When I save my MS Office file what is the best format to use?
By default MS Office saves Word documents in a .doc format and Excel files in a .xls format. These formats are not the best ones to use if you want to use those files with your web site. The reason is that if you upload and reference a Word document as a .doc file then in order to display it properly a visitor to your web site would need to have MS Office (or MS Word) installed on their PC (or Excel if it is a .xls file). The vast majority of visitors to your web site will not have these Microsoft programs installed on their PC.

Because of this, the best way to use Word and Excel files is to save them in the HTML format. This format is selected via "Save As", then "Web Page *.htm. *.html format". When this format is selected the files are in a format that most all browsers support and as such are displayable in your visitor's Internet browser.

Another advantage of using the "Web Page" format is that the file will open directly when the visitor clicks on the file. Also, concerns that a visitor may have about viruses associated with Word/Excel files are greatly reduced when using the HTML format.

How do I use Microsoft FrontPage with my web site?
You can use MS FrontPage primarily in 2 ways.

• You may upload and reference your MS FrontPage file directly. When you use this method the entire file is diplayed directly in the browser as you might of expected. This method is good for things like tournament rules and registration forms.
• In cases where you want to maintain the left column links (for consistency and navigation) an alternate method is used for including your MS FrontPage file. To have your file displayed in a standard page format simply copy and paste the HTML code assoicated with your MS FrontPage file into the "Create Page" form. This is accomplished by:
  • Select HTML view (tab shown near the bottom of the FrontPage display) for you page. The HTML code assoicated with your page is now displayed.
  • Select Control A (Select All) to highlight all of the text associated with your page. Now copy this text to the clipboard by using Control C.
  • Paste this text (Control V) into the "Create Page" form input box.
  • Submit the "Create Page" form and your page is now created and has the standard left column along with your FrontPage developed page.

When I use the example tournament spreadsheet (referenced on the Tournament Example web site), MS Excel creates a new directory (when I save the spreadsheet) for all the individual worksheets contained in the spreadsheet. Since I can not create a new directory (folder) on my web site it does not appear that I can use the Excel "bottom tabs" capability with my spreadsheet.
The "bottom tabs" feature used with this example tournament spreadsheet is only available with Microsoft Office 2000 or XP. With both of these programs by default when the spreadsheet is saved the Excel programs creates a seperate directory containing all of the worksheets in the file. To override this default operation please follow the steps below (note, steps shown are for Office XP, a similar method is available with Office 2000):

• Select the Tools menu item.
• Click on "Options"
• Select the "General" tab.
• Click on the "Web Options" button.
• Uncheck the "Organize Supporting Files in a folder" option.