Title: Data-driven WP Flash content Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Data-driven WP Flash content * [digitalpencil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalpencil/) * (@digitalpencil) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/) * Hi, * I’m totally new to WordPress but am looking to use the platform to develop a music label site, exhibiting various artists and am basically looking for some info/advice from more seasoned WP devs regarding the CMS and data-driving Flash with this. * I’ve seen some amazing things achieved with WP so far and as i understand, it is PHP/MySQL driven. When you add a new section to the site, a new table is set- up in the DB to base this content upon? * Things i’d like to clarify are, data-driving Flash, skinning the CMS and advertising space. * WP is driven from MySQL and am I right in thinking the CMS is cPanel? I’m looking to develop various Flash elements; an audio player for the artists sections, a video player etc. and would like to data-drive all of these elements. * Is it possible to create a new table in the DB to store data for the audio/video players and, to then create a custom area of the CMS cPanel, that can update these tables? * Also, is it possible to reskin the CMS and, can I create banner/tower space and update this from the CMS as well? * Thanks, * Dave Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/#post-1665185) * > When you add a new section to the site, a new table is set-up in the DB to > base this content upon? * No – new entries are added to a number of existing inter-related tables. * > WP is driven from MySQL and am I right in thinking the CMS is cPanel? * No. The CMS **is** WordPress. * Have a read through [WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress). * Thread Starter [digitalpencil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalpencil/) * (@digitalpencil) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/#post-1665215) * Thanks. Ok, so when you add a new section to the site, new entries are added to these tables. * Could you not add a new table in phpmyadmin to the DB to serve just this Flash content? Could you not add a custom section to the WP CMS to update this table? * Basically, how do people data-drive Flash using WordPress? All i want is to be able to create a custom Flash video player and use WordPress as the CMS to update the database on which this is based. Surely people have driven Flash with WP before? * Thanks for the info. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/#post-1665229) * > Could you not add a new table in phpmyadmin to the DB to serve just this Flash > content? Could you not add a custom section to the WP CMS to update this table? * Not without a plugin. * > All i want is to be able to create a custom Flash video player and use WordPress > as the CMS to update the database on which this is based * So why not use a Flash video player plugin? * > Surely people have driven Flash with WP before? * For playing videos, music (ie attachments) – yes. But not for delivering core content. * Thread Starter [digitalpencil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalpencil/) * (@digitalpencil) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/#post-1665237) * Thanks again for the info. i’m beginning to get this. * I can’t use a video player plugin. Basically, the site is for a large music label, the Flash elements are all bespoke rich-media elements. The top one being an artist carousel that will allow the user to glide through cut-outs of all the artists with interactive audio, video, news, all richly animated. * I’m hoping to data-drive this and another video player section that will playback music videos, interviews etc. * It doesn’t look like this is possible with WordPress which i’m kind of surprised about tbh. * So the only way to add a new table to the DB is to do so via a plugin and the only way to add a custom admin section to the CMS is via a plugin? I think i’ll just embed the Flash and have it look to a separate DB, can you at least add a link to the admin panel to point out to this other CMS? * Thanks. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/#post-1665288) * > the only way to add a custom admin section to the CMS is via a plugin * Yes – although such a page could also be added via a specialised theme. It’s the handling & storage of the data collected by this page that probably pushes you into plugin territory. The line between plugins & themes is pretty blurred– especially with some of the more feature intensive themes. * > can you at least add a link to the admin panel to point out to this other CMS * It should be possible but again, I think you’d need to look at the [Plugin API](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API) as you’d be using this one way or another to connect to your custom db or tables. * Thread Starter [digitalpencil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalpencil/) * (@digitalpencil) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/#post-1665476) * Thanks Esmi. * I’m thinking of building the main site in WP and then constructing a separate CMS for the Flash assets in Drupal, outside of WP. * Cheers for the info. * [Michelle Langston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chellycat/) * (@chellycat) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/#post-1665478) * You might also want to have a look at Custom Content Types in WordPress: * [http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/04/29/custom-post-types-in-wordpress](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/04/29/custom-post-types-in-wordpress) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Data-driven WP Flash content’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Michelle Langston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chellycat/) * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/data-driven-wp-flash-content/#post-1665478) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics