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Node Processor SettingsВ - If you plan to add additional fields to your news/event nodes that are not populated from Mercury youвЂ™ll want to set it to update existing nodes.

ProcessorВ - Skip down to Processor (weвЂ™ll return to XPath XML processor settings after mapping) and select the Node processor option.

HTTP Fetcher SettingsВ -В Leave as is (donвЂ™t check either option).

For most cases itвЂ™s best to have it automatically import only twice a day, and then manually override it if you want something to show up sooner.ДЄll other setting can be left as is. Periodic import -В If you want imports to run automatically then choose an interval. All standalone importers can be found at /import If you prefer to create a content type to use as an importer, you can assign one under вЂњAttach to content type,вЂќ or you can choose to вЂњUse standalone form.вЂќ The standalone form usually works for most purposes. For fields that can have multiple values be sure to also configure your local nodeвЂ™s field to do the same (such as with related links, or keywords.)ДЇor images associated with a Mercury item you can either map/store the node ID of the image (which would then require using hg_reader functions for building the display of the images,) or download the image directly to your site Feeds Settings Basic Settings

Go to the Feed importers on the Structure administrative menu to create a new importer that you will use to map Mercury content to your local news/event content types.Д«ut, before you get started with building importers youвЂ™ll want to first set up your content types with fields that match the basic structure of Mercury news/events, such as adding fields for a summary, summary sentence, related links, boilerplate, etc.

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Install the Feeds Extensible Parsers module.Install CTools and Job Scheduler (dependencies of 'Feeds').We strongly recommend that you try to utilize the built-in functionality of the Mercury Reader Module whenever possible, and only use Feeds Extensible Parsers as a last resort. (This module supersedes an older module called 'Feed XPath Parser', which is no longer supported and should not be used.)Д®ditor's Note: While this method is being utilized by some units on campus, it can not be recommended due to the Feeds Extensible Parsers module still being in a beta release since April 2015, and not being covered by the Drupal organization's security advisory policy.

Feeds Extensible Parsers is the module normally used to do XML and JSON imports of news and event data from the Mercury server.

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