Blogroll Import Links fails

[MichaelH]

Importing opml file fails with this message:

---

Importing...
XML error: Invalid document end at line 1
Inserted 0 links into category 2. All done! Go manage those links.

---

Same file successfully imports into 2.0.7.

This was originally reported in the forums by KimHbel
​http://wordpress.org/support/topic/103224?replies=1

[yabfog]

The OPML file is not valid XML and cannot be parsed. See that closing outline element immediately preceding the closing body element (line #13) -- there is no matching opening outline element. Looks like you made a mistake hand-editing that OPML file.

[MichaelH]

Slightly embarrassed as I uploaded file I was trying to make work and I did edit it. I've attached another file that was exported from Feedster and is untouched.

The file throws the error reported above in 2.1 but imports 7 links into 2.0.7.

[KimHbel]

OPML-File, generated from Google-Reader

[KimHbel]

OPML-File, generated from IE7

[drmike]

Greets:

Please be aware that this problem also occurs on the standard WordPress Multiuser platform as well as wordpress.com.

​http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=6982

It only occurs though when one is trying to upload the XML file. Importing links via a URL works fine.

Hope this helps,
-drmike

[Nazgul]

2.1.1 is out, so bumping the milestone to 2.1.2.

[Otto42]

A suggested workaround exists in this thread: ​http://wordpress.org/support/topic/103224?replies=18

However, he simply eschewed the use of wp_remote_fopen() for the case of file uploads entirely, suggesting that there is a problem with the file upload mechanism.

[pishmishy]

I don't believe that WordPress includes OPML import/export features any more. I certainly can't find any references to it in the interface or code. Resolving as invalid (although I'm sure it was at one point!)

[Otto42]

Replying to pishmishy:

I don't believe that WordPress includes OPML import/export features any more. I certainly can't find any references to it in the interface or code. Resolving as invalid (although I'm sure it was at one point!)

Yes, it does still have those.

Import: /wp-admin/link-import.php (Accessible through Manage->Links->Add new->Import link on the sidebar).

Export: Just go to /wp-links-opml.php.

[pishmishy]

Thanks :-) Both feeds imported fine here - I'm presuming that this has been fixed sometime between 2.1 and now. worksforme?

[Otto42]

Yeah, I'm going to go with worksforme. The problem had to do with the bit that receives the uploaded files, and I think that was fixed elsewhere for some other reason.