Certainly .xls & .xlsx. The things I've seen (and the one that I have) are spreadsheets, and I've mostly seen Excel, although there are likely Open Office variants as well.

Cheers.

/Forum mod hat off

I'm enthused. Members like brp and BlondeBomber have given significant time and effort in creating some spreadsheet tools enthusiastically embraced by FlyerTalkers. We lost some very useful tools FTers used when FewMiles, our Canadian member who originally documented the AA status challenge and other heretofore "secret" benefits, let his site lapse (costs and msuntenance, I suspect); offering hosting of those tools would IMO incent generous members who'd like to share and add value to FlyerTalk.

Some limit such as 90/90 would inspire more confidence, and I'm guessing .xls, .xlsx, .doc, .docx and .pdf would suffice.

/Dons hat again

Thanks, IBobi for your offer of Internet Brand help.

This sounds reasonable to me. Let's move forward with these guidelines and posting formats.

Carol

I have made .doc, ,docx, and .pdf 180/180 (we do not have anything set up as 90/90 currently so I could not do that), and giving access to the following:

Mods
Admins
Sr. Mods
Omni
CC

Please test.

Mike will need to add .xls and .xlsx as they are not currently supported file types at all.

Thanks, IBobi.

(Wikiposts are 90/90, but if that's not a transferable parameter IMO, 180/180 would be OK I'd think if 90/90 is a hassle.)

I think that, by 90/90 people are still learning more than being likely to have things to share. So, I don't see an issue here.

Thanks iBobi. As soon as the .xlsx is done I can give this a spin, and do it via a mod if necessary.

Cheers.

I see the Travel Tools forum as being a good place to post spreadsheets to be shared.

That's one approach, though it may be worth considering that spreadsheets, etc. often relate to specific airlines or hotel chains, such as brp's spreadsheet for AAdvantage EQM, EQD, Award Miles or BlondeBomber's hotel spreadsheets if he's still creating them - might have fairly narrow audiences.

Either way, we can always have threads in travel provider fora that link to the specific threads in Travel Tools.

I see PDF are already supported by the "Manage Attachments" advanced post functions menu, so merely adding the .xls etc. as permitted attachments (with concomitant sizes limits) would technically allow these in all fora.

File types should all be working as indicated (new ones limited to 180/180 or admin/mod users).

Perfect! I see this is via the Advanced Post Functions "Manage Attachments" menu (tap / click on Edit in any post, then on "Go Advanced"). Easy, fits with everything else we do, and it works. Than you!

Members: for instructions on adding / attaching files and images to your post can be seen in the Technical Support and Feedback forum here:

How to add or embed a file or image / photo in a post (link)

and if there are problems assigning requirements, maybe some could be tied in to wikis?

I finally got a chance to post my spreadsheet, and I see that the limits for .xls, .xlsx are very small (200 KB) while other files are up to 7 MB. For spreadsheets, this is too small and will limit this to all but the simplest spreadsheets. Mine, for example (with the equations and support data, and minimal sample data) comes in at almost 700 KB.

May I suggest increasing the limits to be closer to that of the various image formats?

Cheers.

[MENTION=359244]IBobi[/MENTION]

Done.