Tables in posts

[KevinL]

Is there any way to use the Table tags in a post?

<TABLE>

<TR><TD>data</TD><TD>data2</TD></TR>

</TABLE>

[DMD]

Nope, not unless we allowed html which was proven to be a very, very bad idea in the past.

[Los Gigantes]

Nope, not unless we allowed html which was proven to be a very, very bad idea in the past.

 

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how so a bad idea?

[AtomicCEO]

Your best bet is to use the "code" tags, and make all the spaces right.

 

 

Atomic    15  Pie     I will destroy youDMD       23  BBQ     Get back to workSkins     12  Fritos  Yer Vile...Hugh One  30  Turd    I'm a big smelly dork

 

 

It's that easy! Just set it up in a text editor or word processor with a fixed width font like Courier, then copy and paste it in, preceded by the CODE tag, and end with a /CODE tag. (all tags must be surrounded by brackets, but if I added them, you wouldn't be able to see them).

Edited April 7, 2005 by AtomicCEO

[DMD]

how so a bad idea?

 

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Let's see...

 

1. Allowing html tags allows you to post pictures. While that sounds all great and fun it usually takes no more than 48 hours for "inappropriate" to be passed. Within 72 hours we are into territory that historically has resulted in vast plagues and the destruction of major cities.

 

2. Allowing html tags that are not properly written can make the thread not display correctly (if at all).

 

3. Allowing html tags that are not correctly written can actually corrupt a thread so that it requires us to manually go in and delete it.

 

4. Just very bad things... trust me - been there, done that.

[Big Country]

how so a bad idea?

 

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[jackshi17]

Let's see...

 

1. Allowing html tags allows you to post pictures. While that sounds all great and fun it usually takes no more than 48 hours for "inappropriate" to be passed. Within 72 hours we are into territory that historically has resulted in vast plagues and the destruction of major cities.

 

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Edited April 21, 2005 by jackshi17

[Hugh 0ne]

Hugh One  30  Turd    I'm a big smelly dork

 

 

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No, I will not let you touch my no-no spot. It feels funny.

[AtomicCEO]

No, I will not let you touch my no-no spot. It feels funny.

 

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Man... that joke was simmering for over 4 months before it finally was ready...

 

I forgot all about it. Classic comedy.

[Hugh 0ne]

Man... that joke was simmering for over 4 months before it finally was ready...

 

I forgot all about it.  Classic comedy.

 

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Dude, I spend a lot of time here, I read almost every post, but some how I missed that one.

 

God stuff.

[muck]

Your best bet is to use the "code" tags, and make all the spaces right.

 

 

Atomic    15  Pie     I will destroy youDMD       23  BBQ     Get back to workSkins     12  Fritos  Yer Vile...Hugh One  30  Turd    I'm a big smelly dork

 

 

It's that easy!  Just set it up in a text editor or word processor with a fixed width font like Courier, then copy and paste it in, preceded by the CODE tag, and end with a /CODE tag.  (all tags must be surrounded by brackets, but if I added them, you wouldn't be able to see them).

 

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Do you know if it works the same way w/ .xls in addition to .doc files/data?

[AtomicCEO]

Do you know if it works the same way w/ .xls in addition to .doc files/data?

 

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You know who would know? Skippy.

 

Check out his work. He HAS to be exporting that from Excel somehow. I don't know how he does it. ts does the same thing for a contest he runs.

 

I bet if you pm'd one of those guys, they could let you in on the secret. Then, post it here for us...

[Grits and Shins]

Do you know if it works the same way w/ .xls in addition to .doc files/data?

 

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I do it from excel all the time .... but I used the CONCATENATE function to make all the columns the same length.

[smithkt]

Just wanted to bump this up and add another option for excel users. I tried this and it worked pretty well for me.

 

1) Change the font you are using in Excel to a fixed width font like Courier New

2) Arrange your columns the way you want them to look

3) Save as a Formatted Text (space delimited) *.prn file

4) Open the saved file in notepad

5) Copy

6) Paste

7) Enclose in a code tag

 

Example:

 

 

Overall Round  Pick  Current Owner                Original Owner  1      1      1   Tyler Twisters               Bellmore Bums  2      1      2   Memphis Elite                Tyler Twisters  3      1      3   Memphis Elite                suck my vick  4      1      4   Holliday's HuckleBerries     Holliday's HuckleBerries  5      1      5   Piranhas Stampeed            Piranhas Stampeed  6      1      6   Tyler Twisters               Corona Crew  7      1      7   Aussie War Pigs              Aussie War Pigs  8      1      8   Memphis Elite                Frozen Tundra  9      1      9   Glendale Gila Monsters       Glendale Gila Monsters  10     1     10   San Antonio Rattlers         San Antonio Rattlers  11     1     11   Bellmore Bums                Memphis Elite  12     1     12   Memphis Elite                Houston Hot Peppers

 

 

Not really sure why there is a slight shift in the fourth column, but it's a hell of a lot easier than trying to line stuff up manually.

[AtomicCEO]

Another thing I learned is that when exporting from OpenOffice (a free alternative to Microsoft Office)... I can take any spreadsheet (xls or sxc) and...

 

File, "Save As..."

Save as Type, "Text CSV (.csv, .txt)", give it a name, and click "Save"

Then check the "Fixed Column Width" checkbox, and click Ok.

 

It gives me a perfectly spaced text file that I can copy into the code tags. I'm sure Excel has a similar option, but I hate paying for software.