WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats en Sat, 18 May 2013 19:23:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 macmanx on "Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats#post-1051134 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:55:52 +0000 macmanx 1051134@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome!

]]> danielbprice on "Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats#post-1050769 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:26:24 +0000 danielbprice 1050769@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ macmanx: this was a good idea. I installed movabletype, set up my blog there; it was able to import my blog entries but the bodies were missing. So using that as a clue, I was able to iterate to discover the problem. The export file from my old blog had:

"BODY: " (that's BODY, a colon, and a space)

Whereas moveabletype's output is:

"BODY:" (that's BODY, a colon, and no space).

Apparently that is enough to confuse both movabletype and wordpress. But at least movabletype was able to import the headers, which was key to narrowing down the issue.

I will say that the import process is pretty painful-- some debugging output would really help. But thanks for giving me a clue in the right direction.

]]> macmanx on "Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats#post-1050148 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:06:49 +0000 macmanx 1050148@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hm, that could be the problem.

Do you have access to a Movable Type blog to import that into?

If so, try importing it there first, then export it from Movable Type.

]]> danielbprice on "Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats#post-1049665 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:05:08 +0000 danielbprice 1049665@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Guessing the next step, I tried importing the same file to a test blog without using a .txt extension, but no luck. FWIW, the export file comes from an installation of roller at my work, but purports to be in moveabletype format. I checked the spec on the moveabletype website and the file looks conformant.

The entries look like:

<br /> --------<br /> AUTHOR: user12618941<br /> TITLE: Tiny Robot, Nice Lens<br /> DATE: 06/02/2008 00:58:33<br /> PRIMARY CATEGORY: Miscellaneous<br /> STATUS: publish<br /> ALLOW COMMENTS: 1<br /> -----<br /> BODY:<br /> <p>Here's a toy I picked up recently<br /> ...<br />

]]> danielbprice on "Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats#post-1049664 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:50:12 +0000 danielbprice 1049664@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ macmanx: Yes, the movabletype export file does have a .txt extension.

]]> macmanx on "Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats#post-1045891 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:44:25 +0000 macmanx 1045891@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Did the Movable Type export file have a .txt extension?

]]> timethief on "Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats#post-1045884 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:39:39 +0000 timethief 1045884@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi there,
I flagged this thread for Staff assistance with your import. Please be patient while waiting.

]]> danielbprice on "Can't import to blog from Moveabletype OR blogger formats" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-import-to-blog-from-moveabletype-or-blogger-formats#post-1045882 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:37:14 +0000 danielbprice 1045882@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm new to wordpress but a reasonably technical user. I've tried several times to import my blog in movabletype format into wordpress.com. No luck. I also have a dump of the blog in blogger format. I tried that, and no luck.

I should say that I get a dialog asking about userID mapping (seems good) and an email saying "it worked" but no posts appear.

I'd like to use this service, and would pay for some of the upgrades, but only if I can import my content. Any suggestions? Is help available? Thanks!

-dp

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