Title: Problem adding columns to StafList
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Problem adding columns to StafList

 *  Resolved [fortuwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fortuwp/)
 * (@fortuwp)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/)
 * I’ve installed the plugin StaffList 2.0.1 and it seems to work properly.
 * However when I try to import a CSV with more columns than the standard ones I
   found two problems:
 * – Ufter upload the file I see that there are two non-stardard columns, but without
   name (two small grey sqare without title). In screenshots of pluging page ([https://wordpress.org/plugins/stafflist/screenshots/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stafflist/screenshots/))
   the name of the non stardard columns is visible.
 * – The data of one column aren’t visiblre in the full directory table.
 * The first line in csv file was:
    firstname,lastname,email,phone,department,cellphone,
   place
 * The column with data not shown is cellphone and it appears in last place in plugin
   full directory table.
 * In the page where I put the plugin, two extra columns are not shown.
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  Plugin Author [ERA404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/era404/)
 * (@era404)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418312)
 * We’ll need the CSV (or a similar CSV) for testing the import.
 *  Thread Starter [fortuwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fortuwp/)
 * (@fortuwp)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418394)
 * Thanks for the quick answer. I don’t know how to upload a file here. So, I copy
   and paste the content of the csv file I’ve tested with.
 * firstname,lastname,email,phone,department,cellphone,place
    Jose,miappellido,josem@dominio.
   com,1234,dir,666666666,Madrid Ana,miappellido,anam@dominio.com,1145,financiero,
   77777777,Madrid
 *  Plugin Author [ERA404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/era404/)
 * (@era404)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418429)
 * Very likely, it’s got something to do with your document encoding. With preparing
   a new CSV that contains the records you provided, there were no issues with performing
   a StaffList import/replace. Please try again with the below CSV:
 * [https://www.dropbox.com/s/244vgvof6drtr2d/test.csv?dl=1](https://www.dropbox.com/s/244vgvof6drtr2d/test.csv?dl=1)
 *  Thread Starter [fortuwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fortuwp/)
 * (@fortuwp)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418435)
 * I’ve used your file (which is exactly the mine) and the result is the same. No
   additional columns and no data on them.
 * I’ve made some investigation directly in the database and found:
 * – Data of extra columns were not stored in wp-staff.
 * – All the names in meta are blank. I’ve changed names of id 1 and 2 for “cellphone”
   and “place”. This makes names of columns appear in Staff admin page.
 * – Active is 1 for Id 1 and 2, -1 for the rest.
 * – All the colpos are set to 6.
 * – All the rowcols are NULL
 * At the moment, I can see all columns and data in staff admin, but not in the 
   page where I inserted the plugin.
    Hope this helps.
 *  Plugin Author [ERA404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/era404/)
 * (@era404)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418444)
 * Would you mind indicating which browser (and version) and OS you’re using, so
   that we may attempt to duplicate the issue you experience?
 *  Thread Starter [fortuwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fortuwp/)
 * (@fortuwp)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418446)
 * Yes, sure.
 * The server is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64)
 * For the client I use both Windows XP and Ubuntu 3.13.0-86-generic (both in i686).
   
   I’ve used Chrome and Firefox 46.01 for test and admin. Also Chromium 50.0.2661.102
   within Ubuntu.
 *  Plugin Author [ERA404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/era404/)
 * (@era404)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418465)
 * We just can’t seem to reproduce the issue you’re experiencing. The way you describe
   the data tables, it seems like the plugin installed correctly, but there is some
   other issue that’s preventing the data from being stored. Perhaps it’s another
   plugin conflicting. Do you have the means of creating a fresh install of wordpress
   on the same environment, and testing the performance of StaffList, there? This
   would help eliminate other plugins as the cause for your issue.
 *  Plugin Author [ERA404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/era404/)
 * (@era404)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418469)
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-doesnt-work-4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-doesnt-work-4)
 * Hello fortuwp,
 * We would like to point your attention to another post by a user with a similar
   issue. Any further information about this issue will be posted to that thread.
 *  Thread Starter [fortuwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fortuwp/)
 * (@fortuwp)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418472)
 * Ok. Thanks for your attention. I will check all that to see how to solve the 
   issue.
 *  Thread Starter [fortuwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fortuwp/)
 * (@fortuwp)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418475)
 * Well, I think the issue is solved at least partially, and I will mark as solved
   cause I have not enough knowlegde/ideas to go further.
 * The main issue is that import process, when the csv file has extra columns didn’t
   work. I solved this problem by editing separately (out of plugin) the two tables
   that are part of the plugin. This allows the admin page work properly.
 * Another issue is regarding the table page to see data. In this case, I can see
   regular and extra data in the pop up card, when mouse over icon, so data are 
   there. For any reason extra columns doesn’t appear in this table view. This is
   something I don’t know how to fix it but I can live with it.
 * Thanks for your support.
 *  [jakeic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakeic/)
 * (@jakeic)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418477)
 * > Another issue is regarding the table page to see data. In this case, I can 
   > see regular and extra data in the pop up card, when mouse over icon, so data
   > are there. For any reason extra columns doesn’t appear in this table view. 
   > This is something I don’t know how to fix it but I can live with it.
 * +1. It would be a nice feature if that additional data would show up in the table.
   Hopefully that can be added sometime in the future.
 *  Plugin Author [ERA404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/era404/)
 * (@era404)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-adding-columns-to-staflist/#post-7418494)
 * This suggestion has been made a few times.
    Seems like it could be a rather popular
   feature.

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