XML file failing to import images

  • stargirl1

    (@stargirl1)


    4 years ago

    Hi,

    I’m not sure if this was the right forum to post in. I’m trying to export my weebly site to wordpress using an XML file per the tutorial on WPbeginners.

    I first tried to move the site last year. Everything seemed to work ok until suddenly the images stopped showing and only the posts showed.

    For the last couple of days I’ve been trying to re-import everything again with no luck. I was told by my theme support that my images had not imported correctly. So I deleted all images and posts to try again. Now when I try to import the XML file, it says the posts still exist and and the images fail to upload. I’ve even gone into my FTP and checked to make sure the images were gone.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    4 years ago

    XML files do not contain the images, they contain links to the images. If the images are no longer available on the original place they were, then they’re gone.

    Thread Starter stargirl1

    (@stargirl1)

    4 years ago

    hi, the images are available in the original posts on my old weebly site that i’m trying to move to wordpress. http://snailhunters.weebly.com

    the tutorial on WPbeginners says you can move a site from weebly to wordpress by using the Weebly to WordPress Importer site.

    but now after i tried the importer once, the posts aren’t even importing now even though i deleted them.

    and when i first uploaded the XML file last year, the images did sow.

    is there not a way to bulk export the images and posts to wordpress?

    edit: on the WPbeginners tutorial, it says
    “Don’t forget to check the box next to ‘Download and import file attachments’ option. It will fetch images from your Weebly website into WordPress media library, so you can use them later.”

    but when i tried that, it said problem loading page and reset the connection.

    • This reply was modified 4 years ago by stargirl1.
    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    4 years ago

    the posts aren’t even importing now even though i deleted them.

    Did you truly delete them, or are they still there just in the “trash”? If they’re still there, the importer probably won’t try to import them again.

    Thread Starter stargirl1

    (@stargirl1)

    4 years ago

    hi, they were still in the trash and i deleted them from the trash but i am still getting the error and the connection resetting. i also tried increasing the memory in the .ini file to the following and i still get the connection reset error. my webhost has said that they do not limit uploads. is it a problem with the .ini file? should i increase the memory limit to even more? or is it some other error?

    ; Uncomment this value if you want to increase the PHP memory limit, there is
    ; currently no hard limit enforced but setting this too high will result in
    ; slightly disgruntled systems administrators:
    ;memory_limit = 1000M

    ; Uncomment this value if you want to increase the PHP upload max filesize:
    ;post_max_size = 64M
    ;upload_max_filesize = 64M

    Thread Starter stargirl1

    (@stargirl1)

    4 years ago

    hi, i still do not have a solution to this problem. my webhost thinks it’s because wordpress is timing out because it’s taking too long to process. is there not a way to fix this?

    Thread Starter stargirl1

    (@stargirl1)

    4 years ago

    should i ask this question in a different forum? a week later and still no solution?

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