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  • I am currently using a WordPress template (obviously) called WP-Smooth designed by Solostream. It is very flexible and customizable.

    I recently had two websites merged. The old one was not a WordPress site. The new one was originally a sub-domain, but changed to the primary domain.

    In the process, a music database I had custom built on the old site is no longer visible. I say no longer visible because all the files and folders were backed up and archived thanx to the incredible tech support by Hostgator.

    What I need to know is how to “manifest” or make visible this music database either through the WordPress platform or by customizing the template.

    I don’t believe I can install (make visible) the database in a single post. Maybe on a page? How do I upload the files and folders for the database into a page?

    Or, do I create a space or area in the template that allows featuring the database?

    This database was designed to feature my music. It allows for the unlimited upload of mp3s, includes a window for lyrics (along side the audio file), and another place for song descriptions (this could also feature coverart). It is searchable by title, genre, style and mood. It’s a database of both original songs and a library of production music.

    To flip this question around, is there a plug-in that will create a database for me? Why install a clumsy old database that still needs work and may have difficult coding or programming issues, when I can install a plug-in that allows me to “fill in the blanks?”

    Is there such a plug-in?

    I also get confused when talking about databases. I realize now that WordPress is a database. I’m just becoming familiar with MySQL, but I still don’t know what it is or what it can do.

    Any help is greatly appreciated. I realize I might need to do some homework so any link to resources is also appreciated. Thanx.

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  • If you put your database table(s) into the same database that houses your WordPress tables you can use the wpdb class to access those tables.

    Talk to your host if you are not comfortable with copying that table from one database to another.

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