wordpress question #2: importing posts with custom excerpts?
 

I'm having trouble finding a format I can outline my post templates in, that will import posts with custom excerpts. Everything I've tried fails to properly import the excerpt from the feed.

What import format works best to bring in custom excerpts for the post? Are there plugins that will assist in this? Google has got me on a wild goose chase with this one.

why not just have it do for the_content and trim the_content on the main page, but in single show the full?

Thumbnail to fullsize from the excerpt to the post page. Totally different content being displayed. I could shave it off, but i don't want to. I have the script automating the wordpress posting now as opposed to creating a single import file.

write your CSS so that the images in the posts on the home page are x-size (thumbs), while they're full sized on the single.

no love for scrunched images in the cat's camp...

I have the issue fixed to work with my setup now, but damn is that whole importing of excerpts bug a pain in the fucking ass. If a developer is looking for a useful plugin to create, this would be a golden fix. An importer than doesn't ignore the excerpt parts of the feed. Shit would make life so much easier. that or some sort of fucking affiliate datafeed would have been nice...

import csv would be better for you

i looked into importing csv format. but couldn't seem to figure it out, the guy i have working on the code is convinced that he knows how it can be done with xmlrpc though, right built into the rest of the script. so i'm letting him whip something up.

http://code.google.com/p/timthumb/

This should work, too... images will still look pretty good, usually.