WOOOOT Heck yea, time for a happy dance..
Bruno, thanks a million for the suggestions that helped.
I think this gonna help a few ppl.
here how it works.
ok I used All Import, easy to figure out and seems to work.
upload the .txt zipped csv into all import then hit next till you get to the post template edit.
Drag an drop your elements from right panel to make template.
{title} goes in the post title...duhhh
{url} and {thmb} go in content text panel with tad of code like this
<a href="{url}">
<img src="{thmb}">
</a>
hit preview button to see if you got it right. it should show window with title and clickable img that links to the affiliate video or whatever.
If all is well there hit next.
Set categories and tags
Click finish and wait.
once that's done the posts are all there.
But wait a sec...wheres all my featured images???? oh the headaches this has caused me!!!!
Once again, Thank you Bruno, your suggestion help me find this. We just thinking in wrong direction though.
WP (choke me plz) has issue with allowing an external (url) img for featured img. PERIOD.
most all the feature img from url plugins i tried, and i tried ALOT, didn't work right.
Then I typed in plugin search " feature image generator"...
then downloaded and installed and activated it. Located it and launched it.
think this is it...
Set up the settings, clicked bulk/batch generator tab at top . Then ran batch generator till all post were feature imaged.
So far this has worked with xhamster codes and since first run seems to be auto feature imaging them now no problem. < I have no freaking clue how the he... anywho seems to work so far.
tried a hustler code, but some reason i think i didn't get coded right cause it didn't feature img when i ran it. so back to drawing board on that one.
Its a bit odd but I'm a hell a lot further than I once used ta was.