Daryl L. L. Houston (dllh)

Took a look, so you can put the .htaccess file back. Can’t say that I’m sure what’s going on there. My guess would be that maybe the core code that’s fetching the files doesn’t know how to deal with something about the way Posterous images are pulled from amazon’s storage service. Different server setups use different methods of fetching files depending on what’s available under the hood. I’d be curious to learn whether you have the curl library compiled into your php.

What kinds of attachments are failing for you? My test sites import images without issue. It’s entirely possible that there are some cases the importer doesn’t handle. Can you post a screen shot of what you’re seeing, and either some sample markup surrounding one of the failing images on a post that’s failing, or a link to a sample post?

Please try again with version 0.10, which was released this morning. It includes fixes that should help with the 403 response errors.

Please try again with version 0.10, just released this morning. It includes some fixes that should help with the 403 response errors.

A new version of the importer has just landed that should help some with the 403 response errors that the sleep command helps fix. There’s also better handling of some types of media (audio/video) that wasn’t previously imported.

Try version 0.10, which just landed. It includes a fix that should help with 403 errors.

A new version of the importer has just landed that resolves some of these issues. There’s a sleep now, for one thing, and there’s better handling of some types of media (audio/video) that wasn’t previously imported.

The importer’s not designed to continuously import. Think of it as a one-time import as part of a transition from Tumblr to WordPress.

The Tumblr importer really isn’t designed for what you’re after. Consider it a one-time importer for migrating from Tumblr to WordPress. Maybe a plugin that consumes an RSS feed would be a better fit.

I was able to validate your feed as a valid feed and add it as a subscription in Google Reader. Next, I went to FeedBurner and added it, resulting in https://feeds.feedburner.com/244/ecRI which pulls your content in. I’m not sure I follow what’s going wrong here. The feed itself seems well-formed, and you may need to seek support from FeedBurner or Amazon if you’re continuing to have trouble.

Well that’s bizarre. Is it possible that the plugin somehow reduced your admin rights somehow? Or are there other users who may have demoted you?

Any errors in your logs? What error do you see when attempting to view the network admin? Do you have prerequisites for the plugin installed? Looks like there’s a little FAQ here on manually disabling plugins, but it’s really for disabling everything. If you try the phpmyadmin thing, instead of resetting the active_plugins value all the way, you could try slicing and dicing the value to extract the plugin in question. I could help with that if you want to paste the value (though exposing what plugins you’re using might be more exposure than you’re really interested in). Be sure to save the original value somewhere before making any edits. ??

If you have access to the file system via FTP or SSH, you could just rename the plugin’s folder so that it doesn’t execute.

What’s your url, and what feed link are you providing to FeedBurner?

On your post listing page in the admin, do the post counts look right or does it look as if there’s something off? I’ve discovered that an import I’m working on is assigning the wrong post_status for posts so that they’re not showing up as published but are showing up in the count for “all” posts.

In other words, say my blog already had 10 posts and the file I’m importing has 10 posts. I’d expect to see 20 published and 20 “all” after the import. What I’m seeing is 10 published and 20 “all” — the 10 I imported are hidden. But there’s no way to view the 10 new “all” posts because they’re not in the list of published posts.

Does this describe what you’re seeing too or are your posts simply missing? If it describes what you’re experiencing, I have a fix for the importer in the works.