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Here's the code--I edited out information that isn't relevant so don't expect it to work:

BEGIN {
    use CGI ':all';
    use XML::Simple;
    use XML::LibXML;
    use Data::Dumper;
    use File::Copy;
    use Tie::IxHash;
    my $htmlfile = "whiteboard.html";
    my $xmlfile   = "whiteboard.xml";
    tie %$xml, "Tie::IxHash", %{XMLin($xmlfile, SuppressEmpty => undef
+, )}; 
    #no forcearray needed here because we know the elements don't doub
+le.
    if    ( (!(param("Apply Edit"))) && (!(param("Cancel"))) )
    #so if the page is a first load, or a change in selection, or the 
+"Clear" button was pressed
    {
        print header();
        print start_html( -title => "Edit Whiteboard", -bgcolor => 'pu
+rple' )
          ;    
        print font( { -color => 'yellow' } ),
          h1("Whiteboard Editor");
    print h5("Type &lt;br&gt to create a new line in the webpage displ
+ay.");
        print start_form();
        @keys = keys( %{ $xml->{name} } );
        print popup_menu(
            -name     => 'selname',
            -values   => \@keys,
            -align    => 'top',
            -onChange => "submit();"
        );
        if ( param('selname') ) {
            if ( param("Clear") ) {
                param( 'thenote', "" );
            }
            else {
                param( 'thenote', "" ); #we need this to clear the not
+e if it's already blank, otherwise the
        #text from the defined note will persist
                param( 'thenote', $xml->{name}->{ param('selname') }->
+{note} );
            }
            print textarea( -name => 'thenote', -rows => 10, -columns 
+=> 55 );
        }
        else {
            param( 'thenote', $xml->{name}->{ $keys[0] }->{note} );
            print textarea( -name => 'thenote', -rows => 10, -columns 
+=> 55 );
        }
        print br(), br(), submit("Apply Edit"), "\t ", submit("Cancel"
+), "\t ",
          submit("Clear");
        print end_form();
        my $mtime =
          localtime( ( stat "edit.pl" )[9] );
        print hr(),
          font(
            { -size => '-1' },
            "Modified $mtime",
            br(), "Created and maintained by Terry Tate, Office Lineba
+cker"
          );
        print end_html();
    }    #end if !param
    else {    #this is a repost
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        if ( param("Apply Edit") ) {
        #print header();
    #if the "Apply Edit" button was pushed
      my $note;
      if (!(param("thenote"))) {$note=" ";}
      else{
            $note                                      = param("thenot
+e");
      }
            $xml->{name}->{ param('selname') }->{note} = $note || die 
+"assignment operator failed.";
            print XMLout( $xml, OutputFile => $xmlfile, NoAttr => 1, S
+uppressEmpty => undef ) || die "XMLout busted: $! .";
            my $title = "Whiteboard" || die "Can't assign title";
        
            open( OUTFILE, ">", $htmlfile ) || die "Can't open $htmlfi
+le for writing.";
            select(OUTFILE) || die "can't select OUTFILE";
            print start_html(
                -title => $title,
                -style => { 'src' => 'basic.css' }
            )|| die "Can't print start_html";
            print "<div id='masthead'>";
            print h3( a( { href => "../" }, "MFST" ) );
            print h1( "Whiteboard", span($title) );
            print "</div>";
            print "<div id='main'><div id='content'>";
            print "<table cols=2 rows='10' width='100%' border='1'>";
            print
"<th bgcolor='#00FF99' align='center'><h3 align='center'>Name</h3></th
+>
<th bgcolor='#00FF99' align='center'><h3 align='center'>Location/Notes
+</h3></th>";
            my $counter = 0;
            foreach $i (keys( %{ $xml->{name} } )) {
          if (!($xml->{name}->{$i}->{note})){
        $xml->{name}->{$i}->{note}=" ";
          }
                if ( $counter == 0 ) {
                    print
"\n<tr>\n<td width='30%'><h1 align='center'>$i</h1></td>\n<td width='3
+0%'><h1 align='center'>$xml->{name}->{$i}->{note}</h1></td> </tr>";
                }
                else {
                    print
"\n<tr>\n<td width='30%'><h2 align='center'>$i</h2></td>\n<td width='3
+0%'><h2 align='center'>$xml->{name}->{$i}->{note}</h2></td> </tr>";
                }
                ++$counter;
            }
            print "</table>";
            print
"<a href='edit.pl'><h2 align='center'>Edit Whiteboard</h2></a>
</div>
<div id='footer'>
<a href='#masthead' id='totop'>Return to Top of Page</a>";
            my $mtime1 = localtime( ( stat $xmlfile )[9] );
            print hr(),
              font( { -size => '-1' }, "Underlying data last edited $m
+time1" ),
              br();
            print "<p> This page is restricted to MFST staff. </p>
</p>
</div>
</div>

            </body>";
        print end_html();
        close(OUTFILE);
            select STDOUT;
            #rename( $htmlfile2, $htmlfile ) || die "Can't rename HTML
+ file";
    
        print redirect(
            'whiteboard.html');
    }    #end else
    elsif (param("Cancel")) {
       print redirect(
            'whiteboard.html');
     }
   else {
   #should be nothing else it could be, but just in case
       print header(), start_html(), "YOU HAVE REACHED THIS PAGE IN ER
+ROR",end_html();
     }
   } #end else
}    #end begin
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The thing with keeping track with a counter in the table creation is because there is also a "General Note" that should come first and get different formatting than entries from individual people.

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