Update: Reckon it’s not the export/import process. I just created a new table with the JavaScript features enabled and have the same result.
See new table here.
I might try reinstalling the plugin?
Hi,
thank you very much for the donation, that is very nice!
Regarding your problem: You are correct, this is not related to the export/import process. (Nevertheless, you are correct about the fact that the actual settings about the DataTables library are lost when exporting/importing a table. The reason for that is, that in the exported file (CSV, HTML, or XML), only the table data, but none of the settings are exported. This is however not the case for the export/import with a WP-Table Reloaded Dump File: That one contains all tables’s data and settings, and the general plugin settings.)
So, the real cause for the issue you are experiencing is a conflict between different plugin that all use JavaScript, i.e. the DataTables JavaScript library is somehow conflicting with another piece of JavaScript from another plugin that is activated on your site, or even your theme.
Thus, re-installing the plugin will not help, as that conflict will remain.
To find out what the conflicting plugin (or your theme) is, please try this:
Temporarily switch to the WordPress Default Theme (TwentyTen). Do the DataTables features work now? If yes, the problem is with your theme and you should contact your theme’s author to have the conflict removed.
If no, then the issue is in another plugin. Start deactivating plugins that use JavaScript one by one and try again each time. Once the DataTables library works, you have found the plugin that is causing the trouble.
If all of that does not help, I suggest that you ask in the DataTables forums at http://www.datatables.net/forums as the people there have more knowledge in JavaScript (and finding errors around it) than I have.
Regards,
Tobias
And as always thanks for the awesome support.
Have reinstalled the plugin and got no joy, and was getting around to the conflicting plugin idea too…
Both sites use Suffusion theme, so it should be a simple matter of comparing plugin lists to find the bad actor…
Many thanks again, and when I find the clinker I’ll post it here…
Cheersm
Yup – a plugin conflict. Unfortunately I was too impatient to deactivate my numerous (many unused) plugins one-by-one so I’m unsure as to which was the culprit. Suspect #1 = Sharebar (when used on posts/pages).
Will confirm that and get back to you. In the meantime, there is no joy in Mudville, so many thanks again!
