WordPress.com Forums » Topic: downloading xml file properly http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-xml-file-properly WordPress.com Forums » Topic: downloading xml file properly en Fri, 24 May 2013 19:45:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "downloading xml file properly" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-xml-file-properly#post-916382 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:26:35 +0000 timethief 916382@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We WordPress.com bloggers do not have access to the database. However, WordPress.org bloggers do have access to their database and that's why a host name is being requested. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

]]> ohlifellc on "downloading xml file properly" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-xml-file-properly#post-916375 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:13:04 +0000 ohlifellc 916375@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am trying to get my WP blog hosted and I was instructed to download the database and upload this to the hosting server. I understand this to mean that I need to download the xml file. When I do this, it downloads to my computer and when i clock on the file it reads the following:

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.
The operation completed successfully. Error processing resource 'file:///C:/Users/my computer/Downloads/wordpress.2012-06-16.xml'. ...
<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://ohlifellc.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title...

This doesn't mean anything to me but either way, the new hosting server is asking me for:
hostname -
username -
password -
database name -
table prefix - wp_

Well, I don't know the hostname, i suppose I need to make up a username and password there and I don't know what the database name is. I was expecting a file upload section where I could either browse or click and drag my xml and have it done.

Anyone? Anything?

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