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1. Taipa
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Using LJ-XP and LJ Comments Import, and I can't get the Comments Import to do anything at all. I don't know if there is a problem, because it doesn't give any error, it just.... does nothing.

   I followed the instructions for installation (though my wp-config did not have DB_CHARSET or DB_COLLATE that the LJ import file wanted, so I just left them as default), but when I click the "Sync Livejournal comments now" button, and then "Are you sure" pops up - I select "Yes", and then... nothing. Nothing loads, no comments get imported, no error, nothing.
   It still says "Last successful sync: unknown" no matter what I do. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, and no difference.

   Any suggestions?

2. Taipa
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I just checked my database in phpmyadmin.

   I can see the plugin has added wp_lj_comments, wp_lj_comments_meta, and wp_lj_comments_users to the database, so I assume the plugin is not having trouble connecting to the database. These tables are empty (as no comments have been imported).

   I also discovered that the rest of my DB uses latin1_swedish_ci as the collation, so I changed that from utf-8 in the plugin, but the plugin still does not work work me.

3. Taipa
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The default directory for the plugin is lj-comments-import, and it needed to be changed to lj_comments_import. After I did that it worked like a charm!

4. tsukichama
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Did your comments import with no problems once you'd renamed the directory? I did that, and it *appears* to work, but no comments are actually added. My server logs show:

   [Tue Oct 06 13:53:11 2009] [error] [client 192.102.214.6] PHP Warning:  curl_setopt() [<a href='function.curl-setopt'>function.curl-setopt</a>]: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/onlydreaming.net/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/lj_comments_import/sync_lj_comments.php on line 58, referer: http://www.onlydreaming.net/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=lj_comments_import.php
   [Tue Oct 06 13:53:18 2009] [error] [client 192.102.214.6] PHP Warning:  mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/onlydreaming.net/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/lj_comments_import/sync_lj_comments.php on line 224, referer: http://www.onlydreaming.net/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=lj_comments_import.php
   [Tue Oct 06 13:53:18 2009] [error] [client 192.102.214.6] PHP Warning:  mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/onlydreaming.net/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/lj_comments_import/sync_lj_comments.php on line 224, referer: http://www.onlydreaming.net/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=lj_comments_import.php

   Even when I disable CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION in the script, I still get the last two errors showing up. Any ideas?

5. shetakaey
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you for posting the fix, Taipa. I was wondering why it just sat here doing nothing. ;)

6. shetakaey
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Okay, so "Import finished" but it didn't import anything. Do the posts have to be public? Even though it asked for my password?

7. cheesepuppet
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Add me to the list of folks for whom the plug-in doesn't work. I also did all the install steps correctly, and it just sits there.

8. cheesepuppet
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I renamed the directory using _ instead of - and it just broke the plug-in.

9. keymistress
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You need to deactivate and reactivate your plugin if you rename the directory.

   Mine says "LiveJournal comments import finished." but I don't see any comments on my WP site. :(

   Really hope somebody would fix or create another LJ comment plugin!

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