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[BuffaloHelp]

Hello Trap17 members,

After reviewing members' signatures, I believe TABLE tag is needed in our forum as well. The usage is the same as the regular HTML code:

[table=1][tr][td]column 1[/td][td]column 2[/td][/tr][/table]

will show:

column 1

column 2

Table column's width is predefined. To avoid unnecessary forum format distortion please limit per column content to fit the forum width. Table=1 option is needed to create table outline. You may use 0 to omit this option.

[table=0][tr][td]column 1[/td][td]column 2[/td][/tr][/table]

will show:

column 1

column 2

[hr=noshade]UPDATE on TD bbcode tags[/hr]

Additional TD tags called TDDASHED and TDSOLID were added to give optional table column border with width in pixels, such that following codes will show

[table=1][tr][tddashed=2]something[/tddashed][tddashed=1]something else[/tddashed][/tr][/table]

something

something else

[table=0][tr][tdsolid=1]something[/tdsolid][tdsolid=3]something else[/tdsolid][/tr][/table]

something

something else

Notice that by omitting table border width, you can create some different effects.

Mix it up!

Trap17 within dashed

Trap17 within solid

[truefusion]

Ah! Tables! Finally, i've been waiting for this! And, yes, perfect for signatures.

Question, though: Will there be an added feature where we will be able to have colspans and rowspans?

[BuffaloHelp]

truefusion, on Apr 17 2007, 11:39 PM, said:

Will there be an added feature where we will be able to have colspans and rowspans?

Within the TABLE tag or separately?

I have modified the table to be at 100% with table columns as 50% Would you mean to specify user's own colspan and rowspan?

[matak]

i just wanted to see how this table thing is going to act when you write lot's of text

it's just that right now i don't have any idea on what text to write

and to see how it works for thicker border and 3 columns

nice work on tables bb code. here's how it works for 3 columns. 3rd one is not aligning properly. with the code i wrote. maybe i typed something wrong, or is this how it's ment to be? anyway nice work, good for presentations too..

[BuffaloHelp]

Ah, yes... I didn't expect for 3 column design. Since I limited to 50% per TD, it's natural that the 3rd and additional TDs would show like that.

Hummm... I wonder how we can solve this situation.

UPDATE:

Alright, I believe I have fixed the equal division problem. So that, either used two columns, three or more, it should divide equally.

column A

column B

column A

column B

column C

column A

column B

column C

column D

Additional thought: should you have the option to have table column border as well?
Additional problem: it does not work under IE6!

[truefusion]

By default as rendered in the browser, the TD's should evenly divide themselves—no need to predefine the width for each TD; so long as the table has a predefined width.

BuffaloHELP said:

Within the TABLE tag or separately?

Within the TD tags (which, i guess, would be inside the TABLE tag, in a sense), just like regular HTML.

[BuffaloHelp]

I would like to make the table to fit 100% width of the forum, so that in 800x600 or 1024x768 screen resolution can see the forum nice and clean lined. If we all had 1024x768 or higher resolution I would not even worry about the width of the forum format. But that isn't the case.

As you can see, until I change it, when table width isn't specified it reduces to as compact as possible under Firefox.

Which is another problem: making all browsers to show it exactly the same. Gosh, I wonder why I decided to make this one in the first place...

[truefusion]

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Additional thought: should you have the option to have table column border as well?

Yes, borders will be good for when support for tables within a table is implemented.
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Gosh, I wonder why I decided to make this one in the first place...

So far, this new bbcode has helped better organize my sig space. [/hr]

[BuffaloHelp]

Alrighty then

Until I can find a way to fix cross browser incompatibly, the current code will stand. I hope the people with 800x600 resolution would understand this issue for now.

IE6 shows correctly whether the content is filled or not.
FF2 shows compacted when the content is short or small.
Opera9 shows compacted just like FF2.

[Saint_Michael]

Would it be possible if any for the user to add styles to the tables through a series of bbcodes to change the border color, set up a header similar to the note bbcode, make the borders thicker or dashed, and a background color with in the table? I believe thier was a bbcode that was used that when put in you could set up a background color against the text.

[Forbez]

Nice, real nice. I might add this to my forums. Very well done.

[matak]

Hey, nice work on tables . Well personaly i don't think that column borders are must-have, and i know how it's .... hard to make borders work on all browsers.

BuffaloHELP, did you maybe think of maybe using float: left; div tags for this thingy. I think that jlhaslip, since he's great with XHML, and CSS might help you with it, if you ever choose using div's instead of tables.

This is the only forum that i saw that has TABLE bbcode . Go trap

[BuffaloHelp]

Table is much more versatile when it comes to adding columns without defining every little detail Trap17 isn't the only forum--actually I borrowed the idea from AstaHost but just made little changes how I saw it fit, like allowing border width, 100% width and equal division of columns.

UPDATE:
FF2, Opera9 shows columns in equidistant from one another
IE6, IE7 shows columns in equidistant from one another
All tested browsers show 100% table width according to any browser resolution size

[LeAnn Rimes My Angel]

Impressive new BBCode in here. I already put it in my Signature. Makes it almost looks like a picture that has been framed kind of. Thanks BuffaloHELP you still give us a whole lot of fun stuff to use in here. Almost always something new in here. I like seeing new stuff.

[sniperkiller]

wow ty, this is a very good goodie for this forum if you are making a terrible long post and you want to include some pictures in it. perhaps now i'll be able to make my post about an online game ^^ (which was terribly long with no tables)

also are these included ? ==> <thead /> <tbody /> <tfoot /> <th />

[BuffaloHelp]

I've been going through some combinations of which would be the least amount of bbcode tags requires to achieve desired column establishment and I decided it that for now TABLE, TR, TD would be the least amount.

Included in TABLE, new tags TDDASHED and TDSOLID were added today http://www.trap17.com/forums/index.php?s=&...st&p=320247 by request.

TDDASHED and TDSOLID have options that defines border width with their appropriate border style (obviously )

[Forbez]

Great that you guys added tables. More orginsed posts now.

[Plenoptic]

Very nice! This could be very helpful when outlining something out for users or comparing two things. Ought to be useful as long as you take the time to use it. It could be a little time consuming but helpful in the end.

[Saint_Michael]

Not bad at all some good stuff added to the tables bbcode, I might have to do some tweaking in my sig block tonight . Good thing html tags where turned off or people would be designing websites in their sig blocks .

[TripleH13]

awesome! This will make things much more organized and creative.

[Matt2]

Yay! This is the first forum that I know that has the Table BBCode. It looks like Trap17 is one of the only forums to listen to their users needs. It has been requested on other forums that I know of and it was shunned out as being "too difficult."

Your well on your way to leave all the other 'free' webhosts in the dark .

Thankyou Trap