Title: MT import issues
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# MT import issues

 *  [taranis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taranis/)
 * (@taranis)
 * [22 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-import-issues/)
 * OK, I installed a brand-new fresh install of WP. I then uploaded my MT export
   to the server, and pointed import-mt.php at it. When I run the import, all I 
   get back is a screen with the WP logo at the top and nothing below the black 
   line of the logo. Even if I view the source of the page, the HTML just stops 
   after the logo.
    It’s very strange, any ideas? FYI, I have about 720 entries 
   in the export, not sure how many comments.

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 *  [Laughinglizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laughinglizard/)
 * (@laughinglizard)
 * [22 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-import-issues/#post-40840)
 * Hmmm…your server might be still performing the import even after the browser 
   times out. Did you check to see if the import took place? I say this because 
   the size of your import was quite large.
 *  Thread Starter [taranis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taranis/)
 * (@taranis)
 * [22 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-import-issues/#post-40870)
 * I checked the database and there is still only the one original test record. 
   I don’t think it’s a time out problem because the browser seems to think that
   it has gotten all the data is going to get. It’s not still connecting or thinking
   or anything. It reports the page as done, though all that’s there is the HTML
   up to the end of the logo div.
    I would be glad to set someone up with a user
   if they want to take a look. I would appreciate the help.
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-import-issues/#post-40917)
 * I posted about this
    [http://wordpress.org/support/3/3091](http://wordpress.org/support/3/3091)
   and it went unanswered, unfortunately. everytime i go to my wp site it still 
   says in the status bar *loading* even long after the page has finished loading.
   i suspect its something to do with the import, but i’ve not found a way to fix
   it, even importing other text files would love to see if this gets resolved
 *  [reyespoint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reyespoint/)
 * (@reyespoint)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-import-issues/#post-41376)
 * I have this exact same issue and this has only happened SINCE the addition of
   the new import MT tool. I’ve imported from MT in the past with no problems, but
   that was using the old method of changing and then running the import-mt.php 
   file. Import-mt.php no longer appears to be available and it also appears that
   importing MT files is now broken.
 *  [reyespoint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reyespoint/)
 * (@reyespoint)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-import-issues/#post-41377)
 * I can’t post this as resolved, as the original post is not mine, but I have resolved
   this issue. Quite simply, the TypePad blog I was trying to import was just too
   dang large to suck into WP in one chunk. Instead I had to break the blog posts
   into about 10 smaller pieces. While that was a hassle, it worked fine and I’ve
   now successfully imported everything I needed to.
 * A word to the developer crowd. If there’s any way to trap this problem in the
   script it would be great to have some kind of feedback from the import app that
   says, “Too many records! Shrink the bugger down!”

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [reyespoint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reyespoint/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mt-import-issues/#post-41377)
 * Status: not resolved

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