Documentation on importers is not helpful

[ashmaroli]

The importer-specific page directs the visitor to run a Ruby script instead of using the CLI provided by the plugin. For example, the documentation for importing a wordpress.com site directs the visitor to run:

$ ruby -r rubygems -e 'require "jekyll-import";
    JekyllImport::Importers::WordpressDotCom.run({
      "source" => "wordpress.xml",
      "no_fetch_images" => false,
      "assets_folder" => "assets"
    })'

instead of

jekyll import wordpressdotcom

[parkr]

There is a lot of cruft in this project that has accumulated over time. I think the reason we went this route originally was because the "jekyll import" subcommand was unreliable (jekyll needs to require jekyll-import for the subcommand to exist). So we went this less optimal route.

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