html table problem still

Have you tried:

– the plugin that takes all automatic wp tags out (I think disable auto p)

– make sure all table tags are there and appropriate (closed, etc)

– make sure the table works with the doctype

– make sure the table isn’t bigger than the container set in the template being used

what the plug in called ? what am i looking for in plug in library ?

searched for “disable auto” nothing ..

tables r all formatted right..
are tables not compatible with all Doctypes ?
table not bigger than container table is =”100%” should fit to suit

~Its only 3 colum of data ??

Tables works fine in code editor, i ve tried lots of combinations and never had a problem. Could it be something in your theme CSS that gives them different style?

deuced u got me thinkiing (and experimenting) . and i found it to be my H2 tags were pushing the HTML Table out.. so not table after all..

4 hrs later.. align=”left” and 4 <br clear=”all” /> Tags and it actually sites where i want it to be..

man i hate Firefox and IE rendering problems with a passion.. They should both be shot.

I blame browsers sometimes too, but I suck at web development.

Well, table management in WP still leaves a lot to be desired.

I’m being driven mental by it.

It would be fine if I knew it was just for my purposes, but in the case where you’re developing a site for a client, you can’t be sure that they won’t accidentally revert into visual editor mode. In fact, you definitely can’t be sure.

So then you get fun and games rendering out like:

<td>some text that you used to have wrapped in a p element

<p>Another line in a p</p>
</td>

What’s the problem with that? Well try getting your style sheets to play nicely with it.

Also there’s the joyous:

<p><table>
[rest of table here]
</table></p>

WordPress is quite insistent on that.

Basically I am coming to the conclusion that tables in word press are unusable, unless you’re very familiar with html.

Surely TinyMCE have sorted out a solid way to handle inserting tables?!

I’ve tried plugins abound, but nothing is solid enough for me to be happy to hand it over to a client. Alex Rabe’s wp-table was fairly good, but I don’t think that’s the best solution. You’re left wondering what that inserted table is, and then you have to wander off to another area to “manage tables”, instead of just being able to enter a table in the visual editor. Also, that plugin hasn’t been updated in a while, so I doubt it plays nicely with 2.5+

Please please please sort it out. I promise I’ll only use it for tabular data. There are some times that it does actually make semantic sense you know…!

Hi there, I’ve found tiny MCE Advanced a great help as it includes tables.
Also, and even though many will not agree with me, its one thing that
windows Live Writer does quite well, I now use it a lot just for convenience.
mike.

Thanks for the tips mikey1

I downloaded tiny MCE advanced just after I posted that, but I haven’t checked it out yet. I am hoping that it will solve my worries.

I don’t think Live Writer will be the solution for our clients though. It’s a whole other kettle of fish then ??

Hope it works out for you.
mike.

Cheers Mike – I hope so too. It has always seemed strange to me that tables were so neglected in a default wp install. Hurrah for plugins!

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Tiny MCE Advanced looks like the solution alright. Finally got round to testing it out today.

I absolutely love the fact that I can enable showing of p’s and br’s in HTML view.

Looking good!