diff --git a/lib/tasks/wordpress.rake b/lib/tasks/wordpress.rake
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+require 'nokogiri'
+require 'wordpress'
+
+namespace :wordpress do
+  desc "Reset the blog relevant tables for a clean import"
+  task :reset do
+    Rake::Task["environment"].invoke
+
+    %w(blog_categories blog_posts).each do |table_name|
+      p "Truncating #{table_name} ..."
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute "TRUNCATE TABLE #{table_name}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  desc "Import data from a WordPress XML dump"
+  task :import, :file_name do |task, params|
+    Rake::Task["environment"].invoke
+
+    file_name = File.absolute_path(params[:file_name])
+    unless File.file?(file_name) && File.readable?(file_name)
+      raise "Given file '#{file_name}' no file or not readable."
+    end
+
+    file = File.open(file_name)
+    doc = Nokogiri::XML(file)
+    file.close
+
+    p "Importing blog categories ..."
+    doc.xpath("//wp:category/wp:cat_name").each do |category|
+      BlogCategory.exists?(:title => category.text) || BlogCategory.create!(:title => category.text)
+    end
+
+    doc.xpath("//wp:tag/wp:tag_slug").each do |tag|
+      p tag.text
+    end
+
+    doc.xpath("//item[wp:post_type = 'page']").each do |post|
+      title = post.xpath("title").text
+      body = post.xpath("content:encoded").text
+      author = post.xpath("dc:creator").text
+      published_at = DateTime.parse(post.xpath("wp:post_date").text)
+
+      tags = post.xpath("category[@domain='tag'][not(@nicename)]").collect {|tag| tag.text }
+      tag_list = tags.join(', ')
+
+      categories = post.xpath("category[not(@*)]").collect {|cat| cat.text }
+
+
+      p '*' * 100
+      p title
+      p author
+      p published_at
+      p tag_list
+      p categories
+    end
+  end
+
+  desc "New import (testing)"
+  task :new_import, :file_name do |task, params|
+    Rake::Task["environment"].invoke
+
+    file_name = File.absolute_path(params[:file_name])
+    unless File.file?(file_name) && File.readable?(file_name)
+      raise "Given file '#{file_name}' no file or not readable."
+    end
+
+    dump = WordPress::Dump.new(file_name)
+    p dump.authors
+    p dump.pages
+    dump.posts.each do |post|
+      p post.title
+      p post.categories
+      p post.tags
+      p post.creator
+      #p post.content
+    end
+  end
+
+  
+  desc "Import data from a WordPress XML dump into a clean database (reset first)"
+  task :import_clean, :file_name do |task, params|
+    Rake::Task["wordpress:reset"].invoke
+    Rake::Task["wordpress:import"].invoke(params[:file_name])
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/wordpress.rb b/lib/wordpress.rb
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+++ b/lib/wordpress.rb
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+module WordPress
+
+end
+
+require 'wordpress/author'
+require 'wordpress/tag'
+require 'wordpress/category'
+require 'wordpress/page'
+require 'wordpress/post'
+require 'wordpress/comment'
+require 'wordpress/dump'
diff --git a/lib/wordpress/author.rb b/lib/wordpress/author.rb
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+++ b/lib/wordpress/author.rb
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+module WordPress
+  class Author
+    attr_reader :author_node
+
+    def initialize(author_node)
+      @author_node = author_node
+    end
+
+    def login
+      author_node.xpath("wp:author_login").text
+    end
+
+    def email
+      author_node.xpath("wp:author_email").text
+    end
+
+    def ==(other)
+      login == other.login
+    end
+
+    def inspect
+      "WordPress::Author: #{login} <#{email}>"
+    end
+
+    def to_refinery
+      user = User.find_or_initialize_by_username_and_email(login, email)
+      unless user.persisted?
