Tabulizer
Version
3.1 (last update on Jan 31, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
12
License
GPLv2 or later
Commercial
Type
Date Added
27 August 2011
You can define your own styles, or use one of the many predefined styles that come with the installation. In any case, you can create your own intelligent styling rules that will format your tables according to your specific needs. For instance, you can define a styling rule that says "I want the first row to have an orange background with bold white letters" or "I want every cell with value less than zero to have a yellow background". Once the styling rules are defined, you can apply them to the creation of any new table just with a single click.
If you are not familiar with the web design concepts you can simply ask someone else to create a table template (i.e. Ruleset) for you and then simply import it via the Tabulizer panel with a single click.
Tabulizer v2.0 brings even more powerful rules that allow you to autospan cells (i.e. merge neighboring empty cells), apply formatting rules to specific cells, table rows or columns (e.g. turn all numeric values into currency amounts), do simple calculations among cells (e.g. add all the cells above).
Tabulizer v2.5 adds the possibility to search and replace text on the table cells, adds more "range" options (like module), introduces the concept of "range counter" for a finer control of row/column counting and allows the enclosure of input text into double or single quotes (very useful if the column data contain the column separator).
Tabulizer v3.0 brings the following:
* Tabulizer works everywhere (modules, components, tabs) not just articles
* Re-Tabulize existing tables.
* Import data directly from an Excel file (*.xls format)
* Loose column conistency
* Improved security with user-group role assignments.
* Better conflict resolution with other extensions and settings.
* Better error reporting
Tabulizer v3.1 is the latest version, that allows you to import text and image data from any type of Excel file (i.e. *.xls and *.xlsx) and fixes some issues of the old Excel importation library.
The Tabulizer application consists of three Joomla extensions, namely:
* The Tabulizer Editor Plugin: This is the main plugin that adds a conversion button to the Joomla editor, allowing you to convert input text to HTML table.
* The Tabulizer Content Plugin: This plugin includes all required CSS files for the proper styling of the produced HTML tables.
* The Tabulizer component: This component enables you to browse easily the existing styling rules and to create new ones.
It's compatible with Joomla 1.5, Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.0
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Very simple to install and use. I have had a look at version 3 which loads straight from a saved Excel file , great product.
The support is the best I have had from any extension.
Money well spend.
The support is the best I have had from any extension.
Money well spend.
When we were looking for a way to import large amounts of tables, Tabulizer looked promising. My client has a manufactures and sells food supplements. There are about 300 ingredients tables that we need to get on the website.
But when we start to use it, it solved more problems than we originally realized.
Dimitrios wrote custom rulesets that solved a lot of css problems we faced. He made it look so easy.
My client and I are hugely impressed with Tabulizer. But we're even more impressed with the developer behind it.
We received excellent service. Dimitrios spend a little extra time to make sure he completely understands our requirements.
But when we start to use it, it solved more problems than we originally realized.
Dimitrios wrote custom rulesets that solved a lot of css problems we faced. He made it look so easy.
My client and I are hugely impressed with Tabulizer. But we're even more impressed with the developer behind it.
We received excellent service. Dimitrios spend a little extra time to make sure he completely understands our requirements.
honestly, working with tables in joomla is a nightmare, specially you have to deal with hundreds of them.
This component has been an outstanding helper to my recent job. As everyone else already stated, it's an enormous timesaver.
I had trouble converting several CSV files that turned out to be not 'well formed' but the developer was very helpful explaining how to solve this.
A small investment into the right tool can make a big difference to your workflow.
This is a 5 star tool.
This component has been an outstanding helper to my recent job. As everyone else already stated, it's an enormous timesaver.
I had trouble converting several CSV files that turned out to be not 'well formed' but the developer was very helpful explaining how to solve this.
A small investment into the right tool can make a big difference to your workflow.
This is a 5 star tool.
Joomla is an excellent CMS, but what makes it really great is the prolific Joomla community (9.447 extensions at the time of this review!). Tabulizer is one these extensions that could make me choose Joomla over another CMS. I'm developing a site for food aficionados with recipes and restaurant info and reviews. Tabulizer helped me greatly to add info in tables very fast. One of its features I used a lot is the replacement functionality which allows me let's say to type 5S that Tabulizer converts to a five star image (I have created a replacement rule that replaces text 5S with html code to display a five star image). Another great thing is since the site is still in development, if in the future I decide to change to Joomla template I can simply change a single CSS file and all the tables created with Tabulizer will adjust to the new theme.
