Demo themes are not working

• orbstein

  said

  Hi Jeff, I downloaded the demo content.xml file and imported.. not it’s saying Failed to import “blah”. Invalid post type.
  please help. thanks

• jeffw

  said

  What is the exact error message?

• orbstein

  said

  here you go… thanks

  Failed to import post tag
  Failed to import
  Failed to import
  Failed to import
  Failed to import
  Failed to import “placeholder”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “tour-custom-styles”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “tour-content-builder”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “tour-contact-form”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “tour-layout-manager”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “tour-post-formats”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “contact-map-bg”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “home-page-graphic”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “home-page-header”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “features-callout”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “sliderrevolution_logo”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “composer_logo”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “runway_logo”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “responsive”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “slider”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “logo-footer”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “ubermenu_logo”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “responsive-showcase”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “blog-layout-rows”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “blog-layout-grid”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “blog-layout-image-above”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “blog-layout-image-left”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “959”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “428”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “831”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “masthead-locations”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “206”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “256”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “124”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “283”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “263”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “429”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “152”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “395”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “857”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “vellum”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “businessstyle”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “estatestyle”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “spastyle”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “winestyle”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “wedding”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “art”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “288”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “header-sample-1”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “header-sample-2”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “header-sample-3”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “header-sample-4”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “header-sample-5”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “header-sample-6”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “header-sample-7”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “header-sample-8”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “footer-sample-1”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “footer-sample-2”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “footer-sample-3”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “footer-sample-4”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “footer-sample-5”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “footer-sample-6”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “footer-sample-7”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “footer-sample-8”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Content”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “More Features”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Sign In”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “The Blog”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Features”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Image Above”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Image Left”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Grid”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Rows”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Rows”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Grid”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “With Sidebar”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Portfolios”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Blank Page Template”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Parallax Backgrounds”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Blog Templates”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Portfolio Templates”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Home”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Theme Features”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “404 Error Page”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Sample Pages”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Home Page”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Blog”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Features Tour”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Portfolio – Grid with Filtering”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Custom Headers”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Design Styles”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Custom Footers”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Blog – Image Left”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Blog – Grid Fluid”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Blog – Grid Rows”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Portfolio – Rows with Filtering”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Portfolio – Grid with Sidebar”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Blank Page”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Content Rotator”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “404 Error”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Parallax”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Contact Us”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Design Elements”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Sample Pages”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “About the Blog”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “About the Portfolio”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Features”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Lorem Ipsum Dolor”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Lorem Ipsum Dolor”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Stet Clita Kasd Gubergren”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Lorem Ipsum Dolor”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Lorem Ipsum Dolor”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Lorem Ipsum Dolor”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Lorem Ipsum Dolor”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Lorem Ipsum Dolor”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Excepteur Sint Obcaecat”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Multiple Images in Post Headers”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Runway Framework for Wordpress”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Stop Typing and Start Tapping”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Audio Post Format with Player”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “TEDx Zurich Show Opener”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Quote from Roger Staubach”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Quote from Steve Jobs”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Work in Progress”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “This is a Standard Blog Post”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Footer – Bottom”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Footer – Top”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Socialize Much?”: Invalid post type
  Failed to import “Featured – Sidebar Rotator”: Invalid post type

  All done. Have fun!

  Remember to update the passwords and roles of imported users.

• jeffw

  said

  It’s possible that your IP address has been flagged for excessive bandwidth usage and has been blocked from accessing the demo website. Let me know your IP address and I’ll check that for you → http://www.whatismyip.com/

  I’ve never seen errors like that before. Normally if the WordPress Importer plugin comes across a post type that it doesn’t know about then it displays the name of that post type in the error message. For example…

  Failed to import “Lorem Ipsum Dolor”: Invalid post type portfolio

  Or…

  Failed to import “Footer - Top”: Invalid post type static_block

  So what I did was I searched the internet for “Failed to import post tag” and here is what I found → http://wordpress.org/support/topic/failure-to-import-and-invalid-post-type-errors

  It seems that this issue may be related to your server settings and is not related to the theme you happen to be using. That thread in the WordPress support forum includes a workaround you can try. If that workaround doesn’t work for you then I’d recommend starting your own thread in the WordPress support forum to see if anyone has any other ideas.

  But first let me know your IP address so I can check if it is being blocked.