link to xls?

[selina]

i'm trying to create a wedding website from scratch. one thing i would really like to have guests RSVP online from the site. i have the guest list in xls sheet and i'm not sure how i can link it with guests' response from the website. i'm assuming that i can't do it with java script?
do i have to build a database to do this?

 

[hillbillybob]

What you are wanting is more broadly called linking the Website to a Datasource. Yes, you could use the Excel spreadsheet, and no, you wouldn't have to use Javascript necissarily. Are you hosting this site, or is somebody else hosting it?

If you are, then you will need to set the Excel spreadsheet as a data source.

If somebody else is hosting the site, you will need to make sure they support Excel spreadsheets as a datasource.

Then ya, you will need to use Javascript, C#, PHP, or someother language to connect to, query, and populate from your datasource

 

[selina]

i'm not hosting it, it's someone else. i'll ask if they support xls.

thanks for your help!