FCKEditor and TinyMCE issues

[heatherfeuer]

I have installed CMSMS 1.0.2 "Maui" on my local testing server, once for a testbed site for learning purposes and once for a current client to use on their website.  I have been playing around with FCKEditor and TinyMCE for content editing and like them both, but each one has a different problem I'd like to get help with.

I am using the version of FCKEditor that came with the "Maui" version of CMSMS.  I have made sure that the permissions are set to be able to modify the module and set the css preference to display the editor window with a white background and black text, overriding the default site css settings.  However, when I go to content --> pages --> and select a current page to edit OR select "add new page," The background and text of the editor window is the site's default css background and text color.  Is there somewhere else I can edit or alter the settings to display the editor window with a whilte background and black text?

The version of TinyMCE I am using is 2.0.4 (what came with the current version of the module).  TinyMCE DOES display the editor window the way I want with a white background and black text, but appears to have problems with the language files and/or settings.  When I am editing the Module in the Admin --> Modules section, all the menu icons and text boxes show the correct icons and/or tooltips and/or text.  However, when I go to Content --> Pages and open either an existing page or "add new page," The toolbar icons, tootips, text boxes do not display correctly.  I took a screenshot to show what I mean:



You will notice that the "bold," "italic" and "underline" icons do not show and you will notice that instead of "--styles--" you see:

Code: Select all

{lang_theme_style_}

I haven't rearranged the locations of any files.  Is this a path problem or something else?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated!

[Dr.CSS]

Have you tried using Firefox instead of IE to see if it helps?...

[akronim]

i had the same problem but dont remember how i solved it

did you try to set your language in global site configuration ?

[heatherfeuer]

Mark,

Yes, I tried it out in Firefox and had the exact same problem as you see in the screen capture.  In fact, for some reason, I can't get past the login screen for the client's website using Firefox.  It just comes back to the login screen and the login IS correct.

I also tried the TinyMCE editor in Opera and the toolbar wouldn't even show up!  All I had was an editor window.

In the meantime, I still can't get FCKEditor to override the site's default stylesheet, so instead of a white background with black text in the wysiwyg editor window, I see the site's default background and text color. 

I know these issues may sound kind of trivial, I have a client for whom the editing of content has to be as user friendly and unintimidating as possible.  (This is a client I am trying to wean off of FrontPage!)  I'd much rather be trying to figure out how to edit the Calendar templates and stylesheets!

So... having ruled out the obvious, what else can I try?

[heatherfeuer]

No one has any suggestions?  So I won't be able to let my client use TinyMCE?

[stevesicherman]

In My Preferences > User Preferences

Do you have a language selected in the Language dropdown or is it still at "No Default Selected"?

[heatherfeuer]

Hi, it's set to English.  I do get the feeling the problem might be related to the language files and the paths, but not sure how.  I've got two installations going on my development server, one for the client and one for me to "play" with on the side.  Both of them have the same problem with TinyMCE and the style sheet issue with FCKEditor.

[Dr.CSS]

Local server windows by chance?... if so try a search in forum for it, could be some setting...

[heatherfeuer]

Oh! You know... I really shoulda included that information! My setup is as follows:

WinXP SP2 box
Apache 2.0.54
PHP 4.3.2RC3
MySQL 3.23.49
Zend v1.3.0

This was the closest configuration I could get to match my offsite production server (except for the OS, which is Linux offsite).  The only thing is that it's not a default install because I've got it installed on a different drive from c:\*.  However, I've made sure that all the paths are correct.  Do you need to see more detail?

[heatherfeuer]

Okay, I still haven't figured this out and it's bugging me like a sore tooth -- I can't leave it alone! 

I've just upgraded my "testsite" to 1.0.4.  When I originally installed TinyMCE, I followed the instructions and went to their website to download the latest stable release.  When I open up TinyMCE in the Module Manager, all the icons and default text in the combo boxes showed correctly.  However, when I go to edit a page, the toolbars appear as they do in the image I previously uploaded.  Upgrading to 1.0.4 changed nothing.  It's still the same.

Then I noticed that it's the one toolbar that seems to be affected although all the tootips show the Smarty tags instead of the proper image tooltips.  So I decided to do a little experimentation.  I switched places with Toolbar 1 and Toolbar 2.  I thought Toolbar 2 would now show funky and Toolbar 1 would be fine.  But no.  Toolbar 1, now in the middle row of the toolbars, still showed funky and Toolbar 2, now on top, showed fine!

On that toolbar, the images for 'bold,' 'italic' and 'underline' show the little x placeholder.  In firefox, I right clicked and selected properties.  This is what it showed instead of 'bold.gif':


The 'cut' icon displays correctly.  The property window shows this for the 'cut' icon:


Why is this happening?  More important, is this some bug or is it a path problem?

From what I can see, I think I'd rather use TinyMCE than FCKEditor.  But it would be nice to have the icons and tooltips work properly.  I can live with this and work around the problem, but I can't expect a less web-savvy client to be able to work with it.

Help!