Some users experienced a weird bug when trying to activate the last release 1.2 of WP-Table Reloaded: They received an error message saying that there was a parse error in the plugin file. A lot of other users (including me) could not reproduce this error and did not find any syntax errors.
But thanks to Alex Rabe who provided the solution in a thread in the WordPress support forums, the bug was located and removed. I had accidentally used the short php opener tag “<?” which is not available on all systems and therefore led to the parse error.
The latest release 1.2.1 should now work for everybody again and is now available.
(Note: You don’t have to upgrade if everything is working fine for you.)
Additionally to the bugfix, I added a Polish language file, courtesy of Alex Kortan.
You can download the latest release 1.2.1 from the plugin’s page or from the WordPress Plugin Directory.
If you like the plugin, I’d be very happy if you would rate it in the WordPress Plugin Directory. You also might consider a donation or have a look at my Amazon wishlist. This will encourage me to further develop the plugin and to keep giving countless hours of support. Thank you!
If you experience any trouble, find bugs or have feature requests, please don’t hesitate to contact me via the means mentioned in the support section. Please make sure to carefully read the plugin’s page as well as the Documentation.
Does this also allow to rename the table prefix in an automated way to make the blog more secure? If not, this would be a great feature. Thanks.
Hi,
Sorry, to disappoint you, but this has totally nothing to do with what the plugin does and therefore will not be integrated.
Tobias
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/273384?replies=1#post-1082118
As per your instructions, I’ve posted the issue to the wordpress forum and above is the link to the post.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Go Poor Pigs!
Steve
Hi Tobias,
thank you for your great plugin.
I’ve tried it on my local server and now I want to import my table on the production server but I get an error during during the import process.
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: iconv() in /www/wp-content/plugins/wp-table-reloaded/php/parsecsv.class.php on line 553According to the error message the parsecsv class uses an undefined function.
I use the latest release of your plugin.
Thanks for your help.
You can delete my previous comments, it’s a problem with my hosting.
Hi Tobias and Jimmy,
What was the hosting problem Jimmy referred to? I’m getting this same error when trying to import a table using CSV:
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function iconv() in /usr/home/cvc/www.cvcbike.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-table-reloaded/php/parsecsv.class.php on line 553
Thanks!
Hi David,
thanks for your question – and for searching if a solution existed!
The error you are getting is caused by a missing library in the PHP installation on your server, the “iconv” library. Although the function “iconv” is usually included in PHP 4 and 5 (see http://www.php.net/iconv), it is not installed on your host. Webhosters sometimes don’t install it (for reasons I don’t know).
To solve the problem, please ask you hosting provider to add the “iconv” library to the PHP on your server. Then everything should work fine.
Best wishes!
Tobias
Thanks, Tobias! Installing the php5-iconv port (on FreeBSD) solved the problem.
Hi Tobias,
Thanks for your plugin.
I’ve a question: Is there a way to import the wp-Table tables? Alex Rabe’s plugin doesn’t have an export function, so I wonder if I’ll have to retype all of them in WP-Table Reloaded.
I’m newbie with CodeStyling Localization, but I could translate your plugin into Italian.
Gabi
Hi Gabi,
yes, of course it’s possible to import tables from wp-Table.
WP-Table Reloaded will find the tables from wp-Table and allow you to import them.
An Italian translation would be great!
Thanks,
Tobias
Hi Tobias,
I’ve hit on some problems, in order of priority:
- Some tables are parsed correctly from CSV into WP-Table Reloaded. Most of them are not. In both cases I haven’t changed the list separator (it is “;”). I don’t know why this happens. Even more, if I change a field in a CSV that is correctly parsed, it will most likely be parsed incorrectly the next time.
- When a add and fill a blank table, I can change name and decription and table contents. But when I do an upload in XML, CSV or through the table form, I can’t change anything.
- When I hit either one of the buttons “Update Changes”, “Save and Go Back” or “Cancel”, I am always directed to the list tables menu.
Any ideas? Plugin conflicts?
Cheers,
Friso.
Hi Friso,
thanks for your comment.
Regarding your problems:
1. This is most probably an issue with the CSV files. Please email me some sample files that are not imported correctly.
2. I don’t really understand what you mean, can you provide more information or maybe screenshots on this?
3. Also hard to tell from here. I assume there is some problem with the URLs.
Tobias
Hi Tobias,
I was having problems adding tables to my WordPress sites until I came across your plugin. Fantastic mate!!! Just what I needed. I have a plugin idea I would like your feedback on. Can you email me so we can chat?
Hi Steve,
the best would be if you email me your idea and describe it as precisely as possible.
I don’t really have time to chat, because I’m busy with university.
Thanks!
Tobias
OK, another question, this one about CSS styling: I’m new to CSS and am looking to learn what command(s) I need to get WP-Table Reloaded tables to look like those from wp-Table.
For example please see this URL:
http://www.cvcbike.org/?page_id=963
Here the table “CVC rides from Thousand Oaks” is done with wp-Table, while “CVC rides from Westlake Village” is done with WP-Table Reloaded.
I see at least these differences but do not know how to control them in WP-Table Reloaded:
1. Column width, in pixels
2. Boldface for header row
3. Different alignment for individual cells (column 1 = centered; column 2 = flush left)
4. Font size
5. Alternating light/dark background in rows, even though this is enabled (I recognize the docs say this still must be coded in CSS, but don’t know what to code)
6. Description below instead of above table (above is preferable in this case)
I’m sure this is all easy for a CSS wizard but I’m just a beginner. Thanks in advance for pointers on proper WP-Table Reloaded table styling.
Hi,
I emailed you a detailed response.
> [...] command(s) I need to get WP-Table Reloaded tables to look like those from wp-Table.
Just download the Example File 2 from http://tobias.baethge.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-table-reloaded-english/#usage
and copy the contents into the textarea on the “Plugin Options” screen (or append it to your theme’s style.css).
Your tables should then look like the ones created by wp-Table.
Best wishes,
Tobias
Thanks, Tobias! This is exactly what I was looking for. I should be able to figure out the rest of the CSS from here. Thanks again!