By lanceh1412 on

Hi,

I've just installed drupal and want to add some content. All I get is a text box into which I can type text and html. This is no good if you don't know html. Is there an easier way? I have seen video tutorial's which have a panel of buttons you can click to make things bold etc. I am using the bartik theme. Is there something I need to enable to allow me to add images etc easily?

Thanks for any help.
Lance

⋅ Categories: Drupal 7.x

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Anthony Pero’s picture

Anthony Pero commented

You need the WYSIWYG Module, and one of the WYSIWYG Editors that it supports.

  1. First, download WYSIWYG Module using the normal method
  2. Second, go to /admin/config/content/wysiwyg and click "Installation Instructions". Follow the directions for whichever Editor you want to use. I suggest CKEditor or TinyMCE
  3. Then, you need to set up the editor on your Input Formats (TIP: Its on the same page).

Try these steps, and if you run into problems, ask specific questions, and I'll try to answer them.

Anthony Pero
Project Lead
Virtuosic Media
http://www.virtuosic.me/

lanceh1412’s picture

lanceh1412 commented

Thanks for your help. That worked great.

I now have lots of "button" checkboxes allowing me to select the buttons I require. Is there a shortcut to select all of these or do I have to tick each one individually?

Regards,
Lance

Lance

Anthony Pero’s picture

Anthony Pero commented

You just check the ones you want to use.

Anthony Pero
Project Lead
Virtuosic Media
http://www.virtuosic.me/

lomo’s picture

lomo commented

http://drupal.org/project/wysiwyg_setup helps streamline the setup process, which can otherwise be quite tedious.

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nevets commented

There are several choices, the WYSIWYG module supports a number of editors, if you are not looking for WYSIWYG there is the bueditor module which is used here on Drupal.org.

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GameObserver commented

I'm partial to CKEditor. Just better than all the others. To install it do the following:

1- Download, install and enable one of the following modules through your Drupal admin panel: http://drupal.org/project/ckeditor
2- Download this file from our site: http://download.cksource.com/CKEditor/CKEditor/CKEditor%203.6.3/ckeditor...
3- Follow the instructions and install the aforementioned package

The Drupal module (step #1) will fully work once you have done step 2 and 3. To view CKEditor in action go here: http://ckeditor.com/demo

lanceh1412’s picture

lanceh1412 commented

Thanks,

I've just seen your reply. I had a look at that editor but I got the impression you needed a license key to get it working. I'll follow your instructions and give it a go.

Lance

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lomo commented

There are pros and cons, but the Wysiwyg module does provide additional plugin options that aren't available to extend the standalone CKEditor-module-integrated editor.

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