Scores must be submitted in a comma or tab delimited data file - sans formatting - for it to be added to the website in a timely manner. I have some match software available for this purpose. Just ask for a copy.

With that in mind, you should all be mindful that any time I spend re-formatting your scores submissions, stripping formatting off and/or re-typing scores into html tables - takes away from the time from other development. Therefore, I must ask each of you to become familiar with whatever software you're using to generate tables, to see what export or "save" options you have that will output a DATA FILE. A simple set of scores will take me at least an hour to re-type and place into a webpage, whereas an unformatted delimited data file takes me a matter of about six seconds.

All the nice formatting in the world may be fine for match bulletins, but all that formatting is lost or must be stripped out of the files you send me in order for me to create tables in the web pages. I usually end up re-typing all the material at incredible cost to my schedule.

Modern word processors like Microsoft Word - provide you with the capability of creating web pages (.htm, .html files). You can create tables and will know pretty much what your scores will look like on the website - before you send them - if you use those capabilities. You don't have to hand-code html any more, so take advantage of your word processors web-authoring capabilities.

On another note: Data is Data.

If you want to send "just data", spreadsheets and databases provide export capabilities. You can tally up your scores electronically, export them to a common file format and send them as an attachment. We can import that data into an html table on the website.

So, please look up how to export a comma-delimited or comma-separated file, or the tab-delimited equivalent. Eventually, unless you take your own initiative to do so, we will have software that will utilize that type of output (comma-delimited or CSV files, tab-delimited files or XML) and will take those files and format them with a cascading style sheet or perhaps even an XSL stylesheet. Until then, pick a database program of some kind like Foxpro or Access if you cannot avoid using a spreadsheet like Excel to do the data output operation and use it to create simple, unformatted tables you can use to output plain delimited files like the sample here:

High Master,200 Yd SF,200 yd RF,300 yd RF,600 yd SF,Aggregate
Bill Dittenhofer,173-2X,188-2X,191-2X,179-0X,723-6X
Sam Chopping,181-2X MW,200-6X MW,199-10X MW,189-2X,769-20X MW

Master,,,,,
Ronald Porter,174-0X,196-2X,188-4X,177-1X,735-7X
Guy Pease,165-2X,195-6X,196-7X 1st MA,191-3X MW,747-18X 1st MA
John DiIorio,168-2X,196-8X 1st MA,191-2X,181-1X,736-13X
Roy Bane,175-6X,196-4X,187-2X,184-3X 1st MA,742-15X 2nd MA
Rick Bone,180-2X 1st MA ,193-7X,185-3X,177-1X,735-13X
Paul Rademaker,169-1X,196-7X 2nd MA,192-3X 2nd MA,177-3X,734-14X

Unclassified Master,,,,,
Pat Phillips,176-1X 2nd MA,185-3X,189-4X,181-1X 1st MA,731-9X
Matthew Martin,157-1X,182-2X,173-1X,172-3X,684-7X

Expert,,,,,
Jack Monturi,152-0X,185-1X,191-0X,184-4X,712-5X
Jim Monserud,166-3X 2nd EX,173-0X,168-1X,189-3X 1st EX,696-2X
Jon Sutter,160-0X,191-4X,192-4X 1st EX,186-2X 2nd EX,729-11X 1st EX
Bob Sutter,155-0X,186-1X,185-3X,178-0X,704-4X
Jerry Douthit,165-2X,196-5X 1st EX,190-2X,172-3X,723-11X
David Barr,169-1X 1st EX,190-3X,186-2X,183-3X,728-9X 2nd EX
Steve Howard,157-1X,189-2X,189-2X,171-2X,706-7X
Earl Goddette,162-0X,158-0X,182-2X,172-1X,674-0X
David Struckman,160-0X,195-4X 2nd EX,191-2X 2nd EX,177-1X,723-7X

Sharpshooter,,,,,
Steve Halasz,147-0X,158-1X,178-3X,116-4X,599-8X
Wayne Accentturo,160-1X,182-1X 1st SS,183-4X 1st SS,179-6X 1st SS,704-13X 1st SS
Philip Olson,164-0X 1st SS,177-1X,176-2X,166-4X,683-7X
James Harris,148-0X,178-1X,173-0X,175-1X,674-2X

Marksman,,,,,
Martin Criscoe,127-0X,112-0X,49-1X,80-0X,368-1X
Dean Marsh,140-0X,173-2X 3rd MK,166-1X,151-3X,630-6X
Rudy Porter,116-0X,158-0X,152-2X,117-0X,543-2X
Ron Hendrickson,130-0X,155-0X,126-1X,144-0X,555-0X
David Seybold,158-1X,187-1X 1st MK,180-2X 2nd MK,166-3X 2nd MK,691-7X 2nd MK
Mick Marchi,168-1X 3rd MK,177-3X,161-0X,120-0X,626-2X
Phillip Accentturo,180-0X 1st MK,171-3X 2nd MK,184-4X 1st MK,186-0X 1st MK,727-7X 1st MK
Richard Wilkinson,112-0X,154-1X,166-0X,148-0X,580-1X
Mike Leake,142-0X,159-0X,140-0X,148-1X,589-1X
Jerry Chontos,171-0X 2nd MK,164-0X,176-0X 3rd MK,163-0X 3rd MK,674-0X 3rd MK

In Excel, you can "save as CSV". In Access, you can "export textfiles", in Visual Foxpro you can "COPY TO c:\output.txt TYPE DELIMITED WITH ,".

You'd begin by creating your table (preferably in database software), entering your data and outputting the result, a plain text file. The web software we use will handle the rest of the process of placing your data into a formatted table.

With your data, you should be able to import it into a package like Excel, Access, Foxpro or PowerBuilder to give it a nice presentation for output as a report or as html for an e-mail.

If you need any help or advice on this subject, please call me at 720-371-9631

Be mindful that if you send hard copy - your scores may NEVER be posted. I have way too much pressure on my time to develop software, time that I will not waste in re-typing scores that you then send me as printouts. Send me data files, not paper.