By forgestik on

Is it here the best place to post a question regarding TinyMCE?

It's the first time I'm trying to add a module to my installation.

I'm running Drupal 5 (fresh new install, no modification whatsoever so far) on IIS 5, MySQL 5, PhP 5

I just downloaded TinyMCE (for Drupal 5).

Installation is a two step process :
1) Extract the Drupal side of this project to : sites/all/modules/tinymce
2) Extract the Moxicode side of this project to : sites/all/modules/tinymce/includes

Then, there's no more instruction. All that's left to be done, is to enter the website, click administer then choose TinyMCE...

I did the two installation steps, but I can't see TinyMCE anywhere from the administer button.

Note, I restarted IIS after having copied all the files in the right places.

Thanks
Charles

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wonderland’s picture

wonderland commented

You need to enable the module first (site building-->modules). Then it will show up in the configuration section and you're ready to use it.

..- Wonderland

fiveflat’s picture

fiveflat commented

It's not that simple. I've gone through it all, and I still don't see it. tinyMCE is truely what I want on my site, but I simply cannot get it installed and running properly.

keathmilligan’s picture

keathmilligan commented

It drops right in and seems to work great.

dsamuel’s picture

dsamuel commented

I've installed TinyMCE a few times now, and I have problems every time. I keep getting tripped up with a few complications, then next time I forget what I did last time!

I now have an article on my website you can read with detailed instructions on how to install TinyMCE in Drupal.

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len_5771’s picture

len_5771 commented

Hi,
I've just travelled the same route.

I noticed that the Moxicode side of this project when extracted created another /tinymce/ folder as : sites/all/modules/tinymce/includes/tinymce/

Whereas the readme.txt suggests that the extracted folders should have gone directly into /includes/

So I've just moved the files and it's up and running :-)

Maybe this is your problem too?

Regards
Len

ejhildreth@drupal.org’s picture

ejhildreth@drupal.org commented

This same discussion has been going on at /node/106031. From what it looks like, the maintainer has his own vision for the direction of the tinymce that doesn't fit into what we all have come to expect from using this module. I for one have been seriously debating switching over to the FCKeditor (whose site runs Drupal by the way) and am hopeful that somebody will continue developing a WYSIWYG editor on top of the jQuery library.

len_5771’s picture

len_5771 commented

It does work partially, passing text through OK, but font changes, smileys and images all show up in the preview, but don't get published.

len_5771’s picture

len_5771 commented

OK, so the Input Filter has to be set to Full HTML. Everything working as I would have expected now. I probably don't know enough about this module to know what might be 'broken'.

My first week with Drupal and it's heavy going...........

forgestik’s picture

forgestik commented

Hi,

Thanks to all of you, my TinyMCE module is working now.

I would like to configure the CSS related settings, but I can't find where to go to do that.

I thought I needed to add a new profile (admin/settings/tinymce/add). But I can't seem to reach this important config page. I can only get to (admin/settings/tinymce). The config options in this page are limited, with no css setting.

Info : Drupal 5.1, TinyMCE 2.1
I did not add any

in the header of my page.tpl.php Thanks !
forgestik’s picture

forgestik commented

Sorry to insist folks,

I'm still struggling. If anyone knows how to make use of css files through the use of TinyMCE, I would appreciate little help.

I'm trying to find my way through wiki documentation for the module, but I'm not even sure it's actually up to date. Anyway.. thanks.

Charles

ejhildreth@drupal.org’s picture

ejhildreth@drupal.org commented

@forgestik -- Which branch of TinyMCE are you using? 5.1 or 5.2? The setup is a little different in each.

forgestik’s picture

forgestik commented

Thanks

See this is one thing I don't understand.

Here. You'll discover how things can get mixed up in the mind of a newbie ;-)

Drupal current release is 5.1
I downloaded TinyMCE package version 2.1

I truly don't know where this 5.2 comes from... And it might as well be one of the reason I'm having difficulties to configure it.

9 chances out of 10 that I will erase this installation anyway and forget about this nightmare.

My own personal opinion, limited to myself only, these folks manage this project very poorly. They keep pointing us toward this damn Wiki help file. Did a search using CSS or Cascading in the whole help database, no result.

Did a search on Profile (that's the name given to the configuration screen where I've heard we could set the css file), no result.

Frankly, I read the doc over and over, and I can't even tell you if it applies to this version.

You go on their website, click support, they want to charge you 25 euros just to allow you to ask them if this feature is supported or not.

3 folks have asked question on CSS on their website's forum, no answer whatsoever.

I could partly solve my problem by mixing node teaser with Contemplate. Two good products that allow me for more flexibility css-wise. Once I can find a wysiwyg editor that can integrate with these two module without conflicting with them, this TinyMCE thing will be over finally.

Thanks a lot for your help, I can't wait to finally figure out what 5.2 means ;-)

Charles

ejhildreth@drupal.org’s picture

ejhildreth@drupal.org commented

@forgestik -- Looks like you are confusing the Drupal branch number scheme with Moxie Code's numbering scheme. Even though the are both name TinyMCE, we are really talking about two different things. When I was referring to 5.1 versus 5.2, I was talking about the Drupal module itself and its CVS branch (the version control repository that handles the numbering). The 5 indicates that it is for Drupal 5 and the .1 and .2 indicate the two different branches. The Drupal module invokes Moxie Code's TinyMCE java files and they are currently at version 2.1 on their numbering scheme. Also, if you dig around the Drupal site, you will see there was some issues with the maintainer and the direction that the module was heading that muddied the waters a bit.

Since you are a self proclaimed newbie, let's just focus on the simpler of the two approaches. Starting from scratch, here is what you would do (assuming you do not use CVS to download your files)

  • Download the 5.x-1.x-dev release. (You may have a previous version, so you might want to make sure you are up to date)
  • Extract the files
  • In the TinyMCE Folder, Create another folder name TinyMCE
  • Go to http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ and download Moxie Code TinyMCE
  • Extract these files into your newly created TinyMCE/TinyMCE folder
  • Place the TinyMCE folder on your web server in the /sites/all/modules folder
  • On your site, go to administer|modules and enable the TinyMCE
  • Since you have had the TinyMCE on your site previously, run the database update script by go to http://yoursitename/update.php. This will only run if you are logged is as the 1st account you set up; User 1.
  • Now when you go to Administer | TinyMCE, you will be asked to create a new profile for you users of the TinyMCE
  • In these settings, you can point the TinyMCE to your own CSS file
Anwalen’s picture

Anwalen commented

A made the previous things step by step. I tryed lots of varuioation of installation anyway.
I am using drupal 5.1 TinyMCE 5.1 dev tinymce 2.1.0
The problem: A clicking on Create new profile, configuring the module, and clicking on Save.
Then i get a cant find page error.