tables in forums editor?

[madscijr]

Don't give up, just use the tags at the site Steve posted:

OK, I tried something - it worked, but the behavior was a bit strange.
Is there a way to test it offline in a browser? I couldn't find anything in the descriptions, and with it doesn't work in the browser.

Let's start simple, here's the most basic table: 

Heading Column A	Heading Column B	Heading Column C
Row 1 Col A	Row 1 Col B	Row 1 Col C
Row 2 Col A	Row 2 Col B	Row 2 Col C
Row 3 Col A	Row 3 Col B	Row 3 Col C

Here is the source code that makes the table:

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[table=95]
[tr] [th]Heading Column A[/th][th]Heading Column B[/th][th]Heading Column C[/th][/tr]
[tr] [td]Row 1 Col A[/td][td]Row 1 Col B[/td][td]Row 1 Col C[/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]Row 2 Col A[/td][td]Row 2 Col B[/td][td]Row 2 Col C[/td][/tr]
[tr] [td]Row 3 Col A[/td][td]Row 3 Col B[/td][td]Row 3 Col C[/td][/tr] [/table]

Try copying it into Notepad or Teachtext or Nano or whatever it is you like to edit plain text with, and just change the text between the tags and try pasting that in a forum post. 

Don't worry about styling or table width or anything else yet, just get comfortable with the basics!

PS I did notice one thing, either the [ table ] tag needs the "={percentage width}" or the [ tr ] tags need a space after them, because I just posted this table code: 

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[table]
[tr][th]Heading Column A[/th][th]Heading Column B[/th][th]Heading Column C[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Row 1 Col A[/td][td]Row 1 Col B[/td][td]Row 1 Col C[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Row 2 Col A[/td][td]Row 2 Col B[/td][td]Row 2 Col C[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Row 3 Col A[/td][td]Row 3 Col B[/td][td]Row 3 Col C[/td][/tr][/table]

and it messed EVERYTHING up! I couldn't even find the button to edit my post and fix it (finally I did at the top of the page). 

I tried fixing the table code using trial & error, and hit upon adding the "=95" and putting a space after the [ tr ] tags, and it seems to be working now. 

Does anyone have any idea why?