I have to say, a big big thank you for developing this Component and Plugin, it's been hard work up till now trying to input tables and columns into Joomla Articles.
Not any more.... This makes everything simple as life should be. I gotta take my HAT OFF to you guys and say it's worth every penny. I paid £10 which is not a great deal of money or such a superb component.
If you are looking at this and thinking.... Do I buy it... Don't I buy it? Stop thinking and start doing.
THANKS GUYS, THIS IS A LIFESAVER.
Not any more.... This makes everything simple as life should be. I gotta take my HAT OFF to you guys and say it's worth every penny. I paid £10 which is not a great deal of money or such a superb component.
If you are looking at this and thinking.... Do I buy it... Don't I buy it? Stop thinking and start doing.
THANKS GUYS, THIS IS A LIFESAVER.
I used Tabulizer for an intranet site that my company is developing in order to share data among employees. My job was to transfer data from MS Word tables to html tables in Joomla articles. Not having experience with HTML and CSS styling, I was having trouble copying and formatting tables from MS Word. Then, a colleague of mine installed Tabulizer and created a table template for me (called a ruleset) and now I can copy tables from Word in seconds instead of minutes! I highly recommend this extension to anyone that works a lot with tables in Joomla articles.
Previous reviews drew my attention to Tabulizer. I work a lot with data in MySQL, Access and Excel, but I'm not a developer. I use some extensions inside or outside Joomla to present and edit data. My search for a displaying solution within a Joomla article and embedded within text has been crowned with Tabulizer. The idea of inserting and converting csv data is very simple and cleanly executed. For static presentations I export a MySQL query with a tool like SQLyog and import the data with Tabulizer. The support by developer Dimitrios is remarkable. I experienced a bug in IE9 (like many others?), but Dimitrios seemingly was available day and night to solve the the problem. And this support came free!Cheers for my Greek helper.
For one of my clients I have to make a lot of tables and the styling has always been the tricky part in Joomla. If you want to save a lot of time and effort, once set up and installed, Tabulizer is a really excellent tool. For a very small fee, Dimitrios made my CSSheets for me and my IT people uploaded it into the site (I'm a marketer not a Computer Science graduate!). Dimitrio provides the best customer service on the planet - he even made me a video to show me how to use it. If you have to make tables in Joomla and you want to speed up the process - get Tabulizer.
I came across this extension, as I was looking for a solution to one of my clients site. This extension allows you to add a table into any Joomla article without using the default editor's insert table button. Tabulizer is much more convenient because (a) allows to type the table data as plain text (b) takes care of the table formatting (background colors, fonts, etc).
So, if you work a lot with tables and you find it cumbersome to work with tables in your Joomla articles, you should definitely give it a try.
So, if you work a lot with tables and you find it cumbersome to work with tables in your Joomla articles, you should definitely give it a try.
I got this extension for a sports site I'm running and it turned out that Tabulizer is much more flexible than I was expecting at first glance. The basic idea is that you create styling templates that you can use for all tables you add to your Joomla articles afterwards. Even though there is documentation on how to create your own styling rules, the total lack of any CSS/HTML knowledge of my behalf, led me to ask help from a web designer in the office. After an hour he sent me 13 templates (or "rulesets" as they are called), one for each league I'm covering. Now I can copy-paste all the league results tables from Word (where I keeping them for the printed version of the newspaper) to Joomla in less than 5 minutes (compared to 45-60 minutes it took me previously). So, I'll definitely recommend it if you are copying tables from Word to Joomla regularly.
Pros:
* Easy to use
* You can use the pre-installed styling rules or create yours.
Cons:
* To take full advantage of this extension, CSS knowledge is expected (at least minimum)
* Joomla 1.6 is not support (yet)
Pros:
* Easy to use
* You can use the pre-installed styling rules or create yours.
Cons:
* To take full advantage of this extension, CSS knowledge is expected (at least minimum)
* Joomla 1.6 is not support (yet)
