Sometimes you just want one of your contributors to be able to add a table so that they can add some data, like a league table to a page or a post.
Squarespace usually make complex things seem simple (adding images to Galleries for example) but the simple task of adding a table in Squarespace is so challenging!
Yes, I know I can add a code block and add some HTML code to create the table. That's fine for me, but my clients don't want to learn HTML - they just want to edit a table like they would in any other application like MS Word - 'Create Table'.
I'm still hoping Squarespace will address this soon so we don't have to use online HTML table tools.
Update in 2022:
It is now 8 years later (yes that's not a typo... eight years later!! ⏳) and there isn't a built in Squarespace Table Block yet. ☹️
The good news is that Michael (Squarewebsites) built a Table Block plugin that adds a Table Block to Squarespace (both 7.0 and 7.1), allowing you to create and edit tables on the page with ease. You don't need to know any HTML table code, and it can automatically pull your table data from a Google Sheet, making it easier for clients to update their tables using a familiar tool!
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Original post in 2014:
Sometimes you just want one of your contributors to be able to add a table so that they can add some data, like a league table to a page or a post.
Squarespace usually make complex things seem simple (adding images to Galleries for example) but the simple task of adding a table in Squarespace is so challenging!
Yes, I know I can add a code block and add some HTML code to create the table. That's fine for me, but my clients don't want to learn HTML - they just want to edit a table like they would in any other application like MS Word - 'Create Table'.
I'm still hoping Squarespace will address this soon so we don't have to use online HTML table tools.
Update in 2022:
It is now 8 years later (yes that's not a typo... eight years later!! ⏳) and there isn't a built in Squarespace Table Block yet. ☹️
The good news is that Michael (Squarewebsites) built a Table Block plugin that adds a Table Block to Squarespace (both 7.0 and 7.1), allowing you to create and edit tables on the page with ease. You don't need to know any HTML table code, and it can automatically pull your table data from a Google Sheet, making it easier for clients to update their tables using a familiar tool!
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Edited by paul2009Updated for 2022
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Original post in 2014: Sometimes you just want one of your contributors to be able to add a table so that they can add some data, like a league table to a page or a post. Squarespace usually
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