--- a/backend/AbstractFeedUpdater.py	Tue Jan 24 08:25:29 2012 +0100
+++ b/backend/AbstractFeedUpdater.py	Tue Jan 24 10:08:45 2012 +0100
@@ -46,13 +46,28 @@
         self._incrementFeedUpdateDate()
 
     def _normalize(self, entry):
+        self._normalizeId(entry)
+        self._normalizePublishedDate(entry)
+        self._normalizeUpdatedDate(entry)
+        self._normalizeSummary(entry)
+
+    def _normalizeId(self, entry):
         if not hasattr(entry, "id"):
             entry.id = entry.link
+
+    def _normalizePublishedDate(self, entry):
+        if not hasattr(entry, "published"):
+            if hasattr(entry, "updated"):
+                entry.published = entry.updated
+
+    def _normalizeUpdatedDate(self, entry):
         if not hasattr(entry, "updated_parsed") or entry.updated_parsed is None:
             # TODO try to parse the entry.updated date string
             entry.updated_parsed = datetime.today()
         else:
             entry.updated_parsed = datetime(*entry.updated_parsed[:6])
+
+    def _normalizeSummary(self, entry):
         if not hasattr(entry, "summary"):
             if hasattr(entry, "content"):
                 entry.summary = entry.content[0].value