[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12286: bug and fix when importing from Movable Type

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#12286: bug and fix when importing from Movable Type
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 Reporter:  leyburn888    |       Owner:            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  General       |     Version:            
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:            
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 I'm running WP Mu 2.9.1.1 and had a problem importing a Movable Type blog
 to WP and found a fix (sort of).

 Symptom: When importing a blog from Movable Type to a blog in WP, you are
 asked to assign (or map) WP authors to MT authors. But, it turns out that
 the first author on the list is assigned to all posts. The other authors
 selected are neglected. Therefore, all of the posts end up belonging to
 one author.

 Fix: I found the problem in wp-admin/import/mt.php. Specifically,
 "$mtnames" is not properly populated with authors from MT. So, I changed
 the code in function get_authors_from_post() as follows:

 function get_authors_from_post() {
 $formnames = array ();
 $selectnames = array ();
 $this->mtnames = $this->get_mt_authors();

 I just added the last line shown above and then finally the import
 properly assings authors as intended.
 (There might be a better place to put the last line, however.)

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