WXR Pain in the Ass

So, you’re blogging but you don’t have your own domain. How old is your blog? How many posts and comments do you have now? The efing hits of your blog is already at its peak. These are the things you value much when you are a blogger, posts and comments and of course blog stats.

Now, you decided to have your own dotcom. You won for example on some blogger’s give away domain, you have your new home / domain / dotcom or whatever… You want to have your old posts and everything that is old from the free blog platform and migrate it on your new home slash domain.

Let say, youre blogging for the past 2 or 3 years, ouch!

You don’t have any idea what trouble your into it, 2 years of post represent maybe 5mb or 10mb or much more higher of XML file or let say wordpress uses WXR (WordPress extended RSS) that contains all your post, comments and links info that you can import in your new wordpress installation to carry out your old stuff. And the problem arise, you cant import the WXR because its a large file and your hosting only allow for a maximum upload of 5mb and there you are, its judgment day, no other way that your old post can be migrated to your new blog, and those old stuff that you valued so much will be soon useless and soon enough you blog starting with one post, no links of old friends, no comment and no nothing.

Recently, I encountered the same problem, one blogger ask my help to setup her new home.Β  The WXR file is only 2.1mb, but the hosting does not allow to be uploaded, I tried so many times, PHAIL! I tried some other solution FAIL!

Finally, with desperation its time to ask Mr. Google, the solution is to find a WXR splitter so that the hosting will allow a file upload that turns to be a 24 part of 134kb each of 2.1mb.

And the easiest solution IF and only IF I have an access to the database file of the old blog platform unfortunately madam president, your blogging to a free blog platform not your own domain slash dotcom and there is no way to get into the database unless it was installed on a hosting.

This is a warning to all blogger out there that doesn’t have yet their dotcom. As early as possible you migrate to your own domain, not all the time I am here to help you nyahahahaha!

Mars Cureg

Web designer by profession, photography hobbyist, T-shirt lover, design blog founder, gamer. Socially and physically awkward, lack of social skills, struggles to communicate with anyone who doesn't have a keyboard. Willing to walk to get to the promised land. Photo and video freelancer, SEO.

34 Responses

  1. livingstain says:

    gusto ko din ng dot com kaso kuya mahal ata, kahit mahirap pag aralan kaya ko yun.

  2. monzavenue says:

    buti na lang sa blogger. kilangan lang i-register yung domain. peru yung platform at host yun pa din. hehe

    pwede po magtanong bro, magkano po yung domain na pinamimigay mo sa pakontest mo?

  3. TSI says:

    Hahahaha kilala ko ata yan..nako lapit ka ulit lumipad ah Mars..btw flaming kulot ang tema ah taena bagsiikk!!!

  4. otep says:

    teka nagulo mundo ko.. NYahahhahaaha

    no comment na lang sa text

    sa pic na lang..

    luphet mo talaga..

    gagayahin kita master .. Nyahahahhah

    check mo kung kakasa sa panlasa mo. πŸ™‚

    wait gagawin ko πŸ™‚

  5. kengkay says:

    ganun pala yon ano? naks, kunyari daw naintindihan ko, hehehe. pero magandang plugging nga yan πŸ˜€ salamat sa pagdaan sa ebahay ko ha

    • hindi po plugin yun maam kengkay, third party script na po yan
      lagi kaya ako dumadaan sa bahay mo maam
      ang pinagkaiba lang, iba na kasi identity ko
      kung maalala mo pa yung kutserongkulot dati, mismo ako yun

  6. The Lady in Green Ruffles says:

    This is a warning to all blogger out there that doesn’t have yet their dotcom. As early as possible you migrate to your own domain, not all the time I am here to help you nyahahahaha!

    hhaha..gusto ko to

  7. anakngpating says:

    ayiiieee nahiya na ko..pero salamat talaga kuya..ang kulet ko noh haha..

    salamat po..ulet..

  8. jasonhamster says:

    ewan ko

    lahat ng sinabi mo,
    naisip ko yan kung magiging dotcom na ang hamster…

    ewan…

  9. jasonhamster says:

    tsaka nakakalungkot ang maiiwan kong site.
    ay ano ba tong sinasabi ko hahahahaha

  10. inghinyero says:

    Actually, mura lang ang dotcom. May 300-500 pesos. Hmm. Hosting ang mahal. Pero if you have generous friends na may extra hosting space then you're lucky. Pahost ka na lang. πŸ™‚

  11. anakngpating says:

    salamat talaga kay kuya para sa hosting na libre hehe..

    wooot..hugs..

  12. lambing says:

    ganon ba yun kuya mars??

    hmmm parang nakakalungkot naman kasi lumipat…

    wala talaga akong alam gaano sa ganyan …

  13. blusparks says:

    nice..
    dami kong nalaman dito ah..
    balik ako..

  14. bipolarsisa says:

    wala talaga akong alam sa ganyan. hehe.

    ang ganda ng picture. πŸ˜‰

  15. shynyrd says:

    ANG HIRap yata mag maintain, lalo na kung hindi ko naman talaga habol mag ad sa blog ko. aun.
    gusto ko lang talaga magblog.

    need pa rin ba talaga mag dot com kahit blogger lang?

  16. eliment says:

    ganun pala. ako noon pa nag-iisip na mag dat com pero diko pa magawa. hmmm..mabuti at sinabi mo na nandyan ka lang para tumulong parekoy. hehe

    salamat sa info.

  17. eliment says:

    ganun pala. ako noon pa nag-iisip na mag dat com pero diko pa magawa. hmmm..mabuti at sinabi mo na nandyan ka lang para tumulong parekoy. hehe

    salamat sa info.

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