Title: import problem ?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# import problem ?

 *  [musesinstalline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/musesinstalline/)
 * (@musesinstalline)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem/)
 * hi everybody.
    at the moment i have a wordpress blog, but i’ll have to move it
   on my own server (with different layout etc..) so i installed wordpress on my
   server, everything with the DB is ok (i think), but i can’t import my old post
   form my current wordpress blog ([http://musesinstalline.wordpress.com/](http://musesinstalline.wordpress.com/)).
   so i received a xml file, but when i try to upload it on my new blog it comes
   the following message:
 * > Import WordPress
   > Sorry, there has been an error.
   > Unable to create directory /home/egdob/public_html/crystalline/wp-content/uploads/
   > 2007/07. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
 * i tried several times, with different xml files, but there’s no effect. i’m thing
   that maybe there is some kind of talking at cross-purposes between the DB on 
   wordpress and that new DB on my own server. (on my server it’s just a fresh copy
   of wordpress 2.2)…and i’m think that’s the problem (actually i’m not a Db fan,
   sorry for that silly question anyway). am…any ideas where the problem could be?
   suggestions how to fix it ?
 * thanks is advance!
    ~ d. (for drago и до скоро ;))

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 *  [microkid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/microkid/)
 * (@microkid)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem/#post-601323)
 * The problem, like the error message tells you already, lies in the fact that 
   your wp-content folder is not writeable. You have to change permissions (a.k.
   a. CHMOD) to 777.
 *  Thread Starter [musesinstalline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/musesinstalline/)
 * (@musesinstalline)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem/#post-601329)
 * microkid, thanks
 *  [sugarbar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sugarbar/)
 * (@sugarbar)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem/#post-601493)
 * Hi I am having the same problem despite changing permissions to 777. It is still
   giving that error message. What could be the problem?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-problem/#post-601493)
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