[geeklog-devtalk] HTML area for Geeklog

[Andrew N. Gray]

I will take a look FCKeditor.

I might make an different static pages plugin,  I will have to take a 
look

Andrew


On Mar 15, 2005, at 12:24 AM, Sean M. Cunningham wrote:


> I personally have had a number of support headaches from integrating 

> wysiwyg editors for clients. The issues range from browser bugs to 

> non-technical people nesting html elements so much that it no longer 

> displays correctly. IMHO the core team should not become distracted 

> with wysiwyg editors considering "about 4 lines of code to install 

> it". This is why I was suggesting to you to build a separate 

> staticpages plugin that has an wysiwyg editor included and configured. 

> By installing your new plugin via the administration interface your 

> down to a couple clicks for your install.

>

> By the way, I have had fewer support issues with FCKeditor 

> http://www.fckeditor.net/. It has a file upload feature also, but, I 

> did have to do some hacking to get it to work with geeklog.

>

> Sean

>

>

>  Andrew Gray wrote:

>  It is not really a plug in as it is about 4 lines of code to install 

> it it.

>

>  I was thinking that it would be a good option, but if this recent 

> development is a problem, there are other WYSIWYG editors out there. 

> There seems to be a large list on 

> http://www.htmlarea.com/directory/WYSIWYG_Editors/index.html , but I 

> have not looked through it

>

>  I think this would be a good step for the usability of GL for the 

> general public. I know that most people who are regular non HTML users 

> can find the static pages editor daunting.

>

>  I think Mambo uses, http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/

>

>  It is too bad about HTML area, the image upload manager plugins let 

> you edit or crop photos in the browser using GD or netpbm and upload 

> them right to the server.

>

>  It was pretty handy,

>

>  what do people think about including an basic editor, in the core GL 

> code, or is that a distraction from the core of GL.

>

>  Andrew

>

>

>

>

>

>

>  On Mar 14, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Sean M. Cunningham wrote:

>

>

>  Having the option to install an editor or not, seems to me a perfect 

> solution anyway. You could create a new plugin with your preferred 

> editor built-in, then uninstall the staticpages plugin and replace 

> with your own. It could save you a little time, and if you release it 

> on geeklog.net it could save others time as well.

>

>  my $.02

>

>  Sean

>

>

>

>  Michael Jervis wrote:

>

>  There are issues with using HTML Area:

>  http://drupal.org/node/18567

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

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>  Andrew N. Gray

>  Sent: 14 March 2005 19:31

>  To: geeklog-devtalk at lists.geeklog.net

>  Subject: [geeklog-devtalk] HTML area for Geeklog

>

>  What does everyone think about adding HTML AREA wysiwyg

>  editor to the static pages editor of geeklog.

>

>  I install it for everyone of the GL sites I install.

>

>  The new version includes a image browser that lets you load

>  images straight from the desktop. It really makes editing

>  static pages easier.

>

>  Andrew

>

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