Ask HN: An Online Spreadsheet Certain People can Edit

#1

Post by bioweek » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 3:59 PM UTC

So my wife is coaching a team, and she wants a way for the parents to all post their contact information somewhere online where only her and other parents of the team can see it.

What's the best method to accomplish this?

(I thought a google spreadsheet might work, but not everyone has a gmail account, and if I make it public I wouldn't want to take the chance of exposing everyone's contact info to the internet.)

Re: Ask HN: An Online Spreadsheet Certain People can Edit

#2

Post by mccutchen » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 4:13 PM UTC

How about a public Google Docs form that sticks its data into a private Google Docs spreadsheet?

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...

Re: Ask HN: An Online Spreadsheet Certain People can Edit

#3

Post by bioweek » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 4:20 PM UTC

mccutchen wrote: post #2

How about a public Google Docs form that sticks its data into a private Google Docs spreadsheet? http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...

That would almost work but I'd need a way for the parents to view the spreadsheet without exposing it to the internet or requiring them to have gmail accounts.

Re: Ask HN: An Online Spreadsheet Certain People can Edit

#4

Post by SHOwnsYou » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 4:35 PM UTC

Not sure on your level of technical savvy, but it would be trivial to make a website, put it behind a password, and have a simple form for their name and number.

Re: Ask HN: An Online Spreadsheet Certain People can Edit

#5

Post by bioweek » Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 4:50 PM UTC

SHOwnsYou wrote: post #4

Not sure on your level of technical savvy, but it would be trivial to make a website, put it behind a password, and have a simple form for their name and number.

I could do that. I was really hoping there would be something off the shelf I could use (even if I have to install it on a server.)