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  1. hortenuse
    Member

    Hi, A previous import from Posterous using login credentials, rather than the XML file, brought everything over (although it only linked to photos and videos on Posterous), but once I saw that importing had been updated to use the XML file, I deleted all the imported posts and used the new procedure. But the new procedure brings over only about a tenth of the content before it tells me that the process has been completed successfully.

    Is this a known issue?
    Is there a way to actually import photos and videos?

    Thanks.

    The blog I need help with is chuckandbob.wordpress.com.

  2. coreysalzano
    Member

    I am also trying to use the posterous importer to bring over my content into a new, empty wordpress.com blog. The wordpress_export_1.xml file imports successfully, but the blog remains empty.

  3. jkudish
    Staff

    Hi Harried and Corey,

    Can you please try again, making sure that you follow the procedures outlined here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/import-from-posterous/

    If you're still having issues after a second attempt, please let us know. If possible include a screenshot of the message(s) you're getting as well as a link to your XML file.

    Thanks

  4. coreysalzano
    Member

    Ok, this time I got the email saying the import was finished, but the import didn't work. The blog is still empty.

    Here's the blog: http://1976cj360.wordpress.com/

    Here's the XML: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cjw67hlhf7iflvq/wordpress_export_1.xml

  5. hortenuse
    Member

    Hi,

    Thanks for the follow-up. Unfortunately, same outcome as before: says the import was successful, but only imports 19 of 300-some posts.

    And can you tell me whether, when it works, it's supposed to import photos and videos, or if those will only ever be links to Posterous?

    Thanks again.

  6. hortenuse
    Member

    Oops, here's the link to the XML file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x1gxa7j7c9493q4/wordpress_export_1.xml

  7. dianaschultze
    Member

    i have the same problem.
    i received the email "Import Finished". but my new blog is still empty.
    i will also try a second time now...

  8. dianaschultze
    Member

    me again....
    the second import just takes some seconds. and now all my posterous post are here

  9. hortenuse
    Member

    Hi, haven't heard back so I'm bumping this. The import still only works for a fraction of the posts. Any ideas? Thanks.

  10. timethief
    Member

    Click this link please http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/modlook and scroll to the bottom of it where you see the number of pages. All of those pages contain threads waiting for Staff. Staff work from the earliest dated threads forward.

  11. jenia
    Staff

    Since this topic was originally created, Posterous developers made some changes to the backup tool, and our developers tweaked our importer.

    Please download the latest version of the Posterous backup and try the import again. For your reference, import instructions are here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/import-from-posterous/

    If you run into any issues, please let me know!

  12. hortenuse
    Member

    Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, same outcome as before. 19 of 332 posts imported. Here's the new xml file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/28lcxg8yfvqbeaj/wordpress_export_1.xml

  13. hortenuse
    Member

    Hi, I think I found a clue as to what's going wrong for so many people. On a hunch, I went through my XML file and manually got rid of all the ampersands. 8 more posts were successfully imported as a result. I haven't gone through the file again yet to see which other characters are causing trouble (I still have over 300 files that *haven't* imported successfully) but it's a start.

  14. jenia
    Staff

    hortenuse: thanks for the details and for uploading your export file, I've passed this info onto our developers and we'll keep you posted.

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