17 TablePress
TablePress plugin allows you to create and display dynamic tables in your webbook that users can sort, filter, and search within.
Activate TablePress
You can activate TablePress in 3 steps.
- Start at the ‘Dashboard‘ page
- Click ‘Plugins‘
- Click to activate ‘TablePress‘
The video tutorial below displays the 3 steps in action.
Use TablePress
You can activate TablePress in 13 steps.
- Start at the ‘Dashboard‘ page
- Hover cursor over ‘TablePress‘
- Click ‘Add New Table‘
- Write in name of your table
- Assign ‘Number of Rows’ & ‘Number of Columns’
- Fill in ‘Table Content‘
- Edit table in ‘Table Manipulation‘ section
- Assign ‘Table Options‘
- Assign ‘Features of the DataTables JavaScript Library‘
- Click the ‘Save Changes‘ button
- Copy the ‘Shortcode‘
- Paste the ‘Shortcode‘ in the webpage
- Click ‘Save‘
The video tutorial below displays the 13 steps in action.
TablePress Example
| Students name | Biology | Chemistry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| David | 90 | 67 | 157 |
| Peter | 67 | 88 | 155 |
| Hanaha | 34 | 87 | 121 |
| Ian | 54 | 98 | 152 |
| Becky | 88 | 86 | 174 |
| Lisa | 97 | 88 | 185 |
| Mike | 100 | 68 | 168 |
| Liza | 56 | 100 | 156 |
| Emily | 100 | 88 | 188 |
| Pat | 67 | 98 | 155 |
| Henry | 78 | 95 | 173 |
| Ericka | 88 | 79 | 167 |
| Nicole | 54 | 98 | 152 |
| Joan | 90 | 66 | 156 |
| Bobby | 77 | 34 | 111 |
| Judy | 90 | 80 | 170 |
| Emma | 90 | 70 | 160 |
| Mac | 80 | 80 | 160 |
| Mica | 90 | 88 | 178 |
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