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Posted by: DylianOn 2008/4/4 14:41:26 7826 reads

To use Tinyeditor for creating custom blocks in 2.3 :

Go to root/module/system/admin/blocksadmin/

Make an backup of the blockform.php
and open it.

Then

Search for:

$textarea = new XoopsFormDhtmlTextArea(_AM_CONTENT, 'bcontent', $block['content'], 15, 70);

And replace it with:

if ( is_readable(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH . "/class/xoopseditor/tinyeditor/formtinyeditortextarea.php")) {
    include_once(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH . "/class/xoopseditor/tinyeditor/formtinyeditortextarea.php");
    $textarea = new XoopsFormTinyeditorTextArea(array('caption'=>_AM_CONTENT, 'name'=>'bcontent', 'value'=>$block['content'], 'width'=>'100%', 'height'=>'400px',  'xEditor'=>'1'));
    }else{
    $textarea = new XoopsFormDhtmlTextArea(_AM_CONTENT, 'bcontent', $block['content'], 15, 70);
    }

And if you go to blocks in your administration then youl see tinyeditor in stead of the normal editor.
(This hack only works if you have installed tinyeditor!)

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

MeadowsHale Published 04/04/2008 14:46 Just popping in Joined 04/04/2008 Comments 1

Thanks for sharing :)

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

McDonald Published 04/04/2008 15:36 Home away from home Joined 08/15/2005 Comments 1072

In fact this can be done for every editor.
It's also possible to set TinyEditor as your default XOOPS editor, see the TinyEditor manual.

It would be interesting to see if somebody knows how to upgrade TinyEditors engine TinyMCE to the latest version 3.0.5. At the moment the setting of the toolbars fails.

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

tzvook Published 04/04/2008 18:57 Updated 04/04/2008 19:38 Just can't stay away Joined 02/01/2003 Comments 875

Hello all
Sorry to tell you that this was covered, for the 2.2.x series 2 years ago, with the ability to choose between Dhtml or wysiwyg, and with code for 3 editors ( Koivi , INBETWEEN , Tinyeditor)

https://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2597

After working with all 3 editors for a few years I recommend TinyEditor - after a few fixes - it's almost bugless and for sure is the most features rich editor there is for XOOPS .... leave all the rest far behind ...

As you'll see - I asked 2 years ago that the solution will get it's way to the CORE .... maybe DJ will get it into the 2.3 series - not hardcoded, but as a "xoops-editors" solution ....

PPLS - read the forums b4 you post ...

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

Dylian Published 04/04/2008 22:07 Updated 04/05/2008 12:57 Friend of XOOPS Joined 07/21/2007 Comments 237

@tzvook
Have you seen my Tiny Blocks module,
its almost the same (Only for XOOPS 2.2* not 2.0 or 2.3)

@McDonald
What's your your problem exactly?
I have updated the "editor" folder to but with me it works fine.

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

phppp Published 04/05/2008 9:50 XOOPS Contributor Joined 01/25/2004 Comments 2857

tzvook,
in 2.3 we provide three editors shipped with core release, the others provided as add-ons or third-party editors. All are called through xoopseditor, i.e. not hardcoded.
The tinyMCE in SVN is a original tinyMCE integration without hack, meaning that it is easy to upgrade to latest version.
As for tinyeditor, I guess you are referring to the module by frankblack. I hope someone can take care of it.

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

tzvook Published 04/07/2008 16:13 Updated 04/07/2008 16:26 Just can't stay away Joined 02/01/2003 Comments 875

@ DJ

I meant that choosing to edit custom blocks with wysiwyg should find it's way to the core, not the frameworks.

I can't test 2.3 yet, since I still use php 4.x .
but am adicted to tinyEditor with it's ability to make each group it's own permitions and panels. and the ability to give each user it's own disk directory and quota.
though I must admit using the original TinyMCE is great for upgrades.

I hope replacing the image-manager with a decent one is being considered too
If I may, I suggest you'll check a promising gpl project: http://kfm.verens.com/ which can be used as a wysiwyg button or via a simple "form-text" field, is searchable, taged and a lot more ...

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

Dylian Published 04/13/2008 19:50 Friend of XOOPS Joined 07/21/2007 Comments 237

@McDonald
You should try this:
overwrite the tiny_mce.js (In the UPDATED editor folder) with the tiny_mce.js from the original editor folder.

With me this works.

Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

jayjay Published 06/14/2008 12:33 Updated 06/14/2008 12:34 Not too shy to talk Joined 09/10/2003 Comments 175

@phppp
I was thinking of merging the latest TinyMCE 3.09 release with the TinyEditor module (which uses TinyMCE 2.08 and is not compatible with Opera 9.5). It's great to read that you're integrating TinyMCE into XOOPS without too many hacks. But looking at the XOOPS 2.3.0 Alpha 3 source shows that you added TinyMCE 2.08 to Xoops instead of the last TinyMCE version.

Is there a specific reason for this? Will TinyMCE 3.09 be included in the final XOOPS 2.3.0 release?

Thanks in advance and keep up the good work!

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

McDonald Published 06/15/2008 21:02 Updated 06/15/2008 21:03 Home away from home Joined 08/15/2005 Comments 1072

Quote:

I was thinking of merging the latest TinyMCE 3.09 release with the TinyEditor module (which uses TinyMCE 2.08 and is not compatible with Opera 9.5).

I have been trying to upgrade TinyEditor to TinyMCE 3.xx but this seems almost impossible.
TinyEditor uses some specific routines from TinyMCE 2.xx which don't exist in the 3.xx branch.
To me TinyEditor is prefered above the standard TinyMCE, because it's much more easy to configure. It also let's users easily setup toolbars for different user groups.

I think TinyEditor can be upgrade to TinyMCE 2.1.3 but you have to be carefull, because some of the TinyEditor plugins have been modified for better functionallity under Xoops.

Hopefully somebody finds I way to upgrade TinyEditor to the TinyMCE 3.xx branch.

.::EDIT::.
You might be interested in the TinyMCE Ajax File Manager too.

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Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

phppp Published 06/16/2008 6:21 XOOPS Contributor Joined 01/25/2004 Comments 2857

jayjay, actually there was no reason to include TinyMCE 2.08 instead of 3.09
The only reason is that I just picked up the tinyMCE version I had worked on without looking at the latest version.
If anyone would like to work on this, please ask for SVN access so that you can submit your code.

Re: Use Tinyeditor for creating your blocks in 2.3*

jayjay Published 06/16/2008 6:55 Updated 06/16/2008 6:59 Not too shy to talk Joined 09/10/2003 Comments 175

@MCDonald
Thanks for the info! I'll think twice before throwing myself in this adventure . I had run some diffs between the original 2.08 and TinyEditor and didn't see too many problems at first glance.

Thanks for the Ajax tip!

@phppp
Lucio has let me know that he's working on it. He asked me to test his latest xoopseditor package which has TinyMCE 3.07 integrated. Others can test too if they want to

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