TinyMCE display issues - not really WYSIWYG

[eenewbie]

Hi, I have a fresh installation of CMS 1.7.1 but I'm really losing sleep over trying to get TinyMCE to work.  The WYSIWYG editor does not display format changes.  

For example,
- I set text to Heading 1 from the paragraph drop-down, I don't see the changes made in the text area.
- I switch to HTML view and I see the ... tags
- I apply the changes but when I view the site, the text is not formatted as Heading 1 - even though the HTML tag says it's supposed to be.

Solutions tried with no success:
- I've already modified file attributes to 755 for the modules folder and all its sub-folders and files
- I've tried to reset all setting under Advanced Settings
- I've tried using static config.

Driving me nuts.  Someone please help.

Thanks.
Andrew

[replytomk3]

Replicate in a subfolder installation or XAMPP. Screenshot. Link.

[eenewbie]

Could you pls be more specific?  I have CMSMS hosted on JustHost and am not familiar with Apache technologies.  My host uses CPanel.  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

[replytomk3]

You can PM me login info and I can take a look. But the standard way to see if it's just you (or just your hosting) that's acting up is to install a second copy of CMSMS in a subfolder on your server, or install it on your computer.

[eenewbie]

Sent you a PM.  Thanks.

[eenewbie]

Discovered a few more things:
- character formatting e.g. bold, italic works
- paragraph formatting e.g. headings don't work

When I turn the WYSIWYG toggle button off and on, while the page is loading, formatting displays correctly in the text area but once the page fully loads, formatting returns to basic format.

Weird as!

[replytomk3]

The link that you have sent me is not working... Looks like you are making changes. PM me when you are done.

[replytomk3]

CSS stylesheets determine how things like h1 will be displayed. Install all default templates and stylesheets and go from there.

[eenewbie]

Reinstalled with default templates and stylesheets.
Same problems as before

[replytomk3]

Try using another template.

[eenewbie]

Tried that - still the same.  I'm not even seeing changes in formatting within the text area of TinyCME

[NaN]

What template do you use?
In some default templates h1 is shown like plain text.
Only h1 with class title will be shown as heading.
So this might be a CSS issue.
You just need to adapt your CSS to show h1 elements in that way you want it.