+        user.password = 'password'
+        user.password_confirmation = 'password'
+        user.save
+      end
+      user
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/wordpress/category.rb b/lib/wordpress/category.rb
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+++ b/lib/wordpress/category.rb
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+module WordPress
+  class Category
+    attr_accessor :name
+
+    def initialize(text)
+      @name = text
+    end
+
+    def ==(other)
+      name == other.name
+    end
+
+    def to_refinery
+      BlogCategory.find_or_create_by_title(name)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/wordpress/comment.rb b/lib/wordpress/comment.rb
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+++ b/lib/wordpress/comment.rb
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+module WordPress
+  class Comment
+    attr_reader :node
+
+    def initialize(node) 
+      @node = node
+    end
+
+    def author
+      node.xpath('wp:comment_author').text
+    end
+
+    def email
+      node.xpath('wp:comment_author_email').text
+    end
+
+    def url
+      node.xpath('wp:comment_author_url').text
+    end
+
+    def date
+      DateTime.parse node.xpath("wp:comment_date").text
+    end
+
+    def content
+      node.xpath('wp:comment_content').text
+    end
+
+    def approved?
+      node.xpath('wp:comment_approved').text.to_i == 1
+    end
+
+    def ==(other) 
+      (email == other.email) && (date == other.date) && (content == other.content)
+    end
+
+    def to_refinery
+      comment = BlogComment.new :name => author, :email => email
+
+      comment.body = content
+      comment.created_at = date
+      comment.state = approved? ? 'approved' : 'rejected'
+      comment
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/wordpress/dump.rb b/lib/wordpress/dump.rb
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+++ b/lib/wordpress/dump.rb
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+require 'nokogiri'
+
+module WordPress
+  class Dump
+    attr_reader :doc
+
+    def initialize(file_name)
+      file = File.open(file_name)
+      @doc = Nokogiri::XML(file)
+    end
+
+    def authors
+      doc.xpath("//wp:author").collect do |author|
+        WordPress::Author.new(author)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def pages
+      doc.xpath("//item[wp:post_type = 'page']").collect do |page|
+        WordPress::Page.new(page)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def posts
+      doc.xpath("//item[wp:post_type = 'post']").collect do |post|
+        WordPress::Post.new(post)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def tags
+      doc.xpath("//wp:tag/wp:tag_slug").collect do |tag|
+        WordPress::Tag.new(tag.text)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def categories
+      doc.xpath("//wp:category/wp:cat_name").collect do |category|
+        WordPress::Category.new(category.text)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/wordpress/page.rb b/lib/wordpress/page.rb
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+++ b/lib/wordpress/page.rb
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+module WordPress
+  class Page
+    attr_reader :node
+    
+    def initialize(node)
+      @node = node
+    end
+
+    def inspect
+      "WordPress::Page(#{post_id}): #{title}"     
+    end
+
+    def title
+      node.xpath("title").text
+    end
+
+    def content
+      node.xpath("content:encoded").text
+    end
+
+    def creator
+      node.xpath("dc:creator").text
+    end
+
+    def post_date
+      DateTime.parse node.xpath("wp:post_date").text
+    end
+
+    def post_id
+      node.xpath("wp:post_id").text.to_i
+    end
+
+    def parent_id
+      node.xpath("wp:post_parent").text.to_i
+    end
+
+    def status
+      node.xpath("wp:status").text
+    end
+
+    def draft?
