By mavergames on

Hi Drupal folks!

We installed Acquia Drupal last month and have begun work on configuring it to run our 70+ websites and have run into a small problem:

We have been, up until now, using FCK Editor as our wysiwyg editor. We wanted try out TinyMCE and we can't seem to get the system to switch. We have removed FCK Ed and installed TinyMCE and it doesn't show up!

Please help.

Thanks,
Chris

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philipnorton42’s picture

philipnorton42 commented

I presume you are using the Wysiwyg Module? This makes Wysiwyg integration quite easy and allows you to swap from one editor to another whenever you want. I have tried it myself on a test site and there wasn't an issue.

http://drupal.org/project/wysiwyg

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mavergames commented

Hi,

We've installed this but it doesn't work on our existing site where we've used FCK thus far exclusively. On a new, clean site, it works. Any hints?

Thx

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redpuma commented

Have a look at using the new WYSIWYG module, it allows you to use multiple editors.
TinyMCE project say this....

This module has been replaced by Wysiwyg API, which (also) integrates the TinyMCE editor with your Drupal site and provides the same functionality. Most (if not all) users should install or migrate to Wysiwyg API instead.

Might be a better course than debugging your existing TinyMCE install/setup.

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mavergames commented

We have switched to Wysiwyg API but it still doesn't work. It works on a "clean site" when we start from scratch. But NOT on our existing sites where we have been using FCK up until now.

What do you think?

Thanks
Chris

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redpuma commented

I guess you've already done all this: Uninstall the FCK editor after disabling it?
Oh yeah, clear caches, that always catches everyone from time to time.

Then go over everything again.

I recently replaced FCKeditor module with the WYSIWYG module but used FCK again, but as long as you put the editors in the /libraries folders should work. Bet its a permission not set somewhere.

Sorry can't be more helpful :-(

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mavergames commented

We:

- deactivated FCK Module
- then, installed Wysiwyg module and activated it

didn't work for the existing site but worked for our clean site.

- deactivated Wysiwyg module
- unchecked all permissions for FCK
- then, deleted all FCK profiles
- unchecked the box next to FCK Module in Modules
- we put TinyMCe in the libraries folder

Basically, we want to be able to use either TinyMCE OR FCK. Not sure what we've done wrong here?

Oh, we cleared all cache as well, so that's not it... Thanks!

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esllou commented

you need to look more into the whole issue of uninstalling a module. It's one of Drupal's worst weak areas. Disactivating it is NOT enough.

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mavergames commented

Thanks, that's a great tip. We're newbies and really just getting into Drupal beyong the basic level now...

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mavergames commented

uninstalled and deactivated FCK and installed Wysiwyg and it still doesn't show up when one creates content. In fact, NO editor shows up!

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mavergames commented

We use a custom template or theme for our site. We modified the Garland them for our own purposes. When we switched to this theme in one of our sites that doesn't use it, the wysiwyg editor disappeared. Is perhaps something disabled in the theme or is there something at the theme level or template (.tpl file) level that can kill the wysiwig module? Thx all!