.
The blogspot blog is okay now, same as original. :D

But it isn't the end of the story...
For the posts & comments (imported) encoded in Big5, they became garbage in WordPress blog...

This is pretty interesting. The importer seems to handle language differently in different sections.

Thanks.

]]> andy on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1661 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:48:40 +0000 andy 1661@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ akjk: Go to your Blogger options and change the encoding back to Big5, then restore your template from the backup you made.
Then change your blogspot subdomain, something alphanumeric. Then try the importer again.

]]> thirdworldcounty on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1645 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:33:56 +0000 thirdworldcounty 1645@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I did import all my blogger posts, and so far a spot check reveals the inport function worked just fine, except for dropping all the code to embed media files :-(

Alas! I only rand across this

http://justinsomnia.org/2005/06/importing-haloscan-comments-into-wordpress/

...after doing the import. If I had known about it before, I'd have tried to include my Haloscan comments (over 1,600) in my port. The page says it only works if you export the Haloscan comments BEFORE importing Blogger posts.

May still try it down the road...

]]> akjk on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1597 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:25:28 +0000 akjk 1597@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you drmike!
Yes, i did submit a feedback before i posted the message here... no reply yet. =_=

]]> drmike on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1581 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:18:14 +0000 drmike 1581@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Akik, submit a feedback. It appears to be a bug. That's the quickest method of getting someone to take a look at this.

]]> akjk on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1549 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:46:35 +0000 akjk 1549@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Could anyone please help me out?
i tried to import my Blogger blog.
But it turned out an error:

"Couldn't resolve host '-ooo-.blogspot.com'Your Blogger blog did not take the new template or did not respond."

All my original post encoded in Chinese Traditional(Big5) became garbage!
And no post moved into WordPress...

Thanks.

]]> elessarbarton on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1147 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:06:47 +0000 elessarbarton 1147@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Not sure how i would import the comments...doesnt matter, but if i can then i'll try. But i do want my posts.

]]> wank on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1083 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:37:09 +0000 wank 1083@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You could probably adapt the XML file to RSS or Livejournal format and use those importers, since both those formats are also XML. I don't think either of those will import comments, though, so you may have to convert it to Movable Type format if you need to pull those in.

I don't think ModBlog has a wide enough userbase to make it worthwhile adding a ModBlog-specific importer, but as long as you have some kind of editable export file it can be tweaked into a format that wordpress will accept.

]]> elessarbarton on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-1069 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:56:02 +0000 elessarbarton 1069@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Im using ModBlog, but due to some server issues, i'd like to make a new blog here on WordPress.com. Well, i made my blog, but im not going to go through and add all my posts manually. I can back-up my ModBlog via 'text' or 'ModBlog XML'...will either of those be supported? Im going to assume the 'text' will be since its plain text, but im still hoping for the ModBlog XML.

]]> iwocpo on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-740 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:05:46 +0000 iwocpo 740@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ "right now the RSS feed import facility slurps up the comments as new posts."

It does if you want to move to a blog that you create anywhere else.
Right now it looks like posts are fine, but comments stay here .......................................

]]> kreaper on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-737 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:34:52 +0000 kreaper 737@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Donncha and Matt

Read this w/regards to the current import functionality on
wp.com.

http://kreaper.blogsome.com/2006/01/14/what-happens-next/

I want to hop over from blogsome.com but I need to save my comments too. right now the RSS feed import facility slurps up the comments as new posts.

]]> conversationist on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-613 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:49:40 +0000 conversationist 613@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Add me to that too... I shifted from RediffBlogs to Blogger recently (read: a month back), because Rediffblogs was pathetic. Then I found that Blogger is s-l-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-w... I wish I had found you guys earlier...

I found WP (.org) three months back, but I didn't know you allowed hosted sites (on .com). For the past six months I have always thought WP was a paid service. Suddenly today I found you guys and I freaked!

Well, that's almost a testimonial for you there, in case you care to have one from petty users like us...

Stinger.

]]> kaisg on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-604 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:17:13 +0000 kaisg 604@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ yeah, can you look into it ASAP. i am sick of blogger..

]]> craftypants on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-319 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:46:50 +0000 craftypants 319@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Anyone know when this feature will be added? I was just going to maunually add each post (HUGE PAIN, but what else can I do?) but if the import feature is going to be added in very soon, I may just wait. So, will it be added within a week or two, or are we talking months?

]]> hi2005 on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-109 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:32:44 +0000 hi2005 109@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for looking into import/export. I believe what I want is to backup all those posts and comments to my local harkdisk to let me read them off-line. In this way, WP help us just as a personal knowledge management tool. Very cool !

]]> stone on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-102 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:58:22 +0000 stone 102@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ thanks
looking forward to..

]]> wank on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-75 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:31:39 +0000 wank 75@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm more concerned about export. Currently the only method of creating a usable backup is to inconvenience my subscribers by increasing the number of posts in my RSS feed, which I'm naturally unwilling to do.

]]> curtisschweitzer on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-66 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:50:13 +0000 curtisschweitzer 66@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for looking into import. As a former blogger.com user with 1,640 posts on my other blog, I'd greatly appreciate an import feature. Thanks for looking into it, and for providing an excellent free service.

]]> kzkw on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-54 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:15:03 +0000 kzkw 54@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I would defently love to have a WordPress import/ export function, as I can't make up my mind to have my blog here or host it myself..

]]> matt on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-52 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:19:20 +0000 matt 52@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Racedriven, as it says two posts above you:

"There are importers for Blogger, Livejournal, MT and RSS and possibly others but we have to be 100% certain that they work ok before we put them live."

That means these importers are not available right this second, but we're looking into making them available soon.

]]> racedriven on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-48 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:57:12 +0000 racedriven 48@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I moved from blogger to WordPress.com last month and I would like to import my posts from blogger, What importers are currently available for blogger to WordPress.com or RSS to WordPress.com?

Thank You..

]]> matt on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-44 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:39:07 +0000 matt 44@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There are also plans for a general WordPress import/export, which would allow you to bring your external WordPress blog into WP.com and also take all your WP.com content out if you wanted to run WordPress yourself on your own web host.

]]> donncha on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-35 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:07:25 +0000 donncha 35@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Importing is on the way, but it's a little buggy. There are importers for Blogger, Livejournal, MT and RSS and possibly others but we have to be 100% certain that they work ok before we put them live.

]]> carlbanks on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-34 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:51:54 +0000 carlbanks 34@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'd love to at least import posts from a database; but it's not possible as far as I know.

]]> stone on "Backup and Import" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/backup-and-import#post-31 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:25:25 +0000 stone 31@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ can we get the database backup and import?
or just import our blog from rss xml?

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