Hi,
Today I'm trying to import a blog. In the beginning it took forever to proceed and showed the message "writing posts" all the time. So I canceled the import several times, but later on I was never able to import again. I got the message "Sorry, but you have exceeded the maximum number of imports. Please try again later." every time. Could anyone tell me how to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance!
Kind Regards,
Brian
Brian
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11/5/14
Stacee B. said:
Hey Brian,
Welcome to the Blogger forum. Have you already visited this page, Limits on Blogger? It lists information about size and storage limitations on Blogger, its possible that you are exceeding these limits. At this point, I would just suggest that you wait 24 hours and then try to import your blog again. You could also try to switch browsers and clear your cache and cookies. Let me know how this goes.
Best,
Stacee
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11/5/14
Brian B Wang said:
Hi Stacee,
Thanks for your reply! I've tried to switch browsers and clear the cache, but it doesn't work. I'll have to wait until tomorrow. Do I need to wait for exactly 24 hours, or I can try it after midnight? If I try it within 24 hours, will the retry timer (or whatever on google side) be reset and count the time over again?
Thanks!!!
Kind Regards,
Brian
Brian
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11/5/14
Sofie T said:
I'm having the exact same problem. I know my blog is very small so that should not be a problem. I waited over 24 hours and tried again but it still said I exceeded the limits. This is driving me crazy by now...
/Sofie
/Sofie
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11/6/14
11/6/14
Brian B Wang said:
Hi Stacee and Sofie,
I just tried again and this time the error message "Sorry, but you have exceeded the maximum number of imports. Please try again later." didn't appear.
However, as I edited the exported xml using a text editor before importing it, the message "writing blog posts" was there forever.
So I canceled the import, exported another copy of original xml from the other blog and tried again. This time it worked.
So my conclusion is that:
1. If the "writing blog posts" message is there for a long time without any progress, it is likely that somehow the exported xml file contains certain illegal syntax. I suggest to export another clean copy and try again.
1. If the "writing blog posts" message is there for a long time without any progress, it is likely that somehow the exported xml file contains certain illegal syntax. I suggest to export another clean copy and try again.
2. If the "Sorry, but you have exceeded the maximum number of imports. Please try again later." shows up, you'll have to wait at least over night to try again. I hope google can include status messages explanation in their help document, and make the status messages easier to understand
Thanks!
Best Regards,
Brian
Brian
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11/6/14
Stacee B. said:
Hi Brian,
I'm glad this is working for you now, thank you for the update = ). I appreciate your feedback about adding status message explanations and I will pass it along to the team as a feature request. Please take care!
Cheers,
Stacee