+      status != 'publish'
+    end
+
+    def ==(other)
+      post_id == other.post_id
+    end
+
+    def to_refinery
+      page = ::Page.create!(:title => title, :created_at => post_date, 
+        :draft => draft?, :parent_id => parent_id)
+
+      page.parts.create(:title => 'Body', :body => content)
+      page
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/wordpress/post.rb b/lib/wordpress/post.rb
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+++ b/lib/wordpress/post.rb
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+module WordPress
+  class Post < Page
+    def tags
+      node.xpath("category[@domain='post_tag']").collect do |tag_node| 
+        WordPress::Tag.new(tag_node.text)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def tag_list
+      tags.collect(&:name).join(',')
+    end
+
+    def categories
+      node.xpath("category[@domain='category']").collect do |cat|
+        WordPress::Category.new(cat.text)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def comments
+      node.xpath("wp:comment").collect do |comment_node|
+        WordPress::Comment.new(comment_node)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def to_refinery
+      user = User.find_by_username creator
+      raise "Referenced User doesn't exist! Make sure the authors are imported first." \
+        unless user
+
+      post = BlogPost.create! :title => title, :body => content, :draft => draft?, 
+        :published_at => post_date, :created_at => post_date, :author => user,
+        :tag_list => tag_list
+
+      BlogPost.transaction do
+        categories.each do |category|
+          post.categories << category.to_refinery
+        end
+        
+        comments.each do |comment|
+          comment = comment.to_refinery
+          comment.post = post
+          comment.save
+        end
+      end
+
+      post
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/wordpress/tag.rb b/lib/wordpress/tag.rb
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+++ b/lib/wordpress/tag.rb
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+module WordPress
+  class Tag
+    attr_accessor :name
+
+    def initialize(text)
+      @name = text
+    end
+
+    def ==(other)
+      name == other.name
+    end
+
+    def to_refinery
+      ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.find_or_create_by_name(name)
+    end
+    
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/wordpress/dump_spec.rb b/spec/lib/wordpress/dump_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/lib/wordpress/dump_spec.rb
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+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'wordpress'
+
+describe WordPress::Dump, :type => :model do
+  let(:file_name) { File.realpath(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../fixtures/wordpress_dump.xml')) }
+  let(:dump) { WordPress::Dump.new(file_name) }
+
+  it "should create a Dump object given a xml file" do
+    dump.should be_a WordPress::Dump
+  end
+
+  it "should include a Nokogiri::XML object" do
+    dump.doc.should be_a Nokogiri::XML::Document
+  end
+
+  describe "#tags" do
+    let(:tags) do
+      [ WordPress::Tag.new('css'), WordPress::Tag.new('html'),
+        WordPress::Tag.new('php'), WordPress::Tag.new('ruby')]
+    end
+
+    it "should return all included tags" do
+      tags.each do |tag|
+        dump.tags.should include(tag)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "the last tag" do
+      let(:tag) { dump.tags.last }
+
+      describe "#to_refinery" do
+        before do 
+          @tag = tag.to_refinery
+        end
+
+        it "should create a ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag" do
+          ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.should have(1).record
+        end
+
+        it "should copy the name over to the Tag object" do
+          @tag.name.should == tag.name
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#categories" do
+    let(:categories) do
+      [ WordPress::Category.new('Rant'), WordPress::Category.new('Tutorials'),
+       WordPress::Category.new('Uncategorized') ]
+    end
+
+    it "should return all included categories" do
+      categories.each do |cat|
+        dump.categories.should include(cat)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "the last category" do
+      let(:category) { dump.categories.last }
+
+      describe "#to_refinery" do
+        before do 
+          @category = category.to_refinery
+        end
+
+        it "should create a BlogCategory" do
+          BlogCategory.should have(1).record
+        end
+
+        it "should copy the name over to the BlogCategory object" do
+          @category.title.should == category.name
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe "#pages" do
+    it "should return all included pages" do
+      dump.pages.should have(3).pages
+    end
+
+    context "the About me page" do
+      let(:page) { dump.pages.last }
+
+      it { page.title.should == 'About me' }
+      it { page.content.should include('Lorem ipsum dolor sit') }
+      it { page.creator.should == 'admin' }
+      it { page.post_date.should == DateTime.new(2011, 5, 21, 12, 25, 42) }
+      it { page.post_id.should == 10 }
+      it { page.parent_id.should == 8 }
+
+      it { page.should == dump.pages.last }
+      it { page.should_not == dump.pages.first }
+
+      describe "#to_refinery" do
+        before do
+          # "About me" has a parent page with id 8 in the XML  dump, 
+          # would otherwise fails creation
+          Page.create! :id => 8, :title => 'About'
+
+          @count = Page.count
+          @page = page.to_refinery
+        end
+
+        it "should create a Page object" do
+          Page.should have(@count + 1).record
+        end
+
+        it "should copy the attributes from WordPress::Page" do
+          @page.title.should == page.title
+          @page.draft.should == page.draft?
