bbcode for tables not working

[AllanCapps]

Hello,
This is day one for me with phpbb. I've done a few hours of research but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to create a post with a table in it. Below is the text I have put into the post and the result. Can anyone tell me why it's not creating a table? I used the bb-code generator (https://tableconvert.com/bbcode-generator) but that didn't work. REF: https://www.bbcode.org/making-a-table-with-bbcode.php.

Thank you!
Allan

Here is the text/code in my post:
[table]
[tr]
[th]Level[/th]
[th]Coal Storage Cap.[/th]
[th]Mine Resident Cap.[/th]
[th]Stone[/th]
[th]Build Time[/th]
[th]Combat Power (CP)[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1[/td]
[td]40[/td]
[td]10[/td]
[td]78[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]


Here is what is displayed after I post the topic:
[table]
[tr]
[th]Level[/th]
[th]Coal Storage Cap.[/th]
[th]Mine Resident Cap.[/th]
[th]Stone[/th]
[th]Build Time[/th]
[th]Combat Power (CP)[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1[/td]
[td]40[/td]
[td]10[/td]
[td]78[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

[warmweer]

You don't mention having created the BBcodes. if not, then they aren't BBcodes.

Have a look at [RC] Tables
and also Advanced BBCode Box

[AllanCapps]

Warmweer,
I wasn't aware that I had to create bbcodes, but the links you sent provided the answers. Thank you very much!!!

Allan

[SQLnovice]

However, they're built in to the extension Advanced BBCode Box. When installed, anyone can simply copy paste from the BBCode edit bar. Fields are separated by the "|" pipe symbol. We use tables extensively, because you can tidy up everything from pictures, to text, to videos. Leading and ending row pipes are optional. But for consistency while editing, it's best just to put them in. And generally, for the content I've described, you don't want more than about 5 columns, two or three are most popular and clean looking.

Here's our forum's How-to:

1. Table formatting requires the use of the "|" pipe symbol as a column separator**. It IS NOT the letter "I" as in "I am."
2. Below is a sample table format as you would type it.
3. Every table must have a header, a column alignment row and a data row. You can have as many data rows as you like
4. Data rows must be in sequence, no breaks in the rows.
5. Data in the header row is optional. The column alignment row is hidden, but the ":" colon symbol specifies alignment/justification
|:----- for left (or if the colon isn't added, left justification is assumed)
|-----: for right
|:-----: for center
6. Spaces between pipe symbols, while editing, are for convenience
7. Pictures stored in a table are automatically reduced to fit. So best to have them in

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[url]xxxxx[img]xxxxx[/img][/url]

format, so they can be expanded to full size when selected.

For a more lengthy description, see here.
https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#extension-pipe_tables

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|fruit | price|
|:-----|:-----|
|apple | 2.05|
|pear | 1.37 |
|orange | 3.09|

Tables are freakin' awesome!!! I keep a UCP draft with a bunch of them as a cheat. Mostly anymore, I use tables just to straighten up lengthy member picture posts, so without header data.

[Funwave1]

Edited
found a better solution as the "pipes" table, because I like a table, and not that bad looking dots and stripes.
I have get a code to become the old "table,th,tr,td" back and works..
Can we get at next PHPBB 3.3.x Versions a tables Extension where we can use like the Outlook Table System (click with mouse, select rows and lines - ready) ?
cheers

[Mick]

You can always make an extension request yourself.

[Sniper_E]

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|fruit | price|
|:-----|:-----|
|apple | 2.05|
|pear | 1.37 |
|orange | 3.09|

I'm not sure what a pipe table looks like. I've never played with them.

But Tables 2.1.4

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[table=20,null]
	[thead]
		[tr=textleft]
			[th=50,null]Fruit[/th]
			[th=50,null]Price[/th]
		[/tr]
	[/thead]
	[tbody]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Apple[/td]
			[td=null,1]2.05[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=null,1]Pear[/td]
			[td=null,1]1.37[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=null,1]Orange[/td]
			[td=null,1]3.09[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tbody]
[/table]

It looks like this.

tables.gif

And posted with this code...

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[table=30,null]
	[tbody]
		[tr=bg2]
			[td=bg3,1]Fruit[/td]
			[td=null,1]Apple[/td]
			[td=null,1]Pear[/td]
			[td=null,1]Orange[/td]
		[/tr]
		[tr=bg1]
			[td=bg3,1]Price[/td]
			[td=null,1]2.05[/td]
			[td=null,1]1.37[/td]
			[td=null,1]3.09[/td]
		[/tr]
	[/tbody]
[/table]

It looks like this.

tables_horizontal.gif