If I've understood it correctly, would it be clearer in Basic Settings if "Attach to content type" was "Attach Importer to content type", in order to differentiate it from the Node processor which attaches imported content items to nodes.

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hanno commented

+1

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Version: 6.x-1.0-beta9 » 6.x-1.x-dev
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Agreed this could be made clearer though I'm not sure "Attach Importer to content type" makes things any clearer. Possibly a more descriptive description would help clarify this functionality.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Please would someone explain here what this config option actually does? Thanks.

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I found this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/developmentseed/4072542912/

"Feeds importers" can be used attached to a content type or on standalone forms. If attached to a content type, an import (or aggregation) is created by creating a node. This is e. g. useful when you would like your users to contribute feeds or when you need to track many feeds of data of the same kind.Alternatively, a Feeds importer can be used on a standalone form. This is useful for one-off imports like importing nodes.

I still don't quite know what it means to attach an importer to a node. But for my purposes at least I know that the "standalone form" is what I'm after.

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bharata commented
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So, are you saying that attaching the importer to a content type means that this particular feed import configuration will run any/every time that content type is created?

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kenorb commented
Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 7.x-1.x-dev
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Version: 7.x-1.x-dev » 7.x-2.x-dev
Related issues: +#2854548: Attach to content type vs Node processor content type
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Here is a patch in which I expanded the explanation about the setting. Requires the core help module to be enabled.
Let me know if this makes the setting clearer!

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On the help section, I added that if you have multiple sources to import attach the importer to a content type should only be used if these sources are all in the same data structure.

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