By lippert on

I am trying to get my mind around the CMS and posting content utilizing Page or Story. I have seen on some tutorials that there is a WSYIWIG program that lets you look at the source and the page in Drupal as you creat either the Page or Story.

Do I need to install a Module to have this appear? I am trying to post HTML information with graphics and text and links and think that the Page or Story is the way to go. Just having trouble figuring it out.

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Peculiar_One commented

Long answer...I'm fairly new to Drupal myself and I'm not sure what you mean by "WSYIWIG program that lets you look at the source" *and* "the page" but I can tell you that you do need to install a module if you want a WYSIWIG editor.

I found this analysis helpful in choosing a WYSIWIG myself, so maybe it will help you as well. Be sure to read the instructions/read me if you opt for TinyMCE or FCKeditor (possibly others as well, don't know) as you have to get the actual editor from a 3rd party site in addition to the module of the same name from Drupal for them to function.

After they're installed, when you click "Create Content" you'll see the editor GUI in the "Body" section (whereas now you just have a big empty box). You can toggle the editor on or off if you need to see the code it generates for your content.

Hope that helps. :)

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lippert commented

Thank you for the update. I have installed the TinyMCE module and uploaded the editor to the appropriate module directory. Can anyone offer assistance to tell me how to configure this and start to use it.

When I try to creat a page or story, I only get a "Body:" box. If I understand correctly, with the TinyMCE module I should be able to put HTML code in and create a better looking page or story than just plain text, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

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Paintbox commented

Finally something I can help with, a little bit.

You might want to read this excellent comparison:
http://drupal.org/node/208456

I think from the information you provided, you need to go to the admin section of TinyMCE and create a profile. From there you can tell TinyMCE what fields have to be converted to TinyMCE.

Otherwise, try FCKEditor or Xinha, I found them easier to install than TinyMCE and work right out of the box. TinyMCE is good, but it is not exactly beginner friendly imho.

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Peculiar_One commented

If you're still seeing a plain "Body" box, then something isn't quite right. This page might help you: http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/tinymce

TinyMCE provides the ability to format your content (text) by simply clicking a button. For example, if you type "This is a sentence.", highlight that sentence and then click on the TinyMCE button with a "B" on it, it will wrap that sentence in bold tags so that it will look like this:

This is a sentence.

You can set the configuration options to allow TinyMCE to be toggled on and off. If you do that, then immediately below the "Body" area will be a text link that says "disable (or enable) rich-text". Clicking that will show you your same sentence, only it will look like this:

<b>This is a sentence.</b>.

Does that help clarify any for you?

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lippert commented

I re-read the install instructions and config. Changed what I needed and appears that it is working so I may make some changes. Next thing to tackle is the image module so I can post imageswith my content.

Thanks for the guidance!

Peculiar_One’s picture

Peculiar_One commented

And glad you got it figured out. :) In case you weren't aware of it and might want to handle your images this way, there is a module called IMCE that allows you to upload them through Tiny.

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julia woodman commented

Hi

I ahve installed the FCK and all related modules and addons - the wysiwig is showing on the preview but the formatting is not showing on the published page - I would appreciate any assistance you can offer.

Thanks