Want a WYSIWYG detailed description text area?

micromedia · #**111** 11-11-2005, 10:48 PM

I add FCKeditor 2.1.1 on my admin site. it is working but filemanager doesn't work. I try to change

FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/browser/default/connectors/phpconfig.php

and e.t.c but I guess path problem.

anybody help me...
thanks

wiggywag · #**112** 01-03-2006, 06:02 AM

How can I make the image browser/image uploader to work in FCKeditor, nothing happens when I try to upload a picture from my computer! Im not sure which folder it tries to upload it. I can't get the "Create new Folder" to work either!

The reason I want it to work, is for the admin to be able to easy upload and use images in the static pages dialog and in the news description dialog!

I've implemented it as descried in this thread!

Thanks!

stig

Lucent88 · #**113** 03-20-2006, 02:54 PM

I just installed the FCKeditor. I can see that the sample page is work fine, but I don't see anything in my product_modify.php page. I suppose to see the editor tool bar above the detail/short description? How come I don't see anything on that page? Am I missing something?

I followed the instruction posted by Marian on page 7

1. upload to my xcart directory
2. Rename the directory on your server / test server / and local to fckeditor (I don't really get this part, is it xcart/fckeditor/)?
3. test sample page - it works great
4. edit skin1/meta.tpl
5. edit /skin1/main/product_details.tpl
6. fckeditor/fckeditor.js

Lucent88 · #**114** 03-21-2006, 10:18 AM

Actually, I found out where the problem, where is says rename the folder, it meant the original folder name is probably "FCKeditor" rename it to "fckeditor". Basically, just change it to all lowercase, after I change it, everything works great. I also on the newest version of FCKeditor, and I'm on v4.0.17.

Lucent88 · #**115** 03-30-2006, 04:29 PM

I'm using FCKeditor.. how can I make the text area longer?

mffowler · #**116** 04-03-2006, 05:41 AM

Dynamic Drive just released an opensource (cross browser) WYSIWYG editor and it's excellent!

To get this to work without modifying any of the code of the WYSIWYG files, unzip the folder into your admin (not skin1/admin) directory.

It took me five minutes to implement on both the short and full descriptuions. Follow the instructions in the wysiwyg_beta.zip folder and implement the following:

Code:

 <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="wysiwyg.js"></script>

Right before the closing </HEAD> tag in skin1/admin/home.tpl

Then, open up /main/product_details.tpl and then just add:

Code:

 <script language="JavaScript">
  generate_wysiwyg('wysiwyg1');
</script>

directly after the </TEXTAREA> tag of the text area that you want to have WYSIWYG.

Add the id="wysiwyg1" to the TEXTAREA to correspond. Change the ID for multiple instances. This functionality is in X-Cart 4.1.x, but an easy (and free) implementation for earlier versions...

- Mike

groovico · #**117** 04-03-2006, 07:02 AM

A word of caution for anyone using HTML in product descriptions

1. X-cart will truncate short descriptions breaking HTML mid way through a tag. This can kill your customers shop display at checkout and shopping cart screens as the tags aren't closed properly.

2. HTML descriptions will cause havoc if you have to export and re-import your data for whatever reason.

I hope x-cart have this sort of problem sorted in x-cart 4.1, the product import needs extra delimiters such as double pipe || added, commas and semi colons don't cut it.

mffowler · #**118** 04-03-2006, 01:01 PM

I haven't had either of these issues for over a year. I use the short description as full most often and the full for other product specific (tracks, charts, specs...) and use the semicolon delimiter.

Though there is potential fo havoc- haven't seen it in any of my worked products.

- Mike

gallica · #**119** 04-13-2006, 07:17 AM

Hi,

Anyone else tried WYSIWYG editor from dynamicdrive ?

Unzipped content of archive in /admin/

Basicaly modified single/home.tpl with

Code:

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="wysiwyg.js"></script>

Modified main/product as followed :

Code:

<TEXTAREA name="fulldescr" cols="45" rows="12" class="InputWidth" id="wysiwyg1">{$product.fulldescr|escape:"html"}</TEXTAREA>
    <script language="JavaScript">
  generate_wysiwyg('wysiwyg1');
</script>

But no Html editor display.

Any help is wellcome.

mffowler · #**120** 04-13-2006, 12:56 PM

I got it to work, but you might tight a closer look at the files you need to modify. The file you mention isn't mentioned in my post above.

- Mike