We have built a robust cross-platform content importing system that lets you import posts to Typeflo from any CMS you are currently using.
The easiest way to import posts from your current CMS is using our RSS import method. If you have an updated RSS feed in your current CMS, we recommend you to import your posts using our RSS importer.
If you do not have a RSS feed / your RSS feed is not updated, continue reading this article to import posts using our sitemap import method.
Lets get started
Step 1: Click on Settings > Import
Click on "Continue"
Step 2: Enter your blogs home page URL and the URL of any individual blog post on your website.
If your main website is accessable on yourdomain.com and your blogs URL is yourdomain.com/blog, enter yourdomain.com/blog
If your main website itself contains links to your blog archive, then enter your main websites URL, that is yourdomain.com
Click on "Connect" to proceed.
You will be presented with a notice. Please read the same and click "Yes I agree" to proceed.
Next, Typeflo will try to find the RSS and sitemap URL of your blog.
Step 3: The mapping process for content import is now initiated. Click on "Get started"
Step 4: Choose the "Fetch from sitemap" option and then enter your sitemap URL.
If your sitemap is divided into folders like posts, pages, authors etc - enter the URL of your posts sitemap
Click on "Fetch URLs" after which you will be shown a screen containing all URLs detected from your sitemap.
Step 5: Verify the total posts found and select the posts you want to import
Make sure that all post URLs have been detected correctly. This number is indicated in the photo above.
If you see a mismatch in the post count / do not see all of your posts, your sitemap may be outdated. You may want to try updating it or "change URL fetching method"
Click on "Next" once you have selected the posts you want to import.
The first option would reflect the appropriate content fetched by Typeflo. This is accurate most of the times and is the option you should proceed with in most cases.
This option would skip the mapping of the particular field / give you the option to map it to an existing field in Typeflo (For authors, dates etc)
If Typeflo was not able to detect post content that needs to be mapped, you can manually select / extract the fields with CSS selectors.
Use this guide to understand how to use the CSS selector feature.
Step 7: Select options for all fields until you reach the final field. Click "Start Importing" to proceed with the import process of your content from your existing CMS to Typeflo.
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