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[ChrisMacG]

Originally Posted by nickster

From the point of building the site - the excel HTML pages are very wide and won't fit into the standard page size the template is designed for. Can look into secondary templates but PDF would be a cleaner solution.

I suggest using Google Docs to convert your spreadsheets into HTML. It produces cleaner code with better browser compatibility. The MS office products have never been ideal for converting to HTML.

Originally Posted by nickster

There are converters available to create PDFs from Office without purchasing the full version of Acrobat.

The problem with PDFs is the acrobat plug-in is a memory hogging unstable catastrophe. Take a look at Google docs.

[ChingLizard]

That's a classic image ERic!!! LoL!

[ChingLizard]

Originally Posted by ChrisMacG

I suggest using Google Docs to convert your spreadsheets into HTML. It produces cleaner code with better browser compatibility. The MS office products have never been ideal for converting to HTML.



The problem with PDFs is the acrobat plug-in is a memory hogging unstable catastrophe. Take a look at Google docs.

Wow!!! Good scoop Chris! Thanks!

I've always had a lot of trouble with the HTML generation of Excel...its very picky and too much of it isn't really controllable.

The drawback with any of it is that it puts a lot extra work on the webmaster to get it converted to whatever it ends up being. Winter-time isn't too bad, but when you've 3 and 4 simultaneous leagues running at once, it all starts adding up.

I'm not a big fan of .pdf files, they are large and require add-ins which come with their own problems too. If I truly had the patience, I'd hand-code this site to keep it small and tight, but the amount of maintenance it would take to keep it maintained (especially when weeknight leagues are running) is just too much to keep up with on a volunteer basis.

[ChrisMacG]

Originally Posted by ChingLizard

The drawback with any of it is that it puts a lot extra work on the webmaster to get it converted to whatever it ends up being. Winter-time isn't too bad, but when you've 3 and 4 simultaneous leagues running at once, it all starts adding up.

I'm not a big fan of .pdf files, they are large and require add-ins which come with their own problems too. If I truly had the patience, I'd hand-code this site to keep it small and tight, but the amount of maintenance it would take to keep it maintained (especially when weeknight leagues are running) is just too much to keep up with on a volunteer basis.

Take a look at DiscGolfScene.com for their league support. Chuck started using it for the Miramar league this summer and the site presented stats very nicely. There's no reason that HFDS should have to rebuild something that another site handles really well. As you mention, we're all volunteering for this sort of thing.

[newatit09]

Originally Posted by ERicJ

Are you uploading one of the approved file types and ensuring that it is under the size limit for that type? The restrictions are listed in the upload pop-up.

I'm attaching an image to this post to test.

how do you make the picture the icon by your name?

[ERicJ]

Originally Posted by newatit09

how do you make the picture the icon by your name?

Edit Avatar under the User CP.

[newatit09]

Thanks

[Miller]

Originally Posted by ChrisMacG

I suggest using Google Docs to convert your spreadsheets into HTML. It produces cleaner code with better browser compatibility. The MS office products have never been ideal for converting to HTML.



The problem with PDFs is the acrobat plug-in is a memory hogging unstable catastrophe. Take a look at Google docs.

I agree that pdfs are big and not always handled well. But you don't have to use Adobe Acrobat reader either. I use FoxIt to open all my pdf files. It's small, doesn't need to be installed, and doesn't use much memory. That being said, I would agree with Chris and probably use Google Docs to convert spreadsheets to html.

[skank]

whats up with TLV thread?

[ERicJ]

Originally Posted by skank

whats up with TLV thread?

On hiatus for a while.