[CS-FSLUG] help with web based spreadsheet

[David McGlone]

On Friday 25 April 2008 9:18:02 am Ron Thompson wrote:
> On Friday 25 April 2008 00:28, Davo Smith wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 6:14 AM, Ron Thompson <ron.t at xplornet.com> wrote:
> > > putting on a simulated emergency exercise / contest.  Many radio clubs
> > > will set up stations away from home, off the power grid, with temporary
> > > antennae and accommodations (tent's, RV's, and the like).  In
> > > preparation for this we would like to coordinate our gear and manpower
> > > on our own online spreadsheet, and I'm looking for some help to do
> > > that.
> > >
> > >    What I have is my web hosting package through Tim's company, which
> > > is where I'd like to put the spreadsheet.   Club members should have
> > > access to it to make changes, and while I don't mind if its open for
> > > anyone to view, I would like to password protect it to restrict changes
> > > to club members.
> > >
> > >     How difficult would this be to do?
> > >
> > >     Thanks,
> > >
> > >                    Ron T.
> >
> > http://docs.google.com ?
> > http://sheet.zoho.com ?
> >
> > You could probably embed them in an iframe if you really didn't want
> > to just put a link.
> >
> > Davo
>
>   I'm very out of touch and not familiar with iframes.  As it sounds easier
> to do and should be suitable I'll look into Google Spreadsheets as Jon had
> suggested.  When I have a moment though I will look into what an iframe is
> and how to use it.

an iframe is an inline frame. It's just like a frame, but can embed another 
html doc into the main document. Some sites use iframes to embed 
advertisements into an html doc or php doc, so on and so forth.

If I were setting up such a page that you are trying to do, I would use php 
and mysql and have the club member input a username and password in order to 
access the content in the database and be able to make changes.

David M.