.dat file in PlatformPro not importing

[peterluit 0]

Already seen this question here a couple of times. Strange situation. Bringing a site over from test to live, installing WP 3.21. and the previous used versions of PFP and Base. Using Base with functions.php changes en style.css changes. Exporting the PFP settings in the right named .dat file from the test site and importing the file in the live site. Normally I would have expected the layout to be fine, but that was not the case. It looks like none of the settings in the file were imported. Resetting the layout to defaults and then importing the .dat file again, also did not work, although the message 'successfull etc.....' appeared and PFP does not give any other kind of error message. It acts as if the settings are imported. I was thinking about PHP import settings or so. But I can import mediafiles, and have my wp-content map set to 777 to be sure that I could import files. Does anyone know hoe this import works and where the file goes? Or are only values taken and put in the database? Is there any PHP setting needed for this? I don't know where to search, but this makes the migration from test to live a lot harder, when I cannot trust the import of the settings file. Until now I have not seen any answer yet which could solve this problem. Kind Regards, Peter Luit

[Danny+ 1,327]

Hi Peter, Would it be possible for you to send me via PM, a screenshot of how your test site looks, along with your .dat file and the wordpress export file with your posts and pages ect.. please so I can do a test on my side to see if this is actually a bug or not.

[Danny+ 1,327]

I've bumped this for a developer to take a closer look, a new set of eyes maybe all we need.

[peterluit 0]

Anyone else who can get her/his eyes behind this problem?

[peterluit 0]

I did send Danny all materials needed to have a look and also requested Stefan to have a look at this..... Kind Regards, Peter

[peterluit 0]

OK, I found the solution for this one!! If you make any small mistake (like I did) in custom CSS settings, like a missing ';', then the .dat file does not work in the site where you import your setting. There is no error message, it even displays that your settings are imported and working. So this one could or maybe even should be fixed, with a syntax check-up of the file before importing. Thanks for all help! Peter

[Rob 547]

Peter, I'm glad you were able to resolve this on your own!

[Simon 248]

Glad you found the problem, I'm afraid css syntax checking is beyond any wp theme, there are way too many variations and shrt notations it would be an impossible task!