Failed to import Media during Wordpress xml Import

[tiagoefreitas]

When importing a Wordpress export file, there is an option for it to download media from the original location.
It gives the error:

Failed to import Media

[paulproteus]

This is because the WordPress package has no ​access to the Internet to download those images. David, it'd be nice if there were a way we could fix these sorts of import issues, or (alternately) warn people on the "Import" page in the Sandstorm WordPress package that they'll have to import images separately, with some info on how to do that (maybe a tool they can run on their own machine that takes a WXR file and downloads the relevant images and then prepares a ZIP file they can upload via some part of the WordPress interface).

[andru]

Just got stung by this. Any hint on how to move the media over during an import?

[paulproteus]

So @zarvox, when @jparyani and I were thinking about a related problem, Jason realized that we could turn certain web page inputs into powerbox actions.

So one thing we could do is have the WordPress "Import WXR" functionality grant WordPress access to the HTTP resources named in the WXR.

This is a totally different way to think about powerbox UI, imho, and probably a really good one. I wonder if making such a thing work correctly would be something that makes sense to implement as part of your thinking about PowerBox UI.

Let me know what you think.

@andru for now I think this is blocked on a new Sandstorm feature but I hope we can do it soon.

[xet7]

This issue was moved to sandstormports/wordpress-sandstorm#7