FCKeditor not displaying for content

[paulpdesign]

I have installed CMSMS version 1.0 beta4 and the site is successfully working. However, when editing a page the FCKeditor does not load in the content box, instead I see the raw HTML. Debug mode reveals no further clues.

I selected Extensions > FCKeditor from the menu and the editor succesfully loads in the test area and I can change skin, toolbar.

I have re-run the install, but this has not changed anything. Is there some config I am missing? Any ideas?

[Ryno]

I'm also having this issue, however I downloaded the latest nightly snapshot (about 2 hours ago from the time of this post)

[tsw]

Just tested with latest svn, I had some problems with file permissions (suphp killed FCKeditorXcfg.js.php and fckstyles.xml.php execution with error 500)

after checking file permissions it works fine for me..

do you get any JS errors, and have you tested with different browsers / computers?

[paulpdesign]

All of my files within modules/FCKeditor are set as 544.

I have tried on 2 different computers, IE and Firefox. i have other sites which also use CMSMS (older versions) which are fine, so browser should be ok.

Anything else to check?

[paulpdesign]

I have now installed this on a fresh machine from both the SVN and zip versions. I have run it on windows and *nix OS but am still getting the same effect. Raw HTML in the content box and no sign of FCKeditor. As I said previously, it does appear under the modules > FCKeditor Tab for testing and config of the editor - but that's not where I need it!

[tsw]

Have you checked that fckeditor is enabled for your user?

my preferences -> user preferences -> Select WYSIWYG to use

[Ryno]

Hey TSW,

Yeah that fixed it, however shouldn't fckeditor be enabled by default?

if not, what is the reason for this? It's not intuitive for new users of CMS to go searching for this in user preferences in my opinion.

Ryno

[paulpdesign]

Thank you. I have just found this myself too. I am sure it was the default option in previous versions so a shame that the default is now 'none'.

Thanks for your help.
Paul

[tsw]

IMHO we shouldnt even ship fckeditor in the core

wysiwygs tend to create bad code and create lots of problems...

but as we dont have anything better atm it will be included...

[olaf_noehring]

Hi

I had a short look at tinymce - and this works in Opera as well. Since I am very happy ad think it's too bad that fckeditor does not work in this browser I would agree that tinymce would be a good (better than fckeditor) to ship with.
I must admit, I have not looked deeply into it yet but I was very surprised, that it did work. For example people who have absolutely no clue about html would need an wysiwyg editor that does work to produce some good looking results.

Olaf

[mark_l_sanders]

Two issues with TinyMCE, though: firstly, it's not truly wysiwyg - in my install it insists on putting all text in the center (in the editor) unless you specifically choose align:left - however, the generated display is fine. Secondly, it does not, by default, put text into tags, which is really poor.