Tables advice needed..

I am trying to copy and paste a table into a ning page. I;ve tried it from excel aswell as word but every time it nevers comes out how I want it. All the formatting seems to move around.

I've also copied it into html software and copied the code over, and it doesn't help.

I have no html or coding ability!

Any suggestions?

I'd also love to be able to add tables that members can click at the top and sort them in order. I've done some google research and with my limited ability, I can't find an easy solution.

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NC for HirePermalink Reply by Bernard Lama on October 13, 2011 at 8:05am

You can use the code for making table something like this....

<style type="text/css">
table,td,th
{
border:1px solid black;
}
td
{
text-align:right;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Peter</td>
<td>Griffin</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lois</td>
<td>Griffin</td>
<td>$150</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Joe</td>
<td>Swanson</td>
<td>$300</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cleveland</td>
<td>Brown</td>
<td>$250</td>
</tr>
</table>

Example:

Firstname	Lastname	Savings
Peter	Griffin	$100
Lois	Griffin	$150
Joe	Swanson	$300
Cleveland	Brown	$250

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Mee on October 13, 2011 at 11:03am

Ha, kind of like MyFootballClub.

One of my co workers was very involved in that :)

Patrick

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Permalink Reply by Lori P on October 15, 2011 at 2:35pm

Dave - Let me start that I do have coding abitity, However it doesn't matter if you are using the newer design studio system...Tables do not work correctly.

I have 3 networks one is our main and 2 our our "control rooms' where we play with ideas and commentate with key volunteers and admins. The Main is on the old design and the control rooms are on the new design. I use tables extensively.
I have tried everything possible from coding the html using old table code, newer Div codes. Nothing works in the newer Ning design. If tables are a necessary part of your site I say go with the old design format for what ever reason it accepts tables better. And yes I spent several frustrating issue reports with Ning on this issue. In the new design it shows up great in preview mode but is a huge mess on the live page. This is one reason why my main site is on the old design still.