simple way to display data in a .txt file on a webpage?

Question

Working on a project, one of the webpages will display a list of people (specifically, a list of people from a graduation class that haven't been located yet). Instead of manually updating these lists in tables which is a boneheaded Web 1.0 way of doing it, I'd like to take the submitted list of names, convert them to a simple .txt list, and then display that list on the webpage.

So far, the easist way to do this is to use an iframe element... only thing is, I cannot (or don't know how to) apply any text styling to the contents of the iframe. I've published a sample of what I've been able to accomplish here: http://dongarber.com/test//helpus-iframetest.html

The default font is courier, and the client probably ain't gonna be too keen on it. Is there a better way to do this, that's doesn't require ASP.NET or a database?

#list  p {     font: arial;     font-size: 14px; }  ...       <p>Help us locate all of our classmates from the High School class of 1961. If  you know&nbsp;where they live&nbsp;or their e-mail addresses contact the Reunion Committee.</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <div id="list"><p><iframe src="missingmen.txt" width=200 height=400 frameborder=0 ></iframe></p></div>      </div> 

Answer 1

Easy way:

• Rename missingmen.txt to missingmen.html.
• Add a single line to the top of missingmen.html:
  <link href="txtstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
• Create a file called txtstyle.css, and add to it a line like this:
  html, body {font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif}

Answer 2

I find that if I try things that others say do not work, it's how I learn the most.

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>README.txt</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div id="list">   <p><iframe src="README.txt" frameborder="0" height="400"       width="95%"></iframe></p> </div> 

This worked for me. I used the yellow background-color that I set in the stylesheet.

#list  p {     font: arial;     font-size: 14px;     background-color: yellow ; }