I have integrated FCKEditor into my Create Entry template. Users can post new content using the FCKEditor. Problem is that when I click submit, I get an error : "Posting a new entry failed".
Where or what exactly is causing this problem? Anyone have a clue? I simply replaced the textarea with the FCKEditor textarea replacement.
Reported on Movable Type 4.2
OR, is there a way to use the Rich Text Editor on the backend in the Create Entry template? I just want something more than a damn textarea for users to contribute content.
Have you tried the actual fckeditor plugin? or my YUI one? or the RTE selector?
Install them all and your users have choice!
http://plugins.movabletype.org/fckeditor/
http://plugins.movabletype.