Troubleshooting BlogML - Import Tool
As the last post of this series, I want to write shortly about BlogML issues related to import tools. Generally there are just a few common issues related to import tools and most likely they're coming from tools not BlogML .NET API.
Import tools are responsible to get a BlogML file and import its content to a blog. This may occur after a validation against BlogML schema or without it so we recommend you to validate your files after any export.
One common issue for import tools is the time out (which was an issue for export tools as well). You may face with timeout errors when importing a large BlogML file, in this case you need to increase the timeout value.
The other issue is for duplicate entries especially for categories/tags. Most (probably all) blogging tools don't allow multiple categories/tags or blog posts with same name and if you try to add a category/tag or post that already has same name in the application then you should get an error. This may be a cause of the fact that you want to perform an import after an unsuccessfully import that has added some items to your application and now that you're going to import new content, it shows errors. Depending on your import tool features, you may need to choose to delete current items before import or do it manually to solve the issue.
One other issue for import tools is the size limit of requests that may stop you from importing large BlogML files. In this case, you need to increase the maximum request size in your website configuration (in ASP.NET this can be done in Web.Config file).
The last thing that I have to mention about import tools may not be an issue but users should know that depending on the features supported by original and destination blogging tools and the implementation of their export and import tools, they may be unable to get all the content from the original blog into the BlogML file or from the BlogML file into the destination blog. However, this isn't a big concern because these days all blogging tools support same features.
This was my last post about troubleshooting common BlogML issues. You can read earlier posts here:
Keep looking on BlogML official site for more information and ask your questions on the forum.
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10.23.2007 @ 7:20 AM