Title: Column Sort Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Column Sort * Resolved [cmodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmodesign/) * (@cmodesign) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/) * I am using TablePress v0.9-RC. Everything seems to be working fine including the CSS styling. The one thing I cannot get to work is the **Features of the DataTables JavaScript Library**. Specifically I am trying to enable column “Sorting” capability. I have checked off the options for my table. * Use DataTables: Enabled Sorting: Enabled Search/Filtering: Enabled Pagination: Enabled * Am I missing something? Do I need to add/activate any other extensions? * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tablepress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tablepress/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [naloo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naloo/) * (@naloo) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638496) * i am experiencing the same problem, tried different themes, turned off all other plugins, no help. * – tried serveral browsers, all the same – script_debug didnt solve the problem * here’s what my error-console said with the twenty eleven theme: – Fehler: TypeError: r is undefined Quelldatei: [http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/js/jquery.datatables.min.js?ver=0.9-RC](http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/js/jquery.datatables.min.js?ver=0.9-RC) Zeile: 27 * and here what it said, when i use my custome theme Zeitstempel: 09.04.13 14: 29:57 Fehler: TypeError: jQuery(…).nivoSlider is not a function Quelldatei: [http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net/](http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net/) Zeile: 91 * these are the table press infos: Website: [http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net](http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net)· TablePress: 0.9-RC · TablePress (DB): 17 · TablePress table scheme: 3 · Plugin installed: 2013/03/08 14:14:31 · WordPress: 3.5.1 · Multisite: no · PHP: 5.3.22· mySQL (Server): 5.5.29-cll · mySQL (Client): 5.5.29 · ZIP support: yes · UTF- 8 conversion: yes · WP Memory Limit: 40M · Server Memory Limit: 256M · Magic Quotes: off · WP_DEBUG: false * [naloo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naloo/) * (@naloo) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638497) * sorry, i made a mistake, the second error with my custom theme, is for an other plugin nivoslider which is not showing properly as well… so only the first one… when i change to my custom theme i do not get any errors but warnings. table press is not working. * Zeitstempel: 09.04.13 14:38:12 Warnung: Deklaration erwartet, aber ‘*’ gefunden. Übersprungen bis zur nächsten Deklaration Quelldatei: [http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/css/default.css?ver=0.9-RC](http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/css/default.css?ver=0.9-RC) Zeile: 81 * Zeitstempel: 09.04.13 14:38:12 Warnung: Fehler beim Verarbeiten des Wertes für‘ text-decoration’. Deklaration ignoriert. Quelldatei: [http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/css/default.css?ver=0.9-RC](http://deliadahinden.ch.valerius.ch-meta.net/wp-content/plugins/tablepress/css/default.css?ver=0.9-RC) Zeile: 121 * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638536) * Hi, * Thanks to you two for the questions, and sorry for the trouble. * [@cmodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmodesign/): No, you are missing nothing. This is most probably a JavaScript conflict with some other plugin that causes the JavaScript functions to fail. To find out more details, I’d need to take a look at the site directly. Therefore, please post a link to the page with the table. Thanks! * [@naloo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naloo/): Your problem is similar: In your case, the problem is that you are using combined cells in the table. This is not supported by the DataTables JavaScript library, unfortunately 🙁 You will have to decide: Either use the JS functions, or combined cells, but not both at the same time… * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [cmodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmodesign/) * (@cmodesign) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638543) * Here is a link to one of the pages with a TablePress: [http://gmii.ca/globalblog/research/reports/](http://gmii.ca/globalblog/research/reports/) * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638545) * Hi, * thanks for the link! * The reason for the problem is a JS function call in the file [http://gmii.ca/globalblog/wp-content/themes/bizway/js/custom.js](http://gmii.ca/globalblog/wp-content/themes/bizway/js/custom.js) * There, the code * ``` //Contact validate jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery("#contactForm").validate(); }); ``` * can not be executed, because the `validate()` function is missing, most likely because the corresponding JS file is not loaded. Due to this, all of the JS on the page is not executed, so that the sorting functions are not executed. * To fix this, I suggest to remove this code. * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [cmodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmodesign/) * (@cmodesign) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638557) * Thx for the quick response. That fixed the problem and all of the tables now work perfectly. Is there a way to style the Pagination section (specifically the icons)? * [naloo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naloo/) * (@naloo) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638574) * hi tobias thanks so much for the reply, it was the combined cells – and the that somehow got lost and i just not realised, that it was missing… very nice plugin, will defenitely give it 5 stars! nadia * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638580) * Hi, * great to hear that you two were able to fix this! 🙂 * [@cmodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmodesign/): For those icons, you can style their color with CSS. If you want other icons, you’d have to fall back to images which doesn’t have all of the advantages that are mentioned in [http://tablepress.org/release-announcement-tablepress-0-9-rc/](http://tablepress.org/release-announcement-tablepress-0-9-rc/) What in particular do you want to style? * Best wishes, Tobias * P.S.: cmodesign, in case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress) here in the plugin directory. Thanks! And thanks for your nice review, naloo! * Thread Starter [cmodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmodesign/) * (@cmodesign) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638604) * Are the arrow icons being generated using “font icons”. I am currently using [FontAwesome](http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/) on the website and wouldn’t mind using their graphics. I also just wanted to adjust the blue colors to match the color palette of our website. Where can I find out info for the CSS tags required to make these changes. * BTW, amazing Plugin and Support. I will be rating it 5 stars! * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638605) * Hi, * yes, those icons are from FontAwesome, as mentioned in that link I posted. * To adjust the colors, you can use this “Custom CSS” code that needs to be entered on the “Plugin Options” screen: * ``` .paginate_enabled_previous:before, .paginate_enabled_next:after { color: #ff0000; } .paginate_disabled_previous:before, .paginate_disabled_next:after { color: #00ff00; } .paginate_enabled_previous:hover:before, .paginate_enabled_next:hover:after { color: #0000ff; } ``` * There are three basic states: disabled, enabled, and enabled plus hovered. * And thanks for wanting to rating TablePress, I really appreciate it! * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [cmodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmodesign/) * (@cmodesign) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638622) * Thx. That worked perfectly. I’m not sure how I missed the _FontAwesome_ details in the link you sent (obviously I didn’t read all the way to the bottom). I have rated the plugin. Thx for the prompt responses. 🙂 * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638645) * Hi, * great to hear that this helped! And thanks for the rating, that’s very nice! 🙂 * Best wishes, Tobias Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Column Sort’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/tablepress/assets/icon.svg?rev=3192944) * [TablePress - Tables in WordPress made easy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/reviews/) ## Tags * [filter](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/filter/) * [pagination](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pagination/) * [sorting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sorting/) * 12 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-sort/#post-3638645) * Status: resolved