• I am beginning to create a website in WordPress. I am the only person who has access to this site. I currently have an active website using Yola.com and am thinking of switching to wordpress. Here is my question.

    The majority of my site is content based with code that represents my radio shows from the past few years. I store this code in a text file. At the moment my code is in table format ( I might change it to divs instead but that’s another topic.

    A sample of the code I use:

    <table cellspacing="7px">
    
    	<tbody><tr><th colspan="6" style="text-align: center;">1998</th></tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">January</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJAN0498.mp3">04</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJAN1198.mp3">11</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJAN1898.mp3">18</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJAN2598.mp3">25</a></td>
    
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">February</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITFEB0198.mp3">01</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITFEB0898.mp3">08</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITFEB1598.mp3">15</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">March</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAR0198.mp3">01</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAR0898.mp3">08</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAR1598.mp3">15</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAR2298.mp3">22</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAR2998.mp3">29</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">April</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAPR0598.mp3">05</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAPR1298.mp3">12</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAPR1998.mp3">19</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAPR2698.mp3">26</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">May</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAY0398.mp3">03</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAY1098.mp3">10</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAY1798.mp3">17</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAY2498.mp3">24</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITMAY3198.mp3">31</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">June</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJUN0798.mp3">07</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJUN1498.mp3">14</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJUN2198.mp3">21</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJUN2898.mp3">28</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">July</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJUL0598.mp3">05</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJUL1998.mp3">19</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITJUL2698.mp3">26</a></td>
    </tr>
    <a href="http://www.mcran.com/intransition3col.php">
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">August</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAUG0298.mp3">02</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAUG0998.mp3">09</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAUG1698.mp3">16</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAUG2398.mp3">23</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITAUG3098.mp3">30</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">September</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITSEP0698.mp3">06</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITSEP1398.mp3">13</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITSEP2098.mp3">20</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITSEP2798.mp3">27</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">October</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITOCT1198.mp3">11</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITOCT1898.mp3">18</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITOCT2598.mp3">25</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">November</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITNOV0698.mp3">05</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITNOV1398.mp3">12</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITNOV2098.mp3">19</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITNOV2798.mp3">26</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
    <td><a href="#">December</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITDEC0698.mp3">06</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITDEC1398.mp3">13</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITDEC2098.mp3">20</a></td>
    <td><a href="http://sd.mcran.com/assets/shows/1998/ITDEC2798.mp3">27</a></td>
    </tr>
    
    </table>

    Rather than putting all this code on a given WordPress page, is there a way to have a smartcode or something similar that will reference the code in my text file? Or, is there a better way to do this? My goal is to keep the code on my pages as clean and uncluttered as possible. Ideally I would like to present my code in the best way possible for people accessing my site. Maybe in a multi-column layout? Suggestions?

    One of my current pages on my current website with some of the content I use.

    http://www.mcran.com/intransition3col.php

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