Why do you want the file as a htm file and not a txt file?

Well then I guess what's happening IF Word is converting the .doc file to htm then its forming bad code which would be a result of why  you are getting the invalid code.

Why not just include a very simple CMS into the site so your end user can update it?

You say you are losing any positioning 'within' the include tag. How do you know what's in that tag if your not creating it?

I mean if you have this:

<?php include ('file.htm'): ?>

You don't know whats in the file.htm if your not the one who is creating it so how can you position anything within it?

Of course you could mean that the page just gets screwed up as a result of something outside of your control in the file.php document?

Yup, http://grabaperch.com/ is quite easy. It will cost £35 for a one off licence though BUT its about as simple as it gets or you could try something like http://www.cushycms.com which I belive is FREE for a maximum of 5 sites.

Cushy is hosted on their servers so there is really no set up that you need to get involved in. Perch is self-hosted so you will need to set that up.

Cushy demo:

http://www.cushycms.com/en/static/demo

supersub70 wrote:

 

 

 

So I guess I'm back down to two options;

 

1. Ensure the News articles are Text based only. Then have a separate image palceholder where any accompanying images can be uploaded.

or

   2. Get the users to send news articles to me for editting and uploading (I was trying to avoid getting involved in day to day content updates).

 

Are there any other formats that could be 'Saved As' from Word which might be compatible perhaps?

Both those options would work. I don't know enough about Word to provide an answer to your last query. Maybe someone else will take up the reigns and suggest an alternative method.