Altering Pages Online

Pages that can be altered online by visitors

[Margo_Lane]

Can anyone tell me how to create a web page that visitors can alter?

Specifically, our company would like to have a password protected page where all our stores could visit and input their monthly stats themselves...a page that resembles an Excel page.

Can this be done? How is it done? Is it PHP? Is it javascript? Would this require some sort of "Submit" button? What server capabilities would be necessary? Are there tutorials online to teach me how to create a page like this?

Thanking you in advance for your help and advice.

[rocco]

There is a chance you can do this with some AJAX. Eg you could make the table cells clickable, creating an input field at the place where the cell is, asking for a value and some user verification.

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[Margo_Lane]

Thank you, Rocco. Can you suggest a search string? I've already tried a few with not much luck.

Thanks.

[mayest]

Margo,

Have you thought of using Google Documents? You can share your spreadsheet with your store managers so that they can fill in the appropriate data. You can then set rules for Google to notify you when changes have been made if you want. You can save the spreadsheet as an XLS or CSV (other formats too) so that you can use the data in another application.

If you like that idea, look into Google Apps for Domains. I think that you can make it appear as if it is integral to your site. I've never used this, so I may be incorrect.

[creeking]

you could also set up a forum, with areas on it restricted to registered members.

within the restricted areas, excel files could be attached. or the information could just be placed in a text post.

forums often have a private message feature, which could be handy.