Comments on: Copy tables http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/ ALEX RABE | learning by doing... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:49:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Mark http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-91 Mark Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:14:10 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-91 Just another point - I would HIGHLY recommend anyone using this plugin to add the "border-collapse: collapse;" to their CSS. This looks much better IMHO than the double-line border as it is "out of the box". Thanks again Alex - you saved me a lot of headaches with this plugin :) Just another point - I would HIGHLY recommend anyone using this plugin to add the “border-collapse: collapse;” to their CSS. This looks much better IMHO than the double-line border as it is “out of the box”.

Thanks again Alex - you saved me a lot of headaches with this plugin :)

]]> By: Mark http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-90 Mark Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:08:26 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-90 Hi Alex, Thanks for your reply - I have found the problem. The client supplied the xls file, and I noticed upon looking at it again that they had included quite a long string of text in one of the cells, which was essentially a list of product numbers, but they hadn't left a space after each comma. This meant that the cell's text couldn't wrap. Problem solved - your plugin rocks! Thank you! Regards, Mark. Hi Alex,

Thanks for your reply - I have found the problem. The client supplied the xls file, and I noticed upon looking at it again that they had included quite a long string of text in one of the cells, which was essentially a list of product numbers, but they hadn’t left a space after each comma. This meant that the cell’s text couldn’t wrap.

Problem solved - your plugin rocks! Thank you!

Regards, Mark.

]]> By: alex.rabe http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-80 alex.rabe Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:34:03 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-80 Hi Mark, send me link to the page where you integrate the table. I will check what's the reason for this behaviour Which wordpress theme do you use ? regards Alex Hi Mark,

send me link to the page where you integrate the table.
I will check what’s the reason for this behaviour

Which wordpress theme do you use ?

regards
Alex

]]> By: Mark http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-75 Mark Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:22:14 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-75 Hi there, Firstly - a superb plugin! There is nothing like this anywhere else, and it's solved a lot of problems for me :) One issue I'm having which you may be able to help with - I can't seem to control the width of the table. I've tried using the CSS file and using the settings on the edit table page. Neither seem to change the table width at all. I've also tried altering the widths of each column - to no avail. The situation is that the table is displaying across my sidebar. Not a good look! Has anyone else experienced this, or are there any suggestions as to how I can fix this. Excellent plugin - just having some teething problems which I'd really like to sort out :) Thanks again! Hi there,

Firstly - a superb plugin! There is nothing like this anywhere else, and it’s solved a lot of problems for me :)

One issue I’m having which you may be able to help with - I can’t seem to control the width of the table. I’ve tried using the CSS file and using the settings on the edit table page. Neither seem to change the table width at all. I’ve also tried altering the widths of each column - to no avail.

The situation is that the table is displaying across my sidebar. Not a good look!

Has anyone else experienced this, or are there any suggestions as to how I can fix this. Excellent plugin - just having some teething problems which I’d really like to sort out :)

Thanks again!

]]> By: alex.rabe http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-55 alex.rabe Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:35:39 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-55 Seth, I'm able to reproduce your main problem and I drop the check for the content type. So with the latest update also a Excel created csv file should work now... Seth,

I’m able to reproduce your main problem and I drop the check for the content type. So with the latest update also a Excel created csv file should work now…

]]> By: Dan Q http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-54 Dan Q Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:17:49 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-54 As a sideline to this conversation, I work in spreadsheets a great deal and use Openoffice instead of Excel because conversion to other formats – necessary for my work – is cleaner than Microsoft products (in my opinion), and that includes csv. It’s free at the link below although the full suite is bulky and I wouldn’t recommend it if your computer is memory challenged. Dan Q http://www.openoffice.org/ As a sideline to this conversation, I work in spreadsheets a great deal and use Openoffice instead of Excel because conversion to other formats – necessary for my work – is cleaner than Microsoft products (in my opinion), and that includes csv. It’s free at the link below although the full suite is bulky and I wouldn’t recommend it if your computer is memory challenged.
Dan Q
http://www.openoffice.org/

]]> By: alex.rabe http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-53 alex.rabe Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:42:26 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-53 Seth, of course you need the upload folder, but I take the basic upload folder from Wordpress. Not a special one. Anyway, I test this in the follow way : Create my table with excel and then I choose "Save as" csv ... Here it works :-( Seth,

of course you need the upload folder, but I take the basic upload folder from Wordpress. Not a special one.

Anyway, I test this in the follow way :

Create my table with excel and then I choose “Save as” csv …
Here it works :-(

]]> By: Seth http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-52 Seth Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:19:13 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-52 OK... I'm good. Thanks, Dan, for the advice, and Alex, for the plug-in. First of all, I had to create the uploads folder in /wp-content/plugins. Then, I need to copy the table date from Excel, paste it in to Word, then Convert the table to comma-delimited text and save it as a .txt file. Ugh... but it works. :) OK… I’m good. Thanks, Dan, for the advice, and Alex, for the plug-in.

First of all, I had to create the uploads folder in /wp-content/plugins. Then, I need to copy the table date from Excel, paste it in to Word, then Convert the table to comma-delimited text and save it as a .txt file.

Ugh… but it works. :)

]]> By: Dan Q http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-51 Dan Q Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:16:03 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-51 Hey Seth, Yes, always. Created tables in a number of ways, the east being to copy your table into Notepad (not Wordpad as Notepad is flat text) from your spreadsheet (assuming you're using one). Then add a delimited character (I use the standard, ; ) after each item you want in your row. Ex: Name Goals Assists Total Player A 1 1 2 Now becomes - Name; Goals; Assists; Total Player A; 1; 1; 2 Copy the two rows from the spreadsheet without adjusting the formatting and Notepad will pick up the row issue. If you're pasting an entire row from a spreadsheet it could pick up additional columns so make sure you delete all formatting after your final column. Just save the Notepad file with the name you wish, as a text file and import through the plugin feature in the the WP admin section. There are a ton of other things you could do, including functions to automatically add your characters for you, but this simple method should get you going. Dan Quon Hey Seth,
Yes, always. Created tables in a number of ways, the east being to copy your table into Notepad (not Wordpad as Notepad is flat text) from your spreadsheet (assuming you’re using one). Then add a delimited character (I use the standard, ; ) after each item you want in your row.

Ex:
Name Goals Assists Total
Player A 1 1 2

Now becomes -
Name; Goals; Assists; Total
Player A; 1; 1; 2

Copy the two rows from the spreadsheet without adjusting the formatting and Notepad will pick up the row issue. If you’re pasting an entire row from a spreadsheet it could pick up additional columns so make sure you delete all formatting after your final column.
Just save the Notepad file with the name you wish, as a text file and import through the plugin feature in the the WP admin section.
There are a ton of other things you could do, including functions to automatically add your characters for you, but this simple method should get you going.
Dan Quon

]]> By: Seth http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-50 Seth Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:47:05 +0000 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/2006/12/05/copy-tables/#comment-50 Has anyone ever actually been successful in importing a table? I can't get the import to work! If you have been successful, how are you creating your CSV file? Has anyone ever actually been successful in importing a table? I can’t get the import to work!

If you have been successful, how are you creating your CSV file?

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