Template import fails

As I mentioned above, the theme is twenty-ten, albeit the problem exists with twenty-fifteen. And the problem exists with NO other plugins enabled.

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Here is my same template exported again: https://gist.github.com/JosiahCarberry/043db496798b43d8e18b53278be406d2

As to your template, Ninja Forms Test, I was able to import it successfully. It shows simply the letter “n” in a single section.

When I export that same template and compare your json file to my exported json file, I notice three differences:
1. The blank line in my file at the beginning
2. The IDs are all different (I suppose this is normal!?)
3. Your file has the two characters “]}” at the end, whereas mine does not

So, is the problem in the database with the template itself, or is the problem in the export of that template to the json file? That is the question.

In spite of all the upgrades done since this error was first posted, it is still an issue. I would really like to get to the bottom of it.

Hello JM,

At some point, the problem simply disappeared. According to one of the messages above, there was a bug that was corrected. So make sure you have the latest version of Elementor.

But if that does not solve the problem, here is what I did as a workaround. Maybe it will help you.
1. The exported json files were defective. They were missing a few characters at the end. For example, a file should end with something like:
“isInner”:false}]}
Instead, it ends with:
“isInner”:fal

2. So, just open the file with a text editor and add the missing characters at the end – in the above example, se}]}
3. I was able to import the json file after making that manual change.