[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8984: Import ... default author

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#8984: Import ... default author
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 Reporter:  oregondean      |       Owner:  anonymous             
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new                   
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.8                   
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.7                   
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  import, default author
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 Suggest import.html contain an optional default author entry box (numeric
 or alpha lookup). The entry here would become the default author if a
 valid post_author is not found in the imported posts. This default author
 would apply to all posts that are part of the import.

 I am told WordPress import does allow for a author during import.  I know
 RSS does not.

 To be determined is if this default author should override valid author
 data - I would think it would.

 An advanced feature would be to allow both a number author_ID or the
 friendly string-based author name to be entered and import.php would try
 to determine if the friendly name is unique. If not present a list of
 friendly names along with their blogs and allow the user to select the
 specific author.

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