BB Code Enhancements - BB Code [table]

BB Code [table]
by StGaensler

Description
This Hack provides a BB code [table] to add a table to the post
The skin of the table automatically fits the style because the CSS classes of vBulletin are used.

A table is simply made of some lines (will be the rows). The cols are seperated by |. So this will be a table:

[table="head"]head col1|head col2|head col3
row1 col1|row1 col2|row1 col3
row2 col1|row2 col2|row2 col3[/table]

A screenshot of a "ready" table is attached

Usage

1. install attached product XML through product manager (overwrite existing)
2. install at least one language pack in AdminCP -> Languages & Phrases -> Download / Upload Languages -> Import Language XML File
   Important: Select the language you want to import the phrases into, not "(Create New Language)" - this won't work! If you use another version of vBulletin than I use enable "Ignore Language Version" to import the language pack.

Please note: (installing)
Installing this product will: (reverted during uninstall)

1. rename a existing BB code "table" to "table_saved"
2. add a new BB code [table]

If you want to have live sortable columns (JavaScript): Download attached sorttable.js.txt rename it to sorttable.js and place it into the /clientscript/ folder of your vBulletin. Then go to AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> BB Code [table] Settings -> Enabled Features Of This BB Code and enable sortable
Note: Including the file on the webpages where it is necessary is done by my product. So if sortable is disabled, it won't be included automatically.
If you want to have a icon for the editor you may use this for free: Download this icon and place it in your /images/editor/ folder.

Please note: (usage)

• Of course you can use vB Code and smilies inside the table!
• The first line defines how much columns are in the table. If the other lines have more or less colums they are cut off or filled with   (space)
• You can find a detailed description of the options (please read it before requesting help)
• Empty rows are (should be ) removed.

New features

• define colspan of cells
• small panel in AdminCP
• define CSS class of table and tablerows
• live sorting of table through clicking the head of a column
• defining maximum width of a table

Maybe planned features

• detailed description of the vB Code in misc.php?do=bbcode depending on the features enabled in AdminCP (planned for next beta version)
• define formatting (bold, italic), align (left, right, center) and width of the cols

Suggested but not planned features

• none

Known problems

• Bugfix of version 0.1.1 doesn't work if vBulletin should write template names into the source code

Version history:
0.0.1 - 0.0.5 internal releases for testing purposes (Thanks to Zombie79 from powerforen.de for testing)
0.1 first official release
0.1.1 fixed small bug: if a line ends with eg vbcode quote no new row was generated (should already have been fixed but did not work)
0.1.2 workaround: removed call to function bcmod(), it could also be done another way
0.1.3.x beta version described here (and following) - added admin panel, colpan and css feature
0.1.4 stable version - no significant changes to the last beta (0.1.3.8)
0.1.5.x beta version described here (and following) - added sortable, maxwidth, versioncheck, upgrade message, compatibility to vB 3.6
0.1.6 stable version - two bugfixes to last beta, {br} for posting linebreaks in a tablecell
0.1.7.x stable version - compatibility to vB 3.7 (description) - added tab seperated tables

This hack can be used for free. If you want to make a small donation, just contact me. We will find a way
I don't want this product to be distributed from other sources. Please don't upload it to other vBulletin related boards etc.

[kelekian]

I got this error, http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bug2rc5.png , I checked it and I found 1 user using incorrect table tags like that...

[table=head]some text here[/table]

if we change to: [table]some text here[/table] it works fine...

:surprised:

regards,

Miran Kelekian

[chrisvonc]

Very nice, thank you! I was having trouble with a HTML/PHP coded information table I was maintaining in a section of my forum and this was a great upgrade, not to mention makes it a lot easier for me to update the info on the fly.

[StGaensler]

Originally Posted by Limerick

I'm sorry Stefan but I don't understand how I can choose to have borders or not, the width of each columns, etc...

Could you explain to me shortly

Does this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....70&postcount=2 and this post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...630#post979630 (and following) help you?

Originally Posted by kelekian

I got this error, [...] incorrect table tags like that...

A table with only one header cell doesn't really make sense - so I haven't tested it. But you are right, this error shouldn't occur, I will fix it for the next version.

Originally Posted by mkdevo

yeah, i'm not seeing anything about postcache in there..

If it isn't displayed above the signature cache you have disabled it, and so needn't to rebuild it. If you install the vB 3.6 version you are automatically asked to clear the postcache if it is necessary.

[mkdevo]

Originally Posted by StGaensler

If it isn't displayed above the signature cache you have disabled it, and so needn't to rebuild it. If you install the vB 3.6 version you are automatically asked to clear the postcache if it is necessary.

ok, i did some playing around with the table i was trying to post and i found a workaround..

the problem seems to be with the 'center' tags in the 2nd column. when i removed them, the table posted just fine. but ALSO, when i left them in there and added an extra line break in between lines, i got the results that i wanted..

but you said the table posted fine for you as i posted it before, which is weird.. any idea why?

[StGaensler]

Originally Posted by 4yBak

can you do fix bug with sorting table?

I finally found the bug In the first table my hack wanted to sort the third column - but that didn't exist. In the second table, it also wanted to sort the third column, but detected that it doesn't exist and so sorted the first column (should be default behaviour). I fixed this.
I think I will release the stable version shortly.

[cygy2k]

Is there any way to make the AJAX sorting work on vBadvanced pages (ie the front page) in posts that show up there? If I view the post in the forum I can sort but not if it's on the front page or if the table is in one of the additional pages you can create in vba.

[StGaensler]

You will have to link the javascript file in the <head>-section of the html output (as my mod does for the forum pages), and then it should work there, too.

[Limerick]

Hello,

Would it possible some day to create a table via the WYSIWYG Editor with the mouse, as it is possible in MS Word ?

[cygy2k]

It would be cool if somebody made a way to export a table from Excel or Word or something so you didn't have to create it from scratch using | everytime

StGaensler - Sorry for my stupidity but do you know in what file or template I would put what to get vBAdvanced to link the javascript file? Thanks for the greatest mod of all time!

[StGaensler]

Originally Posted by Limerick

Would it possible some day to create a table via the WYSIWYG Editor with the mouse, as it is possible in MS Word ?

Theoretically this would be possible, but practically I don't have enough knowledge about JavaScript do write this. If someone can write this for me, I will be happy. This is a very good idea

Originally Posted by cygy2k

It would be cool if somebody made a way to export a table from Excel or Word or something so you didn't have to create it from scratch using | everytime

This is very simple. Copy the table and paste it into a simple text editor (e.g. Windows notepad) and replace all the tabs with | (search&replace function). I will look, if it is possible to post a word/excel table directly into the post.StGaensler - Sorry for my stupidity but do you know in what file or template I would put what to get vBAdvanced to link the javascript file? Thanks for the greatest mod of all time![/QUOTE]Sorry, I don't know either. I have no vBAdvanced installation.