WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can't get Import to work http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can't get Import to work en Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 macmanx on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-997148 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:31:40 +0000 macmanx 997148@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome!

]]> beestonrylandscommunity on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-995361 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:37:31 +0000 beestonrylandscommunity 995361@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

That worked!

Thanks much to you all for the support.

Mike.

]]> macmanx on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-992487 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:43:05 +0000 macmanx 992487@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have emptied the blog as requested. Please feel free to try the import again and let us know how it goes!

]]> beestonrylandscommunity on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-987084 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:42:00 +0000 beestonrylandscommunity 987084@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

Yes - that'd be great. I'm just trying to copy one blog to another, so the site:

http://beestonrylandscommunity.wordpress.com/

can be completely emptied, no problems.

Then I'll try the import again.

Many thanks,
Mike.

]]> pcrumm on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-986951 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:10:23 +0000 pcrumm 986951@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hey Mike,

It's absolutely possible that the already-existing content is the result of your import problems. If you'd like, I can empty your "live" site completely (this will remove all posts, categories, pages, etc), so you can try the import again. To confirm, this is your live site:
http://beestonrylandscommunity.wordpress.com/

Best,
P.

]]> beestonrylandscommunity on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-986935 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:01:40 +0000 beestonrylandscommunity 986935@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for your response Jenia.

Yes, I have tried the import several times, however those deleted pages are not the ones I imported.

What happened, and this my fault I admit, is that I did an early export from the first blog. And then a much later, more up to date one. However, first time around I imported the wrong/older exported file. Realising my error, I then deleted those pages ... and those are the ones in the trash.

What I did after deleting those pages from the first import, was try to import the later/newer export, and these are the ones that are failing.

So, possibly the second import will not work because the same named pages are in the trash area? If I permanently delete those will the import work do you think? The pages currently in there were just place-holders when I came up with the page structure. The newer export has content in the pages :)

Hope that's clear ...

Mike.

]]> jenia on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-986681 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:27:23 +0000 jenia 986681@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It looks like you've attempted the import several times. If you look in Pages in the Dashboard of http://beestonrylandscommunity.wordpress.com/ , there are 23 pages found there. Are those the pages you are looking for? If yes, you can restore them (you can select all and choose Restore under Bulk Actions).

]]> timethief on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-985793 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:34:38 +0000 timethief 985793@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have flagged this thread for Staff attention. They will assist with this import. Please be patient while waiting for their response.

]]> timethief on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-985791 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:33:46 +0000 timethief 985791@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Do not delete anything!

]]> beestonrylandscommunity on "Can't get Import to work" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-get-import-to-work#post-985788 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:33:04 +0000 beestonrylandscommunity 985788@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

I created a test version of my blog site at http://wednesdayblogbeeston.wordpress.com/

On this I created about 20 pages. I exported this content to an XML file, and then tried to import it into the 'live' site at:

http://beestonrylandscommunity.wordpress.com/

But as you'll see hardly anything imported. I have the comments, but few of the pages.

If I examine the export, all of the content is in the XML file, but hardly any of it is imported. When I do the import, after I point at and load the XML, I get an email saying the import is complete, but it hasn't brought in the pages or posts.

How do I resolve this? Should I delete the 'live' site and start again?

Thanks,
Mike.

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