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1. BlueValentine
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi everybody, I need your help.
   I have a blog running a very, very old version of WordPress (2.0.12). Now I decided to update to the latest version (2.9.1) but unluckily in version 2.0.12 there isn't the EXPORT function.
   I've tried installing the 2.9.1 and importing there manually the database, but it doesn't work. So I would like to install the first version of WordPress that has the EXPORT feature, import there my database (I hope the version is similar to the 2.0.12 so there won't be incompatibility issues again) and then exporting, installing the 2.9.1 and importing everything.
   The problem is that I don't know which is the first version of WordPress with the EXPORT feature and I really don't know how to find out, so I'd be glad if you could help me.

   Moreover, if you have another solution for my issue, I am totally open to suggestions and advice!

   Thank you so much!

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Maybe this plugin:
   http://technosailor.com/2006/11/15/wordpress-to-wordpress-import-v20-released/

3. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Seems 2.1 was the version that export was part of core:
   http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/

4. BlueValentine
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you, the first attempt will be installing the plugin you told me - I have no access to all the directories of my old 2.0.12 database, so my administrator will have to install it asap).
   I have already installed the plugin on the new WP website, as soon as I can try with the old one I will tell you how it goes...

   Otherwise I'll update to version 2.1.

   Otherwise I'll ask someone "up there" to lend a hand ^_^

5. BlueValentine
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ok, here we go. The WordPress-to-WordPress plugin was successfully installed on version 2.0.12. Thanks to it, I exported an .xml file that I imported in the 2.9.1 version.
   Now, I have thress issues, one minor and two major:

   1- it seems that I have only ONE comment per post. If I had several comments, now there is only one. Since my blog dates back to 2004, I would like to keep all the comments... Is this a known issue? Any suggestion? (The exported comment is always the LAST one in the post)

   2- I cannot find my links. Yes, it's not a big issue, but since I have several, I would like not to write them one by one again...

   3- I cannot find my Pages - the plugin just exported the posts. I have few pages, so I can recreate them - but I would like to know if I have done anything wrong

   Meanwhile: thanks a lot. I am really moving to the new version thanks to you!

6. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   1. I believe that's a know problem
   2. Exporting your blogroll
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/229908?replies=4
   To export category 10 links
   http://yourdomain.com/wp-links-opml.php?link_cat=10
   3. Not sure about the page thing.

   Making me think it just might be easier to upgrade. In theory you should be able to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.9.1, but some have found the incremental approach (2.0 to 2.3, 2.3 to 2.5, 2.5 to 2.7 and 2.7 to 2.9.1) to be "more" successful.

7. BlueValentine
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ok, so I'll try updating the version - I don't really want to lose all the comments :(

   Updates soon!
   Thanks again.

8. BlueValentine
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Update: even updating to the version 2.1, I still have the comment issue.
   We are now trying to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.9.1, version by version.

   The strange thing is that only comments go lost: all the other information are kept (categories, authors, anything).

   Is this normal also in the "official" Export WordPress feature?

9. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Probably this ticket: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8019

10. BlueValentine
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Thank you, we will try. Up to now, even with an incremental upgrade to 2.9.1, I still see only 1 comment per post!

    The problem is that I do not have access to the old version of WordPress.
    My administrator told me he upgraded till 2.9.1 but the strange thing is that he always gets an .xml file, and not a .wxr! So I think there's something wrong...

    I'll try to find out if something went wrong in the upgrade, but which one could be the cause of not getting a .wxr file from the WordPress Export?!

11. MichaelH
    Volunteer
    Posted 2 years ago #

    The export does save as .xml.

12. BlueValentine
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    LOL, thank you!

    We will try what's explained in the ticket you suggested. I'll get back to you as soon as my administrator makes an attempt (I cannot undestand what we should do, hopefully he will)!

13. MichaelH
    Volunteer
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Note: you shouldn't be losing comments using the incremental upgrade approach.

14. BlueValentine
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    He upgraded version by version and still in the import there is just 1 comment per post.
    In the .xml the comments are all there, the problem is that they are not "processed" when imported, but I can read each of them in the exported file!
    That's what sounds really strange!

15. BlueValentine
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    Ok, everything is fixed!

    The problem was that the .sql database was not working - even after incremental updates from 2.0.12 to 2.9.1 - while with an export xml from 2.9.1 I could obtain all the posts and comments - and now the new site has everything, included pages, categories, comments, etc.

    Thanks for the support.

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