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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Problems importing media library from wordpress.com to wordpress.orgHi again
I’m not very familiar with wordpress.com, as I have only used WordPress for a local intranet site, and normally write software for other systems. However after a little research it seems that the problem is with WordPress.com despite their insistence that it’s not. You’re not the only person with this problem by a long way, but I assume that with your new WordPress.org site you will be able to use Filezilla or something similar to download your images.
If this is the case then you just need to get the files back onto your local computer. To help with this try this site
“http://michaelsync.net/2008/01/28/bulk-image-downloader-for-wordpress-users” this should get the files to your local computer, and maintain the directory structure from the WordPress.com site.If you transfer your site without images, it should leave the HTML references to all the images that exist, so anyone viewing your site will see the images from the original site.
Then you should be able to use my original post to get the images transferred.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Problems importing media library from wordpress.com to wordpress.orgIf you are trying to transfer the images that you have uploaded to your original site the best way to do this would be by using an FTP client, FileZilla is a free one that is quite good. Transfer the images from WordPress\wp-content\uploads\. and all sub-directories, maintaining the directory structure to your local computer, the upload them to the new site in the same location.
When an image is uploaded to your site the image is stored in the location above, and a link is added to your post that tells WordPress where to find the image. If yo look at one of your posts in the editor you will have the option to view the post as HTML, this will show the links the bit your are interested in is http://your-site.com, this will need to be changed to http://your-site.org. The best way to do this is to use a plug-in called “search-and-replace”, this plugin allows you to search and replace all the references in your database in one go. You will only need to search the posts section of your data base.
Hope this helps