diff -urp /home/konsumer/node_import-original/node_import.module ./modules/node_import/node_import.module
--- /home/konsumer/node_import-original/node_import.module	2007-06-05 01:51:31.000000000 -0700
+++ ./modules/node_import/node_import.module	2008-01-04 21:32:41.000000000 -0800
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ function _node_import_get_nodes($filepat
     foreach (module_list() as $module_name) {
       $function = $module_name . '_node_import_prepare';
       if (function_exists($function)) {
-        $errors = array_merge((array)$errors, (array)$function($node, $preview > 0));
+        $errors = array_merge((array)$errors, (array)$function(&$node, $preview > 0));
       }
     }
 
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ function _node_import_get_nodes($filepat
     foreach (module_list() as $module_name) {
       $function = $module_name . '_node_import_postprocess';
       if (function_exists($function)) {
-        $output .= $function($node, $preview > 0, count($errors) > 0); 
+        $output .= $function(&$node, $preview > 0, count($errors) > 0); 
       }
     }
 
diff -urp /home/konsumer/node_import-original/supported/cck/content.inc ./modules/node_import/supported/cck/content.inc
--- /home/konsumer/node_import-original/supported/cck/content.inc	2007-05-14 01:31:49.000000000 -0700
+++ ./modules/node_import/supported/cck/content.inc	2008-01-04 21:59:10.000000000 -0800
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ function content_node_import_fields($typ
 function content_node_import_prepare(&$node, $preview = FALSE) {
   $errors = array();
   $globals = $node->content_import_node;
-  unset($node->content_import_node);
 
   $types = (array) content_types();
   if (isset($types[$node->type])) {
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@ function content_node_import_prepare(&$n
         }
 
         foreach ($values as $delta => $value) {
+          $add_field=TRUE;
           switch ($field['type']) {
             case 'date':
             case 'datestamp':
@@ -156,6 +156,18 @@ function content_node_import_prepare(&$n
             case 'number_decimal':
               $value = floatval($value);
               break;
+            case 'image':
+              if ($column =='fid' && !empty($node->$dummy_name)){
+                $node->$dummy_name=file_create_path($field['widget']['image_path'].'/'.$value);
+                if (!$node->$dummy_name){
+                  $errors[]=t('This file does not exist: ').$value;
+                }
+                // your content filters must allow images!
+                if ($preview){
+                  $node->body=theme('image', $node->$dummy_name, $value, $value);
+                }                
+              }
+              break;
           }
 
           // Set the correct node field values.
@@ -176,6 +188,71 @@ function content_node_import_prepare(&$n
   return $errors;
 }
 
+/*
+ * post-process the node, adding files
+ */
+function content_node_import_postprocess($node, $preview = FALSE, $any_errors=FALSE){
+  // no post-node-processing on preview.
+  if ($preview) return;
+
+  $files=array();
+  $types = (array) content_types();
+  if (isset($types[$node->type])) {
+    $content_type = $types[$node->type];
+    foreach ($content_type['fields'] as $fieldname=>$field) {
+      $dummy_name="{$fieldname}_fid";
+      if (isset($node->$dummy_name)){ // fid is set.
+        switch($field['type']){
+          case 'image':
+            if (!isset($files[$fieldname])){ // first pass, or last time failed.
+              $files[$fieldname]=array(
+                'fid'=>db_next_id('{files}_fid'),
+                'filepath'=>$node->$dummy_name,
+                'filename'=>basename($node->$dummy_name),
+                'filemime'=>mime_content_type($node->$dummy_name),
+                'filesize'=>filesize($node->$dummy_name),
+              );
+
+              $ok=db_query("INSERT into {files} (fid, nid, filename, filepath, filemime, filesize)
+                   VALUES (%d, %d, '%s','%s','%s',%d)",
+                  $files[$fieldname]['fid'], $node->nid, $files[$fieldname]['filename'], $files[$fieldname]['filepath'], $files[$fieldname]['filemime'], $files[$fieldname]['filesize'] );
+
+              if (!ok){
+                // this will try again on the next pass of this loop, and finally not add it to the files array.
+                unset($files[$fieldname]);
+              }
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // second pass, save images
+  foreach($files as $fieldname=>$file){
+    $node->$fieldname=array(array(
+      'fid'=>$file['fid'],
+    ));
+    $node->{$fieldname.'_fid'}=$file['fid'];    
+    $node->{$fieldname}[0]['alt']=(isset($node->{$fieldname.'_alt'}))? $node->{$fieldname.'_alt'} : $file['filename'];
+    $node->{$fieldname}[0]['title']=(isset($node->{$fieldname.'_title'}))? $node->{$fieldname.'_title'} : $file['filename'];
+  }
+
+  // re-save node with new file data
+  node_save($node);  
+}
+
+// add support for depracated function
+if (!function_exists('mime_content_type')) {
+    function mime_content_type($filename) {
+        $finfo    = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME);
+        $mimetype = finfo_file($finfo, $filename);
+        finfo_close($finfo);
+        return $mimetype;
+    }
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_node_import_global().
  */
@@ -197,8 +274,10 @@ function content_node_import_global($typ
         $form['content_import_node']['fields'][$field['field_name'] .'_'. $column] = array(
           '#type' => 'textfield',
           '#title' => $field['widget']['label'] .' '. $column,
-          '#default_value' => $field['widget']['default_value'][0]['value'],
         );
+        if (!empty($field['widget']['default_value'][0]['value'])){
+          $form['content_import_node']['fields'][$field['field_name'] .'_'. $column]['#default_value']=$field['widget']['default_value'][0]['value'];
+        }
       }
     }
   }