How can I remove the WYSIWYG editor from some fields?

[stopsatgreen]

Hi,

In my News module I want to remove the WYSIWYG editor from the Summary field but keep it on the Story field. I'm pretty sure I have to remove it from the code manually - how can I do this?

I set the site up for some non-technical clients and they keep putting formatting in the Summary, which messes up the page design; if I can strip it out I think it will be easier for all concerned!

[Oliver]

That's really simple. The [content] - tag in your template has got the option wysiwyg (true/false). Just turn it off there. You find this info in your admin panel under "Extensions" -> "Tags". Good luck.

[stopsatgreen]

That's just for frontend editing, isn't it? Which page/template do I have to modify?

[Oliver]

I have to realize that news templates are not as pretty as all other templates where my method would have worked...

Someone with programming skills is needed here!

[stopsatgreen]

Can anyone point me in the direction of the file I need to alter the code, please?

[cyberman]

Please change your template like this:

{content block='test' wysiwyg='false'}

[stopsatgreen]

Um... no. I need to remove it from inside Admin; this isn't a frontend edit. I want to remove the option inside the News module, so the admin who enters the news doesn't have to use the WYSIWYG.

[stopsatgreen]

Sorry to keep bumping this up... last time, I promise

If somebody could please explain to me which file I need to alter, I could try to work out the rest for myself...

[Oliver]

If it were a regular page, in your admin you'd navigate to Layout > Templates, click on the template you're using for that page, look for a tag named {content} and change it to {content wysiwyg='false'}.

Unforturnately you are not dealing with a regular page but a news item. This means its layout is controlled by a special template. You can access this from your admin navigating to Content > News.

There you have a Summary Template and a Detail Template. Thats how far my help goes - unfortrunately I am no programmer and have no clue on how these templates are configured.

[stopsatgreen]

Thanks everyone for the help, but I think I'm not making myself clear... I want to remove the WYSIWYG editor from INSIDE the Admin area; ie, login to Admin, go to Content > News and click on a news story to create it... I want to keep the WYSIWYG for the Content area, but remove it from the Summary. I know I can disable it in the Preferences, but that removes it from all fields. I want to know which file I need to alter in order for this not to appear as an option.

[jah]

I think what you are looking for is this:

In action.addarticle.php line 144 (in my version)

Change from:

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$this->smarty->assign('inputsummary', $this->CreateTextArea(true, $id, $summary, 'summary', '', '', '', '', '80', '3'));

to:

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$this->smarty->assign('inputsummary', $this->CreateTextArea(false, $id, $summary, 'summary', '', '', '', '', '80', '3'));

do the same in action.editarticle.php line 168

Jon

[stopsatgreen]

Exactly that!!! Thanks very much!

[stopsatgreen]

I've upgraded to 0.13 and now changing this option to 'false' no longer seems to work. Does anybody have any idea why?

Me being stupid! I forgot to change the line in action.editarticle.php.