EntropiaPlanets News - Use tables in your posts!

The XenForo table syntax we use is very similar to that of HTML tables. Those of you with HTML experience will easily recognize the different attributes.

To create a table, we have a few different tags:


[TABLE] <-- Creates a table
[TR] <-- Creates a row
[TH] <-- Creates a header cell
[TD] <-- Creates a regular cell


[table] <-- Starts the table

[TR] <-- Starts a new row

[TH]Header Column1 [/TH] <-- Name of header column 1

[TR][TH]ColumnName1[/TH][TH]ColumnName2[/TH][TH]Column n[/TH][/TR] <-- Header row, 3 columns, plus closing of the header row

[TR][TD]Row 1.1[/TD][TD]Row 1.2[/TD][TD]Row 1.3[/TD][/TR] <-- rows on a new line

[/Table] <-- End of table definition


One thing to keep in mind is that the spacing used here is done for the sake of demonstration. When you actually enter the code for your table, please remove all spacing and paste the code as one long string. Otherwise the forum will place the additional spacing and lines outside of the table.

Example:

[TABLE][TR][TH]ColumnName1[/TH][TH]ColumnName2[/TH][TH]Column n[/TH][/TR][TR][TD]Row 1.1[/TD][TD]Row 1.2[/TD][TD]Row 1.3[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]Row 2.1[/TD][TD]Row 2.2[/TD][TD]Row 2.3[/TD][/TR][/table]

Which looks like this in a post:

ColumnName1	ColumnName2	Column n
Row 1.1	Row 1.2	Row 1.3
Row 2.1	Row 2.2	Row 2.3

Let us demonstrate a particular useful way to use tables. (Spacing etc for sake of clarity).

[table]
[TR][TH]ID[/TH][TH]Name[/TH][TH]Quantity[/TH][TH]Value[/TH][TH]Container[/TH][/TR]

[TR][TD]1[/TD][TD]A&P Series Brave Mentor Edition[/TD][TD]1[/TD][TD]0.00 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]2[/TD][TD]A-3 Justifier Mk.II[/TD][TD]1[/TD][TD]85.00 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]3[/TD][TD]A-3 Justifier Mk.IV[/TD][TD]1[/TD][TD]127.38 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]4[/TD][TD]Abrer Laser Sight[/TD][TD]1[/TD][TD]3.29 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]5[/TD][TD]Abrer Laser Sight[/TD][TD]1[/TD][TD]13.55 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]6[/TD][TD]Acid Root[/TD][TD]23[/TD][TD]7.36 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]7[/TD][TD]Advanced Cloth Extractor[/TD][TD]253[/TD][TD]2.53 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]8[/TD][TD]Advanced Electronic Fluid Memory[/TD][TD]23[/TD][TD]5.98 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]9[/TD][TD]Advanced Gem Extractor[/TD][TD]5[/TD][TD]0.05 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[TR][TD]10[/TD][TD]Advanced Leather Extractor[/TD][TD]1660[/TD][TD]16.60 PED[/TD][TD]STORAGE (Calypso)[/TD][/TR]

[/table]

The table generated this way looks like this:

ID	Name	Quantity	Value	Container
1	A&P Series Brave Mentor Edition	1	0.00 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
2	A-3 Justifier Mk.II	1	85.00 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
3	A-3 Justifier Mk.IV	1	127.38 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
4	Abrer Laser Sight	1	3.29 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
5	Abrer Laser Sight	1	13.55 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
6	Acid Root	23	7.36 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
7	Advanced Cloth Extractor	253	2.53 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
8	Advanced Electronic Fluid Memory	23	5.98 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
9	Advanced Gem Extractor	5	0.05 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)
10	Advanced Leather Extractor	1660	16.60 PED	STORAGE (Calypso)

More information about the Table and various options that can be used in it (which is common RSS, and even smilies and cusom formatting) can soon be found in our BBCode help section.

We hope this new feature will be useful to you

More information about the Table and various options that can be used in it can be found in our FAQ.

We hope this feature will be useful to you

Attached to this post, you will find a link to an Excelfile that can be used to "easily" create a table. This is a modified version of a mockup project used for the add-on that allows tables to be generated, and the Excelfile has been customized for EntropiaUniverse usage.

The maximum amount of rows has been limited to 50, to prevent the forum from blocking the table due to the amount of text being too large. It can probably be increased if absolutely neccessary.

The easiest way to use this excelsheet is by opening it, putting your cursor in the field below the ID columnheader, and copying in 50 items from the My Items list at a time. Hit the button, and the table code required is copied to your clipboard.

I've tested a bit, and did not always get good results, possibly caused by cellborders etc also bieng copied. The fastest way to avoid this from happening is by opening notepad, and pasting all the generated code in there. CTRL+A and copy again, which removes all formatting, and THEN paste it into the field where you usually type your messages.

If you want to post more than 50 items, rinse, wash, repeat.

We hope this will come in use

Warning, the Excelsheet does contain a Macro for a copy/paste operation to your clipboard. If you have marcos disabled, you will have to enable them for this to work. Do not forget to disable them again after you are done, as macros could form a potential security risk.

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It's not possible as an out of the box option from vB, but it requires installation of an addon. Ever since buying a vB license, I've wanted to add this, as I seriously missed the ability of using a nice formatting for a sales thread, or, like you stated, skills.

I updated the OP to reflect the new syntax for the XenForo tables.

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That's just wrong! :p - but funny! :D