WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file en Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 jenia on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1158805 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:17:36 +0000 jenia 1158805@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi all, thanks for your patience while waiting for the response. I have replied to everyone on this thread who stated that they were unable to import their XML files directly via email, so that I can take a closer look at your backup files and help you move onto WordPress.com. Please reply to that email whenever convenient (I am going to close this thread, anyone else needing help please start a new forum thread).

@david5h: we have Community Forums support, where both volunteers and Happiness Engineers help, and we also have direct email support for users who have purchased upgrades on WordPress.com.

]]> s4xton on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1158557 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:03:56 +0000 s4xton 1158557@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My main issue is that the Posterous XML files changes all of the apostrophes, Hawaiian, Japanese and other characters to "???" – which basically renders the import super buggy.

]]> wadekwon on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1157879 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:37:40 +0000 wadekwon 1157879@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Same here.

]]> sol12 on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1157663 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:02:36 +0000 sol12 1157663@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi tortoise:

Thanks for this. As I read it, it's designed for porting content over the other way -- i.e. from WordPress to Posterous, rather than the other way 'round. However, the Tidy utility seems designed to clean up problematic XML files, so I thought I'd give it a go.

I took the contents of the XML file generated by the Posterous backup function -- you know, the one that none of us have been able to import into WordPress -- and pasted it into a plain text file, which I then ran through Tidy. I saved the results as a new file and then gave that an .XML extension.

Then I tried bringing that into WordPress using the import tool, and it seemed to work -- I didn't get the error message we've all been getting about a problem with the XML file. Within an hour I got an email message telling me the import had been successful.

Only thing was, it didn't make any difference. There are no new posts and no new content on my WordPress blog as a result. So, don't know what to say. Perhaps others can try it and see if they have any better luck?

]]> tortoise2013 on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1157262 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:42:55 +0000 tortoise2013 1157262@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yep mine failed to import as well. It was hope for a while at least :(

]]> simonvx on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1157156 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:13:19 +0000 simonvx 1157156@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Just want to add my voice. Same here. I tried Tidy, as tortoise2013 suggested, to no avail. Curiously, a previous backup (form January) works, but not a new one. I tried both when my WordPress blog was empty, and now I published a test post. Does anyone know if we need to have an empty blog to be able to import? Does it matter if any of the blogs is password-protected / private?

]]> tortoise2013 on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1157064 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:41:43 +0000 tortoise2013 1157064@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I found this page a posterous. http://posterous.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/36520-troubleshooting-wordpress-imports

When the file was processed it did not find any errors but I created a file from the output and it uploaded to wordpress and is now processing. I'm waiting for it to finish.

]]> david5h on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1156074 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:31:00 +0000 david5h 1156074@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Do we know if anyone is looking into this? It would be nice to know because for an outsider looking in and considering a hosted and managed platform I'm not actually convinced so far. Support that goes round in a loop, no ticketing system. Does this change when you physically pay for a subscription? I've used SaaS from a WordPress competitor before and so far, I found it superior.

]]> tortoise2013 on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1155295 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:06:39 +0000 tortoise2013 1155295@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Getting the same thing as well.

]]> david5h on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1154758 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:46:41 +0000 david5h 1154758@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ and here

]]> boerge30 on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1154718 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:20:24 +0000 boerge30 1154718@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Same here :(

]]> sol12 on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1154335 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:13:28 +0000 sol12 1154335@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ FWIW, I've had the same problem.

]]> prokhorenko on "Import from Posterous throws an error Could not read the XML file" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/import-from-posterous-throws-an-error-could-not-read-the-xml-file#post-1154258 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:16:12 +0000 prokhorenko 1154258@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ https://fckposterous.wordpress.com/wp-admin/admin.php?import=posterous-wxr&step=1&_wpnonce=c54ded0b0b

I'm trying to import Posterous but it constantly gives me an error for wordpress_export_1.xml:

Sorry, there has been an error.

Could not read the XML file. Please make sure you are uploading a valid .xml or .xml.gz file. For more info, please see our documentation.

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