What Folder should store XML files?

  • Hello!
    I am attempting to import a couple XML files from Monster.com to WordPress, so that my employer can have job postings on her site. I have successfully used FTP/Filezilla to download the files from Monster.com and save them on my PC. Now, I want to transfer the files using FTP/FileZilla from my PC to the WordPress website. However, I do not know which WP folder to place the XML files into, so that they can be rendered on the site. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!!

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  • Do you have a method to render the XML?
    Is it for import?
    Is there a plugin that uses a XLST stylesheet?
    It would depend on how you are going to use the file as to where to put it (or whether you would upload it in the process, instead of FTP).

    Thread Starter codeduchess4405

    (@codeduchess4405)

    Dear Joy,
    Thanks for your response. I do not yet have a method for the XML. That would be my next research project. Yes, I want to import it. I have no idea what XLSt is. Initially, I just want to get the file displayed on the website. Our meetup members would go to the website look at the jobs and then appy on Monster.com. Long term I would set up an automatic FTP feed from Monster since they do not have an API process or key. I hope I answered your questions. Thanks!!

    Best,
    Dana

    To import the XML into your database as content, you would need to choose if you want it in Posts or custom post type, and a way to have the fields in the XML put into the correct fields of a post. To create a custom post type, you need a plugin. To import non-WordPress data, you need a plugin. It is likely that these plugins would prompt you to specify your file from your computer, not from your server. But who knows?

    To display the XML on the site without importing it, you need a plugin. This plugin would probably prompt you to upload the file from your computer, and put it in the uploads folder, but it might not… A XLST stylesheet is simply a way to tell the code reading the XML file how to display the data. It can contain loops and definitions.

    There is code built-in to WordPress to deal with XML files, but not to display them on normal pages.

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