ive attempted to export/import the XML file repeatedly with NO success. initially tried it thru godaddy – page kept timing out. repeated attempts never achieved anything. then i went to hostgator – no success there. neither of these two “service” wordpress issues so I had to cancel both.

I was then prompted to head over to the forum section of wordpress.org & look for resolutions to my error messages – “failed to import media” & “media post already exists”.

the closest i came was being instructed to use a file splitter – this i located & repeatedly attempted to split my 15 meg file into multiple files (as far as down to .5 meg files.) & NOTHING.

I am presently attempting the migration with dreamhost but have already encountered an error message: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 71 bytes) in /home/ariram5/rantsthoughtsmerde.com/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 192

dreamhost today advised I “need to setup a custom php.ini or
phprc and increase the php memory limit.” but when i go to their link on “how to” it clearly states that its an advanced action. I am not advanced.

I am at my wits end with this. I was told to see about getting an SQL Dump file from wordpress.com but they wont even reply to my request on this file.

any resolutions y’all could recommend would be greatly appreciated.

Native NYker

(PS: sorry about the previous message & the wrong error message included - my control C function didnt work...)