[pmwiki-users] DataPlates update

[Ben Stallings]

The DataPlates demo site has been updated to use the latest PmWiki and 
Acme/ZAP.  For the record, no changes to the code were necessary to make 
forms work with the new Acme; the changes were all to the documentation 
to reflect the new filenames, etc.

DataPlates had its public debut last week at 
http://www.psduua.org/Delegates, where it was used to allow 
congregations to name their delegates to a regional conference, directly 
on the sign-in sheet, which the registrar then simply printed from the 
Web page.  The number of blanks for each congregation is specified by a 
field in a database table, which was imported (along with the 
congregation names and states and logins and passwords) from a 
spreadsheet.  The delegate names were recorded in the same table, which 
can now be exported back to a spreadsheet for office use.

I'm pleased to report that not only did the congregational staff say 
they found the online delegate-naming process easier and simpler than 
doing it on paper, but 10% more of them used it than used the paper 
forms last year!  I hope that others will find this as useful as I have! 
  --Ben