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Machete_ · 02-21-2009, 02:19 PM

I have a lot of posts I need to publish, the problem is it include tables that are between 4 and 6 cells across.

Anyone know a good safe way of doing that in Wordpress?

There was a Wordpress table plugin that worked for versions up to 2.5
But the owner have discontinued the development, and it dont work anymore

who · 02-21-2009, 02:32 PM

Your problem is poorly described

Machete_ · 02-21-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by who

Your problem is poorly described

Not really. Its simple; Creating Tables in Wordpress posts - what is the best procedure?

spacedog · 02-21-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ebus_dk

Not really. Its simple; Creating Tables in Wordpress posts - what is the best procedure?

ditch the tables and use div layers and absolute positioning

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 02-21-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by spacedog

ditch the tables and use div layers and absolute positioning

^^^^
what the jackass said...

who · 02-21-2009, 03:26 PM

Pleasurepays · 02-21-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ebus_dk

Not really. Its simple; Creating Tables in Wordpress posts - what is the best procedure?

without css, i think the best way it to use notepad, get it all ready and cut and paste to the post.. once you do, you won't be able to edit it in wordpress because it will strip out all the html tags (or some or most) so you have to keep doing it from notepad or an editor.

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 02-21-2009, 03:31 PM

back when i insisted on using tables and wasn't familiar with css i created templates for my blog posts inside frontpage, saved them, and whenever i needed to do a post i'd put it together in frontpage and just cut/paste the template from the source/code tab...

was easy enough...

Supz · 02-21-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

back when i insisted on using tables and wasn't familiar with css i created templates for my blog posts inside frontpage, saved them, and whenever i needed to do a post i'd put it together in frontpage and just cut/paste the template from the source/code tab...

was easy enough...

You can do this in blogdesk. It has a few different format templates. You can edit them, and save the format.

Machete_ · 02-21-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

without css, i think the best way it to use notepad, get it all ready and cut and paste to the post.. once you do, you won't be able to edit it in wordpress because it will strip out all the html tags (or some or most) so you have to keep doing it from notepad or an editor.

I was hoping to get rid of HTML <table> tags

What I'm doing now, is with a <div> creating colums, but that is bloody hard to manage when updating the table data later.

Machete_ · 02-21-2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

back when i insisted on using tables and wasn't familiar with css i created templates for my blog posts inside frontpage, saved them, and whenever i needed to do a post i'd put it together in frontpage and just cut/paste the template from the source/code tab...

was easy enough...

That is what i do now (dreamweaver -> copy paste) but the result is posts that arent valid html/xhtml.

Machete_ · 02-21-2009, 03:45 PM

I was hoping for some csv import style plugin, or even better, something that can handle a XML feed

Pleasurepays · 02-21-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ebus_dk

I was hoping to get rid of HTML <table> tags

What I'm doing now, is with a <div> creating colums, but that is bloody hard to manage when updating the table data later.

you can also create those custom keys. there is a plugin out there, that allows you to post any code in a post. i used it on some hoax sites to create fake credit card forms, registration forms etc

Machete_ · 02-21-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

you can also create those custom keys. there is a plugin out there, that allows you to post any code in a post. i used it on some hoax sites to create fake credit card forms, registration forms etc

Im using wp-codeshield for that at the moment

fris · 02-21-2009, 05:47 PM

do you mean <table>'s or actual mysql tables to add via a post?

Machete_ · 02-22-2009, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by fris

do you mean <table>'s or actual mysql tables to add via a post?

actual mysql tables (or any other DB format)

At the moment, the only working solution for me, is to get a programmer to do it in Flash

The reason I would use Falsh is the fact that Google will soon be able to index the context of flashfiles anyway. (flatfile images will come later according to their lab)

fris · 02-22-2009, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ebus_dk

actual mysql tables (or any other DB format)

At the moment, the only working solution for me, is to get a programmer to do it in Flash

The reason I would use Falsh is the fact that Google will soon be able to index the context of flashfiles anyway. (flatfile images will come later according to their lab)

You can do any php code in themes, best to put it in functions.php and call it via that.

Brujah · 02-22-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ebus_dk

I have a lot of posts I need to publish, the problem is it include tables that are between 4 and 6 cells across.

Anyone know a good safe way of doing that in Wordpress?

There was a Wordpress table plugin that worked for versions up to 2.5
But the owner have discontinued the development, and it dont work anymore

A fix for wp-table plugin:
http://www.wpsnippets.com/2008/06/wp...tal-error-fix/

Machete_ · 02-22-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Brujah

A fix for wp-table plugin:
http://www.wpsnippets.com/2008/06/wp...tal-error-fix/

thank you, I'll try that

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Machete_ WINNING! Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,579	I was hoping for some csv import style plugin, or even better, something that can handle a XML feed