What’s the URL of the new site?
Also, try the import again. It shouldn’t duplicate anything, and it might find what it missed.
Thanks for the reply. The temp URL is http://69.195.124.170/~anthroq8 . The domain is in the process of being transferred to Bluehost. Permanent url is http://www.anthropogen.com
I tried to import again. When I do I get a long list of images file names with the note “already existing”. Still no posts show up, only categories, tags, images.
How many posts, pages, and comments are you trying to import?
There are 1188 posts and 2574 comment, and 4 pages. The xml file is 12.3 MB.
Hm, ok you might need to temporarily bump PHP’s memory allocation.
Here are three ways to increase PHP’s memory allocation:
1. If you can edit or override the system php.ini file, increase the memory limit. For example, memory_limit = 256M
2. If you cannot edit or override the system php.ini file, add php_value memory_limit 256M to your .htaccess file.
3. If neither of these work, it’s time to ask your hosting provider to temporarily increase PHP’s memory allocation on your account. Keep in mind that most decent hosting providers allocate 32 MB to PHP under each account, and most decent hosting providers allow users to temporarily increase the memory allocation. If your hosting provider won’t accommodate you, perhaps it’s time to find a new hosting provider.
(in the above examples, the limit is set to 256MB)
Ok, so I went in and modified my file upload and memory limit as you suggested. They were both already set well above the 12.3MB of my xml file. I went back and attempted import again with same results. I get a long list of Media files that “already exist” but still no posts appear.
This may be a naive question but do you think this is an issue relating to wordpress or Bluehost?
What did you boost PHP’s memory allocation to?
(this is likely related to Bluehost, since many people can import with WordPress without issue)
I set it at 250MB…. What I just tried, which may have worked, is instead of trying to export / import all content I just exported posts and imported and now I can see posts on new site. I guess the challenge now will be trying to figure out if between the two partial imports I got everything transferred (posts, comments, media, etc).
Yeah, sounds like a standard server resource limitation, sadly common on shared hosts (especially over-sold ones). You have to break up the import for them, because they’re essentially too busy doing everything else.
