Just to provide more info, this is running on a VPS, with FTP turned off.
On the content delivery network (CDN) settings tab, you need to select “Import external media library attachments” and save your settings before running the import tool.
On the content delivery network (CDN) settings tab, you need to select “Import external media library attachments” and save your settings before running the import tool.
I have the same error. And I have searched and searched the current interface for a select item on the Content Delivery Network (CDN) settings tab called “Import external media library attachments”.
The general tab there has these options, all checked:
Host wp-includes/ files
Host theme files
Host minified CSS and JS files
Host custom files
(Save Changes Button)
Then comes Configuration and Advanced. Can’t find it there, either.
OKAY! Tried something. Disabled the MaxCDN and switched back to self-hosted, and viola! Two options appear:
Force over-writing of existing files
Import external media library attachments
I turned on the Import external media library attachments, switched back to the CDN, and NO! Unable to download file…
http://www.animaltalk.us/images/uploads/whats-that.jpg
For example, this loads fine with http: but the import into media library fails with Unable to download file.
Anyway, feels like a big or something I don’t understand. Thanks for your help!
Rick
Want to add: My WP directory is /wp but the site address is / with the appropriate handling in the index.php and .htaccess
Still cannot figure out how to handle the media import, though. Would be great to do so, since the CDN is working GREAT (MaxCDN) on everything except those files in /images/uploads
(I did try to add /images/* and/or /images/uploads/* to the list that would be cached on the CDN, but it didn’t work. Those images after clearing all the caches in WP and on MaxCDN were still www. addresses not cdn (whereas theme files, etc., did show the url change).
Rick
I’ve tried it every which way to Sunday, and it still says Unable to download file to images that if I grab the URL and paste it into a browser works FINE…
Frederick,
I’m getting the External file import is disabled and File type rejected errors when I click on Start in the popup “Import external media library attachments” window. Should I be doing something before that to set it up for the import? Otherwise, I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
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