I think I broke something …

  • Resolved barleymow

    (@barleymow)


    6 years, 6 months ago

    I think I broke it …
    TablePress no longer appears on my installed plugins …
    nor on the list of plugins .

    When I try to reinstall it, I get an error message saying “Installation failed: Destination folder already exists.” but I can’t find the destination folder to delete it!

    PLEASE HELP!!!

    I WAS trying to add an Amazon Associates code to the footer to all the “pages” on my site using another plugin (Insert Headers and Footers) and I must have done something UNINTENTIONAL to the TablePress code …. How do I fix TablePress, or reinstall it?

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by barleymow.

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  • Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.

    That sounds strange. Please log in to your server via FTP and check if there is a (maybe empty) folder “tablepress” in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. If yes, please delete it. After that, you can re-install TablePress from within your WordPress admin dashboard.

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter barleymow

    (@barleymow)

    I’m not sure how to log in to the server via ftp … unfortunately I am not the GoDaddy account holder, just the administrator of this website.

    I’m really struggling with as I have no backup except for the original data in an excel spreadsheet.

    Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    logging in via FTP or other admin interface is the only way that I see here. You would therefore have to get that login information from the site owner then, or ask them to delete that “tablepress” folder.

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter barleymow

    (@barleymow)

    Solved it!!!!

    Because I am only the administrator and not the site owner, I couldn’t access the ftp site, but I installed a plug-in called File Manager and hey presto! I deleted TablePress from the list and reinstalled it. Now working perfectly …Thanks.

    I have another question about sorting a table: I want to remove the sort from one column but still want the column sorted when any other column is sorted. Should I start a new topic?

    Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    great! Indeed, using a plugin like File Manager is also a good way for this. Should have thought about that.

    Regarding your new question: Yes, in general, a new topic would have been good, but now we can keep the discussion here. For that, add this to the “Custom Commands” text field on the table’s “Edit” screen:

    "columnDefs": [ { "orderable": false, "targets": [ 2, 4 ] } ]

    This example would remove the sorting controls from the third and fifth column (counting the columns starts with 0!).

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter barleymow

    (@barleymow)

    Amazing … thank you. I’m reading through your very useful articles on CSS properties. thanks again.

    Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    no problem, you are very welcome! ?? Good to hear that this helped!

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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