Feeds says it supports importing text files. Great. Set up the feed, mapped a few things, went to import, and it didn't import a thing.

Here's a sample entry from the .txt file:

AUTHOR: john
TITLE: FREE Phone + Cash Back
BASENAME: free_phone
STATUS: Publish
ALLOW COMMENTS: 0
CONVERT BREAKS: __default__
ALLOW PINGS: 0
PRIMARY CATEGORY: Old Deals
CATEGORY: Old Deals
DATE: 04/13/2005 05:44:34 PM
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BODY:
Bunch of text

<i>This deal is outdated. Check the website for new offers.</i>

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EXTENDED BODY:
<img src="images/phone_images/motorola_v265" alt="Motorola v265" width="41" height="89" border="0" />
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EXCERPT:
Best Post Rebate Cost We've Seen on Verizon Camera Flip
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KEYWORDS:
http://www.sample.com/redirect.asp?p=Motorola+V265+%28Camera+Phone%29&c=Verizon+Wireless&r=ecost&r1=point
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I believe the site was created in movabletype.org. I can export the data into the .txt. Would it be easier for me to convert the text file into something more drupal friendly?

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I don't see .txt listed on the project page: http://drupal.org/project/feeds or the doc overview http://drupal.org/node/622696.

Both of which do list the types that can be imported.

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It's listed within the admin interface, but I guess that doesn't matter. I resaved as a CSV, which did nothing, and downloaded an XML which also didn't import a thing.

Installed a local version of D6, hoping I can import the files in to there to then bring into 7.

I hate inheriting old, strange sites...

nobody click here