I may need to put together a quick little website, and need a recommendation on the right tool to use.
I have a 3 GB (I think) web space account along with each of the 6 email addresses that my ISP provides me with. A volunteer group I am with is having a gathering this summer where a number of people may bring trailers. I need to know trailer size, including length, width (with slides out), and a few other items so that I can 'jigsaw' them together into the area we have for them.
My thought originally was to email everyone a form they could fill out, then just cut and paste that into a spreadsheet. I may still do that, as I am familiar with the process. Often the best tool is the one that you are familiar with, and I am familiar with email and spreadsheets.
However, I bought into Blue Griffon a few years ago (though it is 'free', some modules require a contribution) when I was trying to show my daughter how she could put together a small website for her photography business. We ended up buying a 'cookie cutter' website from Intuit instead, so I never did use BlueGriffon to any extent.
SeaMonkey, IIRC, also has a basic HTML editor that is capable of creating a basic website.
My thought is to:
1) Post an XLS one-line spreadsheet to my Dropbox account, and give everyone a link through the group newsletter. The one-line spreadsheet could then be emailed back to me to cut and paste into my master LO Calc spreadsheet that I have used for several years.
or
2) Set up a very simple website that could gather the 8 to 10 fields of information that I need, store it in a table on the website, then paste that back into a LO Calc spreadsheet for further processing.
I am open to other options. However, remember, this is a thing that only happens once/year, and would involve less than a hundred entries into the table. I can't be bothered putting too much work into the infrastructure as I just won't use it often enough.
I'm using Kubuntu 12.04.
Suggestions?
Frank.
I have a 3 GB (I think) web space account along with each of the 6 email addresses that my ISP provides me with. A volunteer group I am with is having a gathering this summer where a number of people may bring trailers. I need to know trailer size, including length, width (with slides out), and a few other items so that I can 'jigsaw' them together into the area we have for them.
My thought originally was to email everyone a form they could fill out, then just cut and paste that into a spreadsheet. I may still do that, as I am familiar with the process. Often the best tool is the one that you are familiar with, and I am familiar with email and spreadsheets.
However, I bought into Blue Griffon a few years ago (though it is 'free', some modules require a contribution) when I was trying to show my daughter how she could put together a small website for her photography business. We ended up buying a 'cookie cutter' website from Intuit instead, so I never did use BlueGriffon to any extent.
SeaMonkey, IIRC, also has a basic HTML editor that is capable of creating a basic website.
My thought is to:
1) Post an XLS one-line spreadsheet to my Dropbox account, and give everyone a link through the group newsletter. The one-line spreadsheet could then be emailed back to me to cut and paste into my master LO Calc spreadsheet that I have used for several years.
or
2) Set up a very simple website that could gather the 8 to 10 fields of information that I need, store it in a table on the website, then paste that back into a LO Calc spreadsheet for further processing.
I am open to other options. However, remember, this is a thing that only happens once/year, and would involve less than a hundred entries into the table. I can't be bothered putting too much work into the infrastructure as I just won't use it often enough.
I'm using Kubuntu 12.04.
Suggestions?
Frank.
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