Tablesorter:

An Example:

Some HTML:

			<div id="tableBody">
			<table id="myTable">
			<thead>
			<tr>
				<th>Last Name</th>
				<th>First Name</th>
				<th>Email</th>
				<th>Due</th>
				<th>Web Site</th>
			</tr>
			</thead>
			<tbody>
			<tr>
				<td>Smith</td>
				<td>John</td>
				<td>jsmith@gmail.com</td>
				<td>$50.00</td>
				<td>http://www.jsmith.com</td>
			</tr>
			</tbody>
			</table>
			</div>
			

Additional CSS:

			div#tableBody {
 			  width: 60em;
  			  padding: 0.3em;
			}
			table {
  			  width: 100%;
			}
			table th {
			  padding: 0.3em;
			}
			table th span {
  			  float:right;
			}
			table tr.odd {
  			  background-color: #FFFFFF;
			}
			

Usage:

			$(function()
			{
				$('#myTable').tablesorter({sortList: [[0,0]], locale: 'de', widgets: ['zebra'], useUI: true});
			});
			

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