+          @page.created_at.should == page.post_date
+          @page.parts.first.body.should == "<p>#{page.content}</p>"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#authors" do
+    it "should return all authors" do
+      dump.authors.should have(1).author
+    end
+
+    context "the first author" do
+      let(:author) { dump.authors.first }
+
+      it { author.login.should == 'admin' }
+      it { author.email.should == 'admin@example.com' }
+
+      describe "#to_refinery" do
+        before do 
+          @user = author.to_refinery
+        end
+
+        it "should create a User object" do
+          User.should have(1).record
+          @user.should be_a(User)
+        end
+
+        it "the @user should be persisted" do
+          @user.should be_persisted
+        end
+
+        it "should have copied the attributes from WordPress::Author" do
+          author.login.should == @user.username
+          author.email.should == @user.email
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#posts" do
+    it "should return all posts" do
+      dump.posts.should have(3).posts
+    end
+
+    context "the last post" do
+      let(:post) { dump.posts.last }
+
+      it { post.title.should == 'Third blog post' }
+      it { post.content.should include('Lorem ipsum dolor sit') }
+      it { post.creator.should == 'admin' }
+      it { post.post_date.should == DateTime.new(2011, 5, 21, 12, 24, 45) }
+      it { post.post_id.should == 6 }
+      it { post.parent_id.should == 0 }
+      it { post.status.should == 'publish' }
+
+      it { post.should == dump.posts.last }
+      it { post.should_not == dump.posts.first }
+      
+      describe "#categories" do
+        it { post.categories.should have(1).category }
+        it { post.categories.first.should == WordPress::Category.new('Rant') }
+      end
+
+      describe "#tags" do
+        it { post.tags.should have(3).tags }
+
+        it { post.tags.should include(WordPress::Tag.new('css')) }
+        it { post.tags.should include(WordPress::Tag.new('html')) }
+        it { post.tags.should include(WordPress::Tag.new('php')) }
+      end
+
+      it { post.tag_list.should == 'css,html,php' }
+
+      describe "#comments" do
+        it "should return all attached comments" do
+          post.comments.should have(2).comments
+        end
+
+        context "the last comment" do
+          let(:comment) { post.comments.last }
+          
+          it { comment.author.should == 'admin' }
+          it { comment.email.should == 'admin@example.com' }
+          it { comment.url.should == 'http://www.example.com/' }
+          it { comment.date.should == DateTime.new(2011, 5, 21, 12, 26, 30) }
+          it { comment.content.should include('Another one!') }
+          it { comment.should be_approved }
+
+          it { comment.should == post.comments.last }
+
+          describe "#to_refinery" do
+            before do 
+              @comment = comment.to_refinery
+            end
+
+            it "should not save the comment, only initialize it" do
+              BlogComment.should have(0).records
+              @comment.should be_new_record
+            end
+
+            it "should copy the attributes from WordPress::Comment" do
+              @comment.name.should == comment.author
+              @comment.email.should == comment.email
+              @comment.body.should == comment.content
+              @comment.state.should == 'approved'
+              @comment.created_at.should == comment.date
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe "#to_refinery" do
+        before do
+          User.create! :username => 'admin', :email => 'admin@example.com',
+            :password => 'password', :password_confirmation => 'password'
+
+          @post = post.to_refinery
+        end
+
+        it { BlogPost.should have(1).record } 
+
+        it "should copy the attributes from WordPress::Page" do
+          @post.title.should == post.title
+          @post.body.should == post.content
+          @post.draft.should == post.draft?
+          @post.published_at.should == post.post_date
+          @post.created_at.should == post.post_date
+          @post.author.username.should == post.creator
+        end
+
+        it "should assign a category for each WordPress::Category" do
+          @post.categories.should have(post.categories.count).records
+        end
+
+        it "should assign a comment for each WordPress::Comment" do
+          @post.comments.should have(post.comments.count).records
+        end
+
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end