Date and Sorting doesnt work

  • Resolved wpuser293

    (@wpuser293)


    2 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Tobias, I am currently checking if i could use the tablepress plugin to list all the seminars. I want the table to be sorted by date as a standard value.

    So I installed the datasorting plugin extension but the sorting only recognizes the first numbers. Then i tried to apply the following code in the customs field:

    "columnDefs": [{"type": "date-eu", "targets": [0,1]}]

    First two columns are “Date from” and “Date until”.

    I added the table by following shortcode:
    [table id=1 responsive=scroll datatables_fixedheader=top datatables_columnfilterwidgets=true datatables_columnfilterwidgets_exclude_columns=1,2,5,6,8 automatic_url_conversion=true automatic_url_conversion_new_window=true? /]

    So Plugin installed, tried to put in custom format and still it doesnt seem to work. Also tried some solutions from different forums like this one:

    "columnDefs": [ { "type": "date-eu", "targets": [ 0,1 ] } ], "order": [ [ 0, "asc" ] ]

    That should work but somehow doesnt. I am running out of ideas ??

    If that works I will for sure donate some money because the plugin is awesome!!

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by wpuser293. Reason: Code Editing
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  • Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

    Can you please post a link to the page with the table where this problem happens, so that I can take a direct look? Thanks!

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter wpuser293

    (@wpuser293)

    Hi Tobias, thanks for your message, can I send the URL to you in a private message as the homepage URL shouldnt be public yet?

    Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for the email with the link!

    From what I can see, the cause for the problem is that these first two columns also contain empty cells — which the date-eu sorting algorithm does not understand correctly and runs into an error.
    Can you maybe fill all cells in these columns with a proper date?

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter wpuser293

    (@wpuser293)

    Hi Tobias, thanks for your reply, yes that might have been the problem. I filled all the items and the ones which are still in planning with a imaginary date. That would work. The thing is some seminars are still in the planning phase. So the date would be something like “in planning”. Can i somehow add a placeholder which doesn’t mess up the sorting algorithm?

    Thanks alot for your prompt reply!

    Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    unfortunately, that’s not possible with that algorithm at this time. I would then recommend a slightly different approach, based on an extra (hidden) column. Please see https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/date-order-6/ for more on this.

    Regards,
    Tobias

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