Tables in posts

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I searched and didn't find anything. I could have sworn I posted about this before ...

There have been quite a few times I've found it would be nice to have tables in posts. For aligning lists of finishing times and the corresponding information, as an example. Is there any chance this feature is on the horizon for us measly little users? Sure would be handy!

(:

~LoudMusic
 
I second that motion!

Though, I wouldn't have the first idea on how to incorporate that in vB code... and yes Loud, I remember you mentioning that before. ;)
 
I think I mentioned it as well... Back in the TeamGTPlanet days, I had to resort to uploading gif images of tables for proper alignment...

Can vB code handle tables without the use of HTML? We all know how Jordan doesn't allow HTML for us lowly's.....:D
 
I like the setup we've got :thumbsup:, tables and stuff could make things complicated and take a lot of GTP re designing... Just up load tables as pics....:sun:
 
Make the tables in Excel or something, press Print Screen, crop it, and then upload it to a site or something.

The quality will still be pretty good.
 
I think could be done, but you wouldn't be able to apply any kind of attributes to the tags (align, bgcolor, border, etc.). Do you still want it?
 
Originally posted by Jordan
I think could be done, but you wouldn't be able to apply any kind of attributes to the tags (align, bgcolor, border, etc.). Do you still want it?
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So they would be plain invisible tables? Alignment would be handy, which I assume would be possible with addition vb code (?), but basically I just wanted plain tables for fun text alignment.

~LoudMusic
 
Yes, they would be invisible tables. You could still use our current align tags because they are just <div>'s.
 
I think the alignment is of sufficient benefit to justify inclusion - I know I've tried to do tables before (generally F1 qualifying) and it hasn't worked all that well.
 
That would be totally cool. How exactly do you do this? Just type in a find and replace schema or something? "Find in message text - replace with html code" ??

~LoudMusic
 
Originally posted by vat_man
<smirk> Like I've got any idea....
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Well that's good, because I was asking the J-man (:

If that's the way it works, it would be easy to make any kind of tag, and that would make vB code very much fun for guys like me.

~LoudMusic
 
I probably sound very stupid but Loud, what are you talking about? Tables in posts? What the crap is that? Is it something that has like a percentage of where you have posted? Kinda like:

Rumble Strip - 60%
Gran Turismo 3 - 20%
Test Forum - 20%

Like it shows where you have posted and the percent you posted in these forums? If not, I think it is a good idea. :)
 
Well sort of, but a better example might be if you're posting F1 qualifying times, and you have driver, team, time and gap. You'd be able to put them into a neat table that lines up, rather than the line-by-line thing we get now.
 
Originally posted by vat_man
Well sort of, but a better example might be if you're posting F1 qualifying times, and you have driver, team, time and gap. You'd be able to put them into a neat table that lines up, rather than the line-by-line thing we get now.
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Yeah, that (:

~LoudMusic
 
The tables code could be simple you just have like the amount of columns and or rows and import the data then somehow............
 
Originally posted by LoudMusic
That would be totally cool. How exactly do you do this? Just type in a find and replace schema or something? "Find in message text - replace with html code" ??

~LoudMusic
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Yep, that's exactly how it works, although it isn't actually a "find and replace". It never touches the messages in the database, it only scans them for any vB code before displaying them on the page. This way, you can always go back and edit the vB code in your post without messing around with the raw HTML. Here - I'll attach a screenshot from the Admin control panel to show you. This is how the simple bold tag looks:
 

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OK! Looks like it's working. :) Just create the tables as you always would using the new tags [table], [td], and [tr]. It's exactly the same as HTML except for the brackets instead of the <> characters!

Remember that you can't add any attributes to any of the tags!
 
Very Cool! Nice interface that vB has there as well. Makes selective html very convenient to implement.
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<very good indeed>
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Yes, I truly believe the AdminCP is one of vB's greatest assets. :thumbsup:
 
That's freaking amazing ... when the time comes to actually start my personal web BB, I think vBulletin will be the way to go.

Thanks for the extra tags, J-man!

~LoudMusic
 
Originally posted by LoudMusic
I searched and didn't find anything. I could have sworn I posted about this before ...

There have been quite a few times I've found it would be nice to have tables in posts. For aligning lists of finishing times and the corresponding information, as an example. Is there any chance this feature is on the horizon for us measly little users? Sure would be handy!

(:

~LoudMusic
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I suggested this as well...
 
do you think u could add things to use like <table cellspacing=X cellpadding=X border="x" Bordercolor="X"> stuff like that?

Also measruing out width and height would be nice..
 
Originally posted by troy
do you think u could add things to use like <table cellspacing=X cellpadding=X border="x" Bordercolor="X"> stuff like that?

Also measruing out width and height would be nice..
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No, I couldn't set those attributes without affecting every table someone posts.
 

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