Want to display text on web page but store text on server.

  • CharlesPO

    (@charlespo)


    12 years, 2 months ago

    I want to add text to a web page. I also want to maintain that text in a document stored on the server. I want to be able to update the server document so I don’t have to make updates to the web page every time my document content changes. In Word Press I can upload “media” to the server. Can I upload a file type that contains text and have it inserted into the page dynamically when the web page is displayed? Surely, I don’t need to make changes to the web page every time my text content changes.

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  • Christine Rondeau

    (@crondeau)

    12 years, 2 months ago

    Sorry, but I don’t think that’s possible. WordPress can’t read the content of a word document and display it on a page.
    I don’t see why you need to use a document.

    Why don’t you just create a page or place a text widget on a page and update that?

    Nikki Blight

    (@kionae)

    12 years, 2 months ago

    Well… you could technically render said text file in an iframe within a post or page. But I honestly can’t think of any reason why that would be easier than logging into WordPress and changing the post/page directly.

    The only other option for what you want to do is writing your own custom PHP function that does exactly what you need it to do… which, again, seems like an unnecessary hassle when you can just log into WordPress.

    WordPress is a content management system. It’s intended to manage content. Trying to circumvent that functionality is going about things completely backwards.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    12 years, 2 months ago

    How about using Google Docs?

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-document-embedder/

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