transfer from Blogger

houndsandrvs · Member · Jan 17, 2016 at 3:29 am
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I am trying to import my blog from blogger to wordpress.com. I did this the other day successfully and I don’t remember taking long to get the email notice from WP that the transfer to complete. Due to some issues with formatting, I deleted all of those posts (440 ea) tonight.

Import screen said the files had been uploaded successfully and they would start the process to import them into my blog.

It’s been two hours and email from WordPress telling me the import is successful.

How long does it take or do I have a problem?
timethief · Member · Jan 17, 2016 at 3:32 am
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After 24 hours we post here for Staff help if the import process is not completed.
timethief · Member · Jan 17, 2016 at 3:35 am
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Sometimes the importer gets stuck. If your import is not complete in 24 hours time then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff to reset it for you. Then subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
houndsandrvs · Member · Jan 18, 2016 at 9:49 pm
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I never did get the transfer. I started debating whether to do the transfer at all. Friends have different opinions since I still have plans to leave my old blog up and running with it’s older domain.

I am still tempted to do it though. LOL

I guess I could at least add the modlook tag and get the importer unstuck.
supernovia · Staff · Jan 19, 2016 at 11:51 pm
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Hi @houndsandrvs, this is unstuck now. If you need more help, let us know!
houndsandrvs · Member · Jan 19, 2016 at 11:53 pm
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Thanks for fixing it.

I am finding there are a lot of format glitches in the content so I might end up deleting all of them later.

Is that common for the paragraphs to run together after a transfer from Blogger?
supernovia · Staff · Jan 20, 2016 at 12:51 am
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@houndsandrvs not especially, but we can take a look. Which posts are giving you trouble?
houndsandrvs · Member · Jan 20, 2016 at 1:01 am
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there are over 400 posts to look out and I don’t have time right now but take a look at my very first transfer post

Jan 13 – this blog is being transferred – is the title
supernovia · Staff · Jan 20, 2016 at 1:12 am
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Okay, yeah, you have a bunch of “div” tags in these posts’ markup. Our system interprets that as “don’t put a paragraph here” .

If you want to go ahead and import all of the posts, I’ll see if I can clear those out for you.
houndsandrvs · Member · Jan 20, 2016 at 1:14 am
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Are you saying I need to start over on the import? Not a problem if yes, but want to make sure before I do it again
houndsandrvs · Member · Jan 20, 2016 at 1:19 am
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My import has started
supernovia · Staff · Jan 20, 2016 at 5:43 am
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Thanks @houndsandrvs, when it’s done, let us know. And go ahead and leave the posts in place. Thanks!
houndsandrvs · Member · Jan 20, 2016 at 5:45 am
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I am pretty sure the importer is stuck again. Nothing has shown up in 4 hours…the first time I did it days ago, it took less than an hour
supernovia · Staff · Jan 20, 2016 at 5:51 am
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Okay @houndsandrvs I’ll contact you via ticket for the export file Thanks :)
houndsandrvs · Member · Jan 20, 2016 at 5:57 am
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@supernovia – it’s sent
supernovia · Staff · Jan 20, 2016 at 6:31 am
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Thanks :) We’ll be working on this for you & I’ll update you via that ticket. Cheers!

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