This sounds like a perfect use for a database.  You can have ALL of that
done automatically and dynamically, server sided.  Shouldn't be too hard.
>From my experiences, the most time consuming part is the search, depending
on how thorough and effective you want it to be.


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Amelia Kleymann wrote:

>Hey everyone,
>
>One of the sites I run has a registry of people who have left the
>cult my husband and I were in.
>
>Currently, we have them fill out a mailto form, send it in and
>one of our staff members takes the info, verifies it, enters it
>into an Excel worksheet, assigns them a unique ID number and
>mails a confirmation letter back to them with their ID number.
>This is all done by hand, using form letters and the such.
>
>Then, when the person gets their ID number, they go back to the
>site, enter the number and their full name, and criteria they are
>searching for in the registry and mails that form in.  Then, our
>staff member takes the search info and searches the Excel data,
>by hand, and returns them a letter with their results.
>
>So, is there any way to automate all of this, or part of this
>process?
>
>Thanks,
>Amelia Kleymann
>Webmaster
>ExIcoc.Org

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Lead Web Designer
BGS Group Inc.

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