XML Export "Something Went Wrong" Message

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    12 years, 11 months ago

    I’m trying to export XML so I can use it to print a book of the blog. The blog I am trying to print has only 10 posts and 64 comments. It shouldn’t be a big deal.
    One of the blog-to-book systems I’m trying has you download the XML and upload it. But I can’t even download the XML. The message I get is: Something Went Wrong, It’s Matt’s Fault. etc” I try again later, as it suggests, but four times now, it’s failed.

    Incidentally, I’ve tried other blog-to-book sites that try to pull directly from the blog using the name and password. These also have trouble extracting my content. What’s wrong with my stuff that I can’t use it elsewhere?

    Thanks to anyone who can offer support, with either issue —

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  • esmi

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    12 years, 11 months ago

    How exactly are you trying to create these .xml files?

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    12 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks for your response — very much appreciated.

    I’m doing it via “tools” in the dashboard.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    Have you tried:

    – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

    – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

    What version of WordPress are you using?
    Always include as much information as possible

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    12 years, 11 months ago

    Esmi, Thanks again, so much.

    It’s actually not my personal blog. It is the blog of a friend who died last year, and I offered to make a book of his posts for his wife. It seems to be a WordPress.com blog (I use WordPress but self-hosted) and so I’m assuming it’s the latest version of WP.

    His blog was very simple, and there weren’t many Plug-ins. But I will try deactivating the few he has and see if this allows me to extract the data. All I want to do is go from blog to book — for 10 posts! It’s still as complicated as if there were 100!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    It seems to be a WordPress.com blog

    Ahhh… I’m sorry but these forums are for self-hosted WordPress sites only. Please try asking your question on http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

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    (@mdblogs)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    Oh, sorry. I have a self-hosted blog so I usually use this space for questions. I didn’t know. Thanks anyway for your help.

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