Sorry to bump this up the queue, but I’m a little desperate to migrate my content from the WP over to the new MU/BP installation. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks again.
That ain’t part of BuddyPress, that is WPMU. And it’s not hard to find – it’s here: http://example.com/wp-admin/import.php
Just do it!
I did it from an installation of WP2.7.1 by using the export/import feature and it worked well.
Dumbass me though forgot to transfer the image folders into the WPmu install so of course I am editing all my posts.
The only problem I found was that my users had to be manually added to mu/bp after the fact, but I did not lose the info in the transfer
I’d love to Just Do It, but there is no command in WPMU to do so … where do I find it? And the link that DJ posted doesn’t work … sorry!
I exported the file, no problem, but I can’t find any way to import it!
Ideas?
Well unless you have your install working on example.com, then of course it’s not going to work 
Thanks DJ … appreciate the pointer … but if I may say so, please remember, though that not everyone in here is a code genius … ! I’ll give it a try and see if that works.
Thanks very much.
YEE-HA! It worked! Thanks, DJ! You’re a prince!
Kit
Hi Kitwit, how works for you? My XML file have 11MB and I cant import it…
I need to reopen this thread to ask the group what I need to do when the Buddypress Import feature experiences a php memory failure halfway through the import.
I was just importing the xml file and got to around 90 posts (I have over 500), then it crapped out.
I updated the php.ini file in wp-admin for 128M, but I don’t think changing it to that high a setting on 1and1 helps at all. They state they have a max of 40, but I think they just put that out there and you can actually go over the limit, but I’m not sure.
I know how to dump my mysql file from my WordPress database on my host. I’m just not sure what would happen if I imported the database from a general WordPress install to the database for a BuddyPress install.
Here’s what I’m seeing after trying it twice. I see that it see the posts I’ve already added.
88 Importing attachment http://netmix.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/jam_markspoon1.jpg... (30 kB)
89 Post Jam & Spoon's Mark Spoon Passes On already exists.
90 Post Larry Heard's "Can You Feel It" vs. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech already exists.
Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 33554432) (tried to allocate 524297 bytes) in /homepages/7/d106361195/htdocs/netmix_home/wpmu/wp-admin/import/wordpress.php on line 143
Anyone suggest and links that can help?
I think the variable you need is memory_max but I could be wrong. I had same problem on my install. You need to have enough mem for script to finish and after you update that, see if you have ability to restart apache on your site.
an alternative method if you can’t increase your php memory limit is to grab this plugin and then import/export in chunks by date range.
I set the memory to 128…so that’s not the issue. I’d like to know how I can export from mysql and import to buddypress and if the table structure is different. That would solve my issue without having to fight with this?
I found that there were a few spots that I needed to change mem limit to import but ok. I used this tutorial to import my install. you have to remember that you’re not importing into Buddypress, you’re importing into wordpress or wordpress MU. Buddypress is just a plugin, not a platform. It ADDS the social features to your wordpress installation.
http://welcome.totheinter.net/2008/10/04/how-to-migrate-from-wordpress-to-wordpress-mu/
I’d go with windhamdavid’s method, since I did use the guide that Symm2112 posted before.
On that post’s comments, I list a potential problem with categories and custom taxonomies that you might encounter.
Right, thanks Symm2112 for the explanation. I am just starting back up learning about Buddypress and forgot the distinction. My install had been sitting dormant, but I’m on the move getting ready to convert everything over on my site.
I will follow both your, r-a-y and windhamdavid’s instructions and see what I can come up with. The plugin method should be pretty easy to parse out the date ranges and import.
