Import Blogger: Unable to login

I gave up and followed the threads Poco posted, installed easyPHP on my own local machine, etc etc etc, and eventually, finally, got my blogger stuff migrated to wp. Thanks for the tips. I used the image import plugin too, and it seems to have worked.

Any ideas on the CURLERR7 ?

I have my own LAMP installation with PHP 5.1.4 and CURL 7.15.5 Apache/2.2.2 on Fedora Core 5.

How can I fix this in my own server environment?

From the original error message it looks like CURL is enabled but not able to access blogspot. Do you have any access restrictions on your server or perhaps restrictions on the user used to run the server?

Sorry I can’t help more. I eventually documented the process that I used to do the import with a Windows PC here, but that probably won’t help you.
https://notions.okuda.ca/wordpress-plugins/from-blogger-to-wordpress/

Well that is the question…. What restrictions might it be? I have a firewall with iptables, but turning that off doesn’t help. I have otherwise searched the web for hours to find possible explanations. As I have full access and SSH/root to my server it should be possible to find …

PHP info reports curl installed and enabled.

The test.php above fails…. with the CURLERR7 message.

The suggestion above that the host might not allow remote socket connedtions was a hint, but I haven’t found any apache or php settings that would do that… At least that is in effect on my installation.

daiko, I think I have a solution to your problem. If you’re using Fedora Core 5 then you may have SELinux disabling outgoing remote connections.

I’ve put together a simple fix here:
https://www.lightenna.com/news/tech_report/selinux_will_mess_with_your_curl

Cheers, Alex

I’m also having this issue…can’t login when trying to import from Blogger. I have tested it from my server as well as locally…same deal.

I tried the php script and it pulls in the Google data just fine.

When I try to login to Blogger I keep getting this:

Login failed. Please re-enter your username and password.

Any other ideas?

I too am having thjis problem – would it have anything to do with the recent change from blogger to blogger beta (that they are now calling blogger again!)

Folks, I think the issue is to do with the new version of Blogger. My understanding is that now that the login is more integrated with Google’s login the import wizard for WordPress hasn’t yet been updated. There are other threads here which describe some workarounds. Hope that helps

Can anyone tell me how to manually insert comments into the wp db?

As the import wont work I have added the posts from RSS, I am able to cut copy and paste the comments from my Blogger Blog and want to know where to insert them rather than me adding them using my identity – I only have a few to do!

How much do I hate Blogger – oh let me count the ways…

On the bright side – eventually once we work out the workarounds – it’s WordPress’s gain.