Web App table rendering

Question

I'm wanting to use a jQuery script to sort the table cells on the List view of a web app I'm building. Something like this one I think. http://tablesorter.com/docs/. Does anyone know a work around that prevents an entire table being rendered when a list of web app items is displayed?
I currently have the list to display:
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td style="width: 200px;"><strong>Species:</strong> {tag_fish species}</td>
            <td style="width: 200px;"><strong>Where:</strong> {tag_water body}</td>
            <td style="width: 200px;"><strong>Angler:</strong> {tag_name}</td>
            <td style="width: 200px;"><strong>Weight:</strong> {tag_pounds} Lbs, {tag_ounces} Oz's</td>
            <td style="width: 100px;"><strong>Year:</strong> {tag_year of catch}</td>
            <td style="width: 100px;"><strong>Method:</strong> {tag_method of capture}</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
I was thinking if I can get it to render out something like this:
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8">
    <tbody>
{web app detail}
    </tbody>
</table>
While using something like this for the List layout in the web app:
        <tr>
            <td style="width: 200px;"><strong>Species:</strong> {tag_fish species}</td>
            <td style="width: 200px;"><strong>Where:</strong> {tag_water body}</td>
            <td style="width: 200px;"><strong>Angler:</strong> {tag_name}</td>
            <td style="width: 200px;"><strong>Weight:</strong> {tag_pounds} Lbs, {tag_ounces} Oz's</td>
            <td style="width: 100px;"><strong>Year:</strong> {tag_year of catch}</td>
            <td style="width: 100px;"><strong>Method:</strong> {tag_method of capture}</td>
        </tr>
I tried this but the WYSIWYG editor strips the <tr> and <td> structure out when I hit save.
Any help would be apprected!

Answer 1

Hi Scott,
You can do that through Dreamweaver or FTP. The online editor/browser will try to correct the incomplete table ending in disaster.
Cheers,
Mario