Tables in posts

Discussion in 'Customer Service' started by Huss, Sep 13, 2012.

  1. Huss

    Huss Member

    Aug 1, 1995
    New York, NY
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    At long last we have tables.
    • Enclose table data in
      bbcode tags
    • Use "\" to add rows. Please remember to have this at the beginning of a line
    • Use "|" to separate columns in a row
    • NOTE: You can format text in each cell BUT each cell's text has to be formatted separately.
    See attached example.

    THIS:
    Code:
    [table]letter|number|word
    \a|1|neat
    \b|2|ugly
    [/table]
    PRODUCES THIS
    letternumberword
    a1neat
    b2ugly

    AND THIS
    eg_text.png
    PRODUCES THIS
    eg.png
     
  2. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Oh, good! I begged off my old table thread partly because it was so impossible to post tables. But I will see if I can't sit down this weekend and post some of the tables I've posted in years past. If it works well, then great. If it needs tweaks, I'll follow up here.
     
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  3. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite BS XXV

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    [​IMG]

    ...I had to. :D
     
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  4. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    So, here: https://www.bigsoccer.com/community/...layoff-situation.1974653/page-3#post-26467126

    Two thoughts for now ...

    1. Way too much white space. Hence the tables are too big to read easily. Can we make the buffers smaller so the tables are considerably more compact?

    2. Formatting these with colors and such would be a nightmare. You have to be able to format groups and sets of entries as units, not just individual entries on its own. In other words, there should be an easy way for me to distinguish between playoff and non-playoff teams.
     
  5. edwardgr

    edwardgr Moderator
    Staff Member

    Mar 6, 2006
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I agree with knave regarding the white space, however, I also appreciate the effort to get this working so if it takes a while to revisit and cleanup a bit I am not worried at all.

    column acolumn bcolumn c
    blueblueblue
    greengreengreen
    redredred
     
  6. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Huss, I'm trying to create tables using your instructions, but it doesn't work. All I get when I post a reply is exactly what I typed. Here:

    Code:
    [table]letter|number|word
    \a|1|neat
    \b|2|ugly
    [/table]
    Any suggestions?
     
  7. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Remove the code tags.

    letternumberword
    a1neat
    b2ugly

    Quote this post to see.
     
  8. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks very much. It works.
     
  9. fuzzx

    fuzzx Member+

    Feb 4, 2012
    Brossard
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Is there a simple or automatic way to transfer a table form word or excel?
     
  10. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    :ROFLMAO:


    Sorry.
     
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  11. profiled

    profiled Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 7, 2000
    slightly north of a mile high
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
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  12. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
  13. profiled

    profiled Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 7, 2000
    slightly north of a mile high
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Yeah I had to move providers a few months back and haven't gotten around to setting the site up again, i'll get to it soon.
     
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  14. SJJ

    SJJ Member

    Sep 20, 1999
    Royal Oak, MI, USA
    Club:
    Michigan Bucks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The script would be a little more interesting if basic formatting info of each cell (italic, bold, underline, color [text and background], left-right justification) could be included.

    I don't even know if BigSoc has this feature in its table entries.

    Otherwise I just find it easier to copy a spreadsheet to Notepad, mass-replace the tab characters with the vertical bar, add the header-tail, and the backslash to start each line, then manually format the entries that require them.
     
  15. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    Easiest is what I do on the MLSN&A table thread: copy the table as an image, upload it, post it.
     

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