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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Moving the excerpt field ABOVE the main editor field (in Add New Post view)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-the-excerpt-field-above-the-main-editor-field-in-add-new-post-view/)
 *  Thread Starter [djsflynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djsflynn/)
 * (@djsflynn)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-the-excerpt-field-above-the-main-editor-field-in-add-new-post-view/#post-1216920)
 * Thanks for that… ah well, such is life!
 * Moving the excerpt box to the top-right of the second col is a good idea – I 
   might try that, although I’ve currently got the second col set up for all the
   after-writing ‘production’ stuff such as setting categories and tags, author 
   and post time/date… so it sorta has more of a ‘flow’ to that.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [How to import dozens of tags en masse](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-import-dozens-of-tags-en-masse/)
 *  Thread Starter [djsflynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djsflynn/)
 * (@djsflynn)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-import-dozens-of-tags-en-masse/#post-1216919)
 * Thanks for that, Basszje. Just two questions, because I’m not _au fait_ with 
   all this.
 * 1. Presumably I can expoert a text or doc file from Word as plain XML, or should
   I grab something like OpenOffice, or just some XML Editor app?
 * 2. Any clues as to what makes an XML file resemble the structure of an RSS file..?
   Not asking for a full tutorial, just maybe a pointer to somewhere on the Web 
   which can help me get that part right (as it’s obviously a vital step).
 * Thanks!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Replacing ‘the_content()’ with ‘the_excerpt()’](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-the_content-with-the_excerpt/)
 *  Thread Starter [djsflynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djsflynn/)
 * (@djsflynn)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-the_content-with-the_excerpt/#post-538494)
 * Alas, that didn’t work – I’m using the Giraffe 2 template (from Urban Giraffe,
   [http://www.urbangiraffe.com](http://www.urbangiraffe.com)), but despite finding
   the only instance in the index.php file of ‘the_content()’ and replacing it with‘
   the_excerpt(), nothing entered into the excerpt box appears on the front page–
   it shows only whatever is in the story box itself… :<
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Replacing ‘the_content()’ with ‘the_excerpt()’](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-the_content-with-the_excerpt/)
 *  Thread Starter [djsflynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djsflynn/)
 * (@djsflynn)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-the_content-with-the_excerpt/#post-538400)
 * Ah, will do – many thanks for your patience with a total code novice!

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