Importing from MT with images?

  • I’m migrating a blog from Movable Type on one server to a WordPress installation on another server, and I haven’t found any good documentation on how the export/import features handle images. Does MT include the images in the export file (meaning all I have to do is import it into WP and all of the images will be there with src’s intact)? Or will I have to manually move the images directory from the MT server to my WP server, and create some sort of .htaccess rewrite for the src=”” ?

    Thanks!

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    The WP import should be able to pull in the images from MT, provided they’re still accessible at their URLs. Just remember to check the box to import images ??

    Thread Starter dbhynds

    (@dbhynds)

    Perhaps I’m a complete dummy, but I don’t see any “Import Images” checkbox on the “Import Movable Type or TypePad” screen. I can just import from an mt-import.txt file in the wp-content directory, or upload a file myself. Am I looking at the wrong thing?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    I believe it’s on the second page of the screen. After you say ‘Import this’ it pulls up another screen to let you sync authors. Should be on that.

    Thread Starter dbhynds

    (@dbhynds)

    Ipstenu,

    Thanks for your help. I attempted to run the import again. I paid careful attention on the “Assign Authors” page. Nothing on the page mentioned images, only authors. (I took a screenshot infashionchicagocom.ipower.com/authors.png)

    I mapped the author, and clicked submit, hoping that there would be another screen that addressed images. However, the import ran and finished with “All Done. Have Fun!” No images came with the import.

    I’m using the “Movable Type and TypePad” tool listed under “Tools > Import” on WP3.1.3. Am I missing something here?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    No, it’s far more likely I’m miss remembering… My MT import was over five years ago :/ you’ll probably need to do the manual copy over of images :/

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