After installing FCKEditor module, the WYSIWYG editor does not load for any text-area's in Firefox, or IE.
It produces a blank area, as seen http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9686/fsckingfckeditorgf4.jpg <- there

I've tried many different vers. of FCKEditor
I've tried the latest stable & dev snapshot ver of the FCKEditor module.
I've tried various versions of the FCKEditor component..
I've tried different themes
I've tried a couple other simple wysiwyg editors - they work (generally) dandily
I've removed the drupal installation. (deleted every file). Removed drupal database. Installed drupal from scratch. Before applying any theme, installed FCKEditor. I got the same result.

The FCKEditor module location is Apache\htdocs\modules\fckeditor (contains fckeditor.config.js.. etc)
The FCKEditor component location is Apache\htdocs\modules\fckeditor\fckeditor (contains copy_here.txt, fckeditor.js, fckconfig.js...etc)

As far as I can tell, all the references to FCKEditor seem to be correct (eg, where the textbox usually would be, if I right click in firefox / 'this frame' / 'view page info', I see the following: http://127.0.0.1/modules/fckeditor/fckeditor/editor/fckeditor.html?Insta...
And I do have that html file at that location locally.. I can see it's source if I view-source that link..

In IE, I get the following errors:

Line: 88
Char: 1343
Error: Expected ';'
URL: http://127.0.0.1/modules/fckeditor/fckeditor/editor/fckeditor.html?InstanceName=edit-body&Toolbar=DrupalFull

Line: 32
Char: 1
Error: 'FCKConfig' is undefined
URL: (same as above)
Line: 63
Char: 1
Error: 'FCKBrowserInfo' is undefined
URL: (same as above)

I also get a couple other 'object expected' and other items undefined messages.
I've checked page.tpl.php contains the print $scripts item..

I've tried so much I can think of, from saving a page where it would be called & modifying the html so that <script type="text/javascript" src="/modules/fckeditor/fckeditor/fckeditor.js"></script> is called before (and also attempted after) all other scripts, which didn't change a thing.

using Apache 2.2.4, PHP 5.2.1, Drupal 5.1.
Hopefully there'll be enough info here for you ontwerpwerk :P

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ontwerpwerk’s picture

ontwerpwerk commented

almost enought information... :P

can you try the following with the latest development release of the FCKeditor for drupal 5 and a FCKeditor 2.4.x:
go to administer > Site configuration > fckeditor and turn popup mode on - does it work then? If it does, then the module might be broken if it still does not work I'm at a loss > try the firebug in firefox to find where the error might be

I suppose you have a drupal installation in the root of your testserver at localhost.. -> you might also try to install the module into sites/all/modules/fckeditor as is the recommended practice for 5.x sites

Qui.dormit.non.peccet’s picture

Qui.dormit.non.peccet commented

can you try the following with the latest development release of the FCKeditor for drupal 5 and a FCKeditor 2.4.x:
go to administer > Site configuration > fckeditor and turn popup mode on - does it work then?

No dice. Same problems.

I suppose you have a drupal installation in the root of your testserver at localhost.. -> you might also try to install the module into sites/all/modules/fckeditor as is the recommended practice for 5.x sites

Yeah, I tried this while I was attempting to solve this myself, and I just tried it with the above suggestion aswell, with no luck =\

I would go into the firebug styles, but I don't have a huge amount of time at the moment, so I'm going to settle for one of your competitors.. ;) No offense. I've just got some weird system configuration error, or something. FCKEditor would still be my preference, but I'm just gonna chalk this one up to experience.
Thanks for your assistance at any rate =) Hopefully next time I'll be working with an installation that likes me ;)

ontwerpwerk’s picture

ontwerpwerk commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

in that case let's close this issue

lukus’s picture

lukus
he/him
commented

Hey

I know the issue is closed, but I ran into this problem and came up with a solution.

Locally the editor was working well. I upload a site to my shared hosting account - and I was faced with blank space where the fckeditor should be.

It turns out that the actual fckeditor executable ships with permissions which need to be reset - if you try to upload with the standard permissions, the ftp client won't have permission to copy over some of the main js files into the req. directories.

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hotcoder commented

fckeditor is simple to install and configure. you can read here how to setup fckeditor in drupal. http://cyberheight.blogspot.com/2008/08/using-or-setup-fckeditor-in-drup...

ozchris’s picture

ozchris commented

hi lukus

would love to know what permissions you changed. I have the same problem so far.

cheers

raaaz’s picture

raaaz commented

Hi Lukas,

i am facing with same problem. PLease suggest the solution. I am not using it in drupal but using it in normal ASP application. which is working fine on local server and also on another website. But not loading in actual website on same server.

Your prompt response is appreciated.

Raza