[support] Creating custom node type to serve an XML file?

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting Kaj Kandler <KajKandler at conficio.com>:

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> Hi there,
> I a have a few 1000 xml files that I want to integrate into Drupal.
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> Can someone outline what kinds of things do I need to learn? Here are a
> few specific questions I have:
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> * How do I import the documents into Drupal's DB? Is there an API or a
> description of the sql needed?
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Check http://drupal.org/node/135530
Also http://drupal.org/project/feedparser
http://drupal.org/project/feedapi

> * How do I publish those new documents back? I guess I need to create a
> new node type, but didn't find a good HowTo. Can I use XSLT
> transformations to render the content?
>

I think a study of the above should help answer these.

Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/
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