Sorry for posting this in the forums, but I didn't know where else to post it since it involves several modules. I am a newbie to Drupal and I had little problems creating and dealing with it, but for the past 4 days adding a proper wysiwyg editor alone has been a terrible headache.
I have the wysiwyg module, FCK and TinyMCE installation files , IMCE and the IMCE Wysiwyg API bridge . Here are the problems:
A) With FCK:
1- If i do not pick any buttons/plugins check boxes , all buttons appear and are fine but the problem I have is with the "Browse" button of the upload image or flash since the IMCE is not checked, so
2- ..so I decided to check certain boxes including the IMCE and the problem is with this, the buttons do not wrap when they reach the far right.
3-Enabling the flash button faces some problems according to browser:
-IE7 no problems
-Firefox3 the flash button doesn't appear ???
-Opera as FF3
-Chrome works, but when uploaded audio/video clip, it doesn't play though am sure the flash plugin is installed in chrome. Youtube videos work
-Safari: flash button appears, but if i click Image/Flash/Link buttons, the windows goes gray and nothing happens and have to reload web page
B) With TinyMce
1- If I do not check any button checkbox, all buttons appear but again no "Browse" button appear to upload images/media (since i didn't select IMCE).
2- If I pick certain boxes ,when the full screen button is clicked, if there are too many buttons, they do not wrap in IE, Chrome or Safari
3- Selecting the flash button: the button shows no where in all browsers and in FF the whole toolbar doesn't show??!!!!!!!
4- Selecting Advanced horizontal rule/image/link crashes Chrome and Safari ( This of course is my least problems, I can and will simply choose not to display these options)
What I simply need is a wysiwyg editor that can allow my users to write and format text and upload images and occasionally audio or video clips. Why is it such a nuisance :(
I know the great efforts done in such a great free project, but a CMS should be a bit more easier. I loved the Drupal interface more than Joomla, but it seems to be much harder as regards technicalities ..and I know nothing about php/javascript or coding in general. I know only html and css
Any hope in the near future for a proper wysiwyg editor??
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If it's not that appropriate
If it's not that appropriate to post this in the forums, please let me know where exactly should I post this issue. Please link to that exact page, I am pretty overwhelmed still with drupal SW and the site here
Thanks
It doesn't matter what you
It doesn't matter what you pick, you'll find weaknesses IMHO. WYSIWYG editors aren't as polished as they should be.
I suggest you pick one ... the one that boils your blood the "least" ... then start raising issues on the appropriate project page for the bugs and annoyances you find.
Good luck, I gave up trying to set up WYSIWYG editors for clients. They use Filtered HTML or they'll get nothing. If they protest, I start explaining the technical difficulties, validation problems, and keep adding jargon until they surrender.
Thanks
lool, thanks Matt, sounds a reasonable advice :)
Think I'll use TinyMce and forget about the insert media option for now
Big Sites using wiswig
So what are big famous Drupal sites using to add content? It seems there are no solution yet to the issues I mentioned above. A site like theonion.com, how does it upload content. I am sure there must be a wysiwyg editor out there that can upload content including media. How do they do that. If you check above , enabling the upload media button cause a lot of issues according tot he browser
WYSIWYG and FCK
Hi @Avatar,
I'm pretty new too, so maybe this is helpful. If not - just ignore!
We wanted a WYSIWYG editor for user text on a website too. At first we installed the WYSIWYG API module and tried some editors like YUI. This never worked out well. We had trouble configuring the editors in particular, perhaps because we are not that experienced. In the end we backed out WYSIWYG and installed the stand-alone Drupal FCKEditor module and this has worked just great. This allows us to customize the editor interface, it looks pretty nice, and we can include images and links easily. You can even get a plugin that allows you to embed YouTube vids in the text. My $0.02 - hope it helps.
Thanks mate, but I did try
Thanks mate, but I did try FCK editor alone first and got a another headache with it, can't really remember what went wrong, it was months ago. May be I will try it once more, Thanks again
what worked for me
I manage one large and several small Drupal 6 sites, and have had the best results (by far) with Wysiwyg API using TinyMCE, IMCE, and IMCE Wysiwyg API Bridge. Once set up, I haven't had any issues with reliability, and most of my users haven't required any extra help.
What about uploading media files?
That's what I am using rjoy and it is perfect except for one thing, I can't get the upload media button to work, the button named "flash" that is, see my first post above "3- Selecting the flash button: the button shows no where in all browsers and in FF the whole toolbar doesn't show??!!!!!!!", and I really need to give my users the ability to upload video/audio. Is there a solution for this or another way around it, how can I give them the ability to upload an audio file or a youtube video for example?
Fixed in the latest
Fixed in the latest development snapshot (available in 24 hours).
Daniel 'sun' Kudwien
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