WordPress does not allow me to upload a .xml file
You need an export from another WordPress blog. That’s what the import tool is for. If you’re trying to import from another blog format to WordPress, look at this list of possibilities.
You need an export from another WordPress blog. That’s what the import tool is for. If you’re trying to import from another blog format to WordPress, look at this list of possibilities.
Issues that I see in your description: installed WordPress using their self-installer It is commonly recommended to install WordPress by hand. In a text editor, I replaced all of the local host references to the new domain URL This causes problems by breaking serialized data.
I know there are a few but the one that stands out is WP-Table Reloaded plugin which answers your requirements and has endless of customization options and features.
If you haven’t added a bunch of content and widgets on the local server, yes, it can be as easy as that. If you want to move everything – all your settings and content and such – you can follow these instructions: http://www.billerickson.net/how-to-move-your-wordpress-website/ G’luck!
You’ll need to open the xml file and manuall do a search and replace for the old URL and replace it with the new URL (It sounds like you’re using the import plug-in, if not you’d open the SQL DB File to make the changes). You can use NotePad++ for a simple search and replace. … Read more
White screen is a PHP error. Check your server’s error_log and see if there’s anything helpful, but you may not have permissions on PHP set up correctly to upload. (Also you should try doing this on 3.2.1 and not a two-major-release back version)
One of the reasons could be that while exporting/importing the data the server debug or ‘WP_DEBUG’ must have been true for warnings/errors. Hence they must have cropped up in the export file.
Your best bet would be to auto-import the Blogger RSS feed. You’ll set up a cron job in WordPress to check the Blogger site’s feed for updates and, if they exist, create a new post with that content. There are a handful of plugins already out there that will do this for you, but essentially, … Read more
While not directly answering the question, I would strongly recommend you use a DB management application. phpMyAdmin IMO is a nightmare to work with, and as you have discovered, very difficult to manage large files. If you are on a Mac Sequal Pro is a really amazing app. If you don’t have external access to … Read more
I eventually used this plugin to download and cache all images locally, and replace all links to the local ones.