Hmmm… well, according to the WordPress docs you can go to Import and upload an RSS feed text file that will import the content into your site. Each time i’ve ever done that they show up in the designated category as articles. Not on the sidebar. The only thing on the sidebar is the list of categories, some links, etc. The main content area contains the article summaries and a link to the full article.
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Importing from an RSS feed
2.0.x
2.0 introduced this as an option in the Admin menu under “Import”.
First, save the RSS feed you wish to import someplace on your local machine. This would be the source and would come from the site that has the content you wish to import into your WP blog. A simple way to get the feed into a text file is to find the RSS link for that site, click it and view it in your browser, then copy/paste that to a text file. Or, of course, use your preferred tools.
Click the “Browse” button and navigate to the file containing the feed you wish to import and click “Import” to let it run.
Note: Depending on the feed and format, you may not get the entire thing loaded on the first attempt. One option is to determine how much got imported (Manage -> Posts) and remove those sections from your saved RSS file and then re-import. Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary.
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Each time I do this I get a successful import. But what I see happening is that the title of each article should be pointing to the author’s website. Instead they are pointing in a loop right back to the page on my site they are displayed on.
Here’s the ‘feed’ i’m trying to display. Click on one of the titles and you’ll see what I mean.
http://www.good-tutorials.com/
If you scroll to the bottom of the page you’ll see a link to their RSS feeds. On the next page choose ‘with icons’. They use a service called Feedburner. I was instructed that at the RSS page to View Source / Copy and paste into a text file then import into WordPress. That’s what i’ve done.
The question is why these links aren’t opening in a new window and pointing to the author’s URL. My gut feeling is it’s the custom url’s setup in the admin.
