Linking an video to an image within a table

Hi,

thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

Sorry, unfortunately, I don’t know what the best way would be to use an image here that will then start the video when clicked. My assumption here is that that should be possible with some JavaScript code, but I don’t have experience with connecting that to a a Flash video.
In fact, Flash is probably one of the major drawbacks here, as that means that your video will for example not be viewable on iPads or iPhones.
Therefore, the best solution might actually be to upload your video to YouTube or another video platform and then embed that into your page. That will also give you that feature of a clickable image by default, and it will most likely load the video faster from the YouTube servers. And as YouTube converts the video format, it will most likely even be viewable on devices that don’t have Flash.

That AJAX save error is weird here indeed. Not sure why that’s happening. My assumption is that there’s something installed on the server that blocks the save process for security reasons (maybe because it thinks that someone is trying to inject Flash code somewhere). But no worries, you have not caused “lasting damage” with this.

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias,

Thanks for your quick reply, as always.

I’m obviously being over ambitious here. I’ve taken your advice and removed the video from the table format and will post it independently once I have authorisation from the orchestra. This is why I didn’t post it directly on YouTube which would, of course, be the simplest solution.

I’ve redone the tables and they work perfectly despite the fact that I’m still getting the AJAX message.

Thanks and all the best for Christmas and the New Year!
Hazel

Hi,

yes, YouTube would be the best solution. I hope that the orchestra agrees. If YouTube specifically is the problem, you could also try vimeo maybe.

About that AJAX message: Ok, that’s strange then. If possible, I’d like to take a direct look at this on your site. Could you therefore please create a temporary admin account for me and send me the details via email (the address is in the main plugin file “tablepress.php”)? That way, I can investigate this directly. Thanks!

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias,

I don’t know how to open .php files, so I’m sending you an e-mail c/o Otto. Watch out for a message from Bargiel.

Thanks,
Hazel

Hi,

an email c/o Otto? Not sure what you mean…

You can open .php files in any text editor (like Notepad).

Regards,
Tobias

Otto von Guericke!

Hi,

ah ?? Ok, that Otto! Yes, I just received the email. Thanks!
I’ll take a look shortly then.

Regards,
Tobias

Hi,

I actually just found the reason for this without having to log in ??
In your email, you mentioned that you are using WordPress 3.7.1, so I also checked what version of TablePress you are using.
It seems like you are using the old 1.0 still, although there’s 1.2 available for WordPress 3.7.1, and that actually contains a fix to exactly such an AJAX saving error.
So, the fix should be simple: Just update TablePress to 1.2.
In fact, I’d even suggest to update WordPress as well, to version 3.8. After that, you can even update TablePress to 1.3.

Regards,
Tobias

Hi,

just a quick update for everybody: HazelFrance just notified me via email, that this worked indeed ??

Best wishes,
Tobias

P.S.: In case you haven’t, please rate TablePress here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

Hi,

I took your advice, Tobias, and updated WordPress to version 3.8. and TablePress to version 1.3. when I changed the domain name of my website from the sub domain to https://www.josefkolbe.com. Trouble is, all the images and photos on the 80 odd tables I created with TablePress have disappeared! However, they are still in my Media Library and they still appear in the contents of each table. I have a back-up with UpDraftPlus but am hoping I don’t have to use it…

Regards,
Hazel

Hi,

good to hear that you updated! ??

The reason for this basically is that the images in the tables still point to the old URLs and not to the new domain. Those URLs are not updated automatically when moving domains.
You will therefore need to do this manually, but it should not be that much extra work:
At first, export the affected tables to a CSV file and download that to your computer.
Then, open that file in a text editor, like Notepad.
There, perform a “Search and replace” to search for “s409188927.onlinehome.fr” and replace it with “www.josefkolbe.com”.
Save the modified file and go to TablePress again. There, import the CSV file and choose to “replace” the existing table (and choose the corresponsing existing table).

Regards,
Tobias

Worked perfectly, thanks!

Hazel

Hi,

very nice! ?? Thanks for the confirmation!

Best wishes,
Tobias