Thanks for the Tip. I haven't tried using Jason formatting but I've recently been introduced to Bootstrap and Datatable and am pretty much thrilled.
I've struggled with ways to get my 4D data on the web and these tools have turned out to be the answer I was looking for. I was introduced to Bootstrap by a comment on this mailing list about a month ago. Probably unlike most on this list, in my case I don't need a live link between my data and the web. I just need to provide it in a kiosk type format and update it around monthly (project status reporting). I'm not a web programmer and I was struggling with using web creation software or trying to hand code which I'm not trained to do. I looked at several apps including, Blocs, Espresso, EverWeb, RapidWeaver, Sparkle and Dreamweaver but in all cases making a simple table turned out to be a struggle and the code generated was pretty convoluted. I was able to make much better formatted and cleaner coded tables by hardcoding but it became time consuming. Bootstrap provides kind-of an in-between option that let's you hardcode but simplifies (handles) most of the formatting including resizing between desktop and mobile sized screens. Datatable provides the database features such as searching, sorting, pagination, etc... so I don't need to link 4D to the web. Automated page creation is accomplished with 4D tags. I noticed in the examples on the dataTable web site that you can format the page and data separately using Ajax format and wanted to give that a try but haven't had a chance. This may be more like the tip you provided. As with web development I don't have much experience with Jason formatting but I'll try out your tip and see if it can help simplify my web development. Others on this list are probably already aware of datatable and bootstrap but for anyone who isn't I wanted to pass on my appreciation as well for these resources. Thanks again for the tip... -- View this message in context: http://4d.1045681.n5.nabble.com/Datatables-Tips-tp5752751p5752756.html Sent from the 4D Tech mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
