WordPress.com Forums » Topic: still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml WordPress.com Forums » Topic: still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml en Mon, 20 May 2013 06:08:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 macmanx on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167656 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:05:22 +0000 macmanx 1167656@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome!

]]> donnainthesouth on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167646 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:50:17 +0000 donnainthesouth 1167646@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ thank you, thank you, thank you!!! that did it (now I didn't get to do it; hate to admit but I did end up getting my guy (hub) to do it; dragging's hard work! ) maybe I could have; I wanted to do it myself but he came home early; I shouldn't have said anything but thought I'd just ask,hoped he would just tell me but no, he has to come do it for me; oh, well, it got done! and he did need to know what to do; just that then he knew how - thanks so much though! he didn't even know that I'd even done any of this -

]]> macmanx on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167432 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:40:52 +0000 macmanx 1167432@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, you'll need to select just the .xml file.

Probably the easiest way to do this is to open the .zip and drag the .xml file to your Desktop, that way it will be in a completely different place.

Then, try the import again, and select the .xml file.

]]> donnainthesouth on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167294 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:12:54 +0000 donnainthesouth 1167294@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ oh that's fine; I have until the end of next month; I'm just glad I got the notice this time; I lost my whole last one; still think it's probably out there somewhere but maybe not; do they really totally totally get rid of stuff like that?

]]> tandava108 on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167293 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:11:03 +0000 tandava108 1167293@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Be patient, they have a lot of threads to look at!

]]> donnainthesouth on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167283 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:57:18 +0000 donnainthesouth 1167283@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ thank you; wish I knew how to do that

]]> tandava108 on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167264 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:25:16 +0000 tandava108 1167264@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I will flag this for staff to look at, as maybe they can see teh problem with what you are uploading.

]]> donnainthesouth on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167243 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:29:55 +0000 donnainthesouth 1167243@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ yes I can do that but when I try to pass it to the import is where I have the problem

]]> tandava108 on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167238 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:22:54 +0000 tandava108 1167238@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You need to extract the xml file onto your computer then pass that file (not the zip) to the import function

]]> donnainthesouth on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167211 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:30:47 +0000 donnainthesouth 1167211@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ okay I thought I had the .xml file out of it (isn't that how I knew I had one) but when I try to import I still can't get just it to; is there a way to pull it out separately into my documents?

]]> tandava108 on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1167190 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:52:05 +0000 tandava108 1167190@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This step by step tutorial may help: http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-.Zip-File-Without-Winzip

]]> donnainthesouth on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1166332 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:28:30 +0000 donnainthesouth 1166332@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ okay maybe I'm showing my ignorance but I'm doing good to get this far; how do I do that?

]]> tandava108 on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1166261 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:05:16 +0000 tandava108 1166261@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I think you are supposed to unzip the file and get the .xml file out of it

]]> donnainthesouth on "still trying to import from posterous and one of the files in the zip .xml" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/still-trying-to-import-from-posterous-and-one-of-the-files-in-the-zip-xml#post-1166254 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:56:52 +0000 donnainthesouth 1166254@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ ok I've checked and there is an .xml file in the zip file but when I go to import it doesn't pull it out specifically; it just uploads the whole zip then tells me it isn't an .xml file

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