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I’m getting the same message, and the wordpress codex couldn’t be more unclear.

To import from a WordPress export file into a WordPress blog follow these steps.

We obviously have an antecedent problem in line 4. It reads ‘Upload THIS file using the form provided on THAT page. Huh?!?!? Any help would be appreciated.

1. Log into that blog as an administrator.
2. Go to Manage: Import (or Tools:Import in 2.7+)in the blog’s admin panels.
3. Choose “WordPress” from the list.
4. Upload this file using the form provided on that page.
5. You will first be asked to map the authors in this export file to users on the blog. For each author, you may choose to map to an existing user on the blog or to create a new user
6. WordPress will then import each of the posts, comments, and categories contained in this file into your blog

where exactly should the <?php show_featured_posts( [max_posts], [offset], [before], [after] ); ?> be inserted? I went to the plugin homepage and it only states to input the line “where you want to feature post”. That doesn’t tell me exactly where to input the code. Can someone offer me a suggestion? I tried to input it on one the index.php which prompted a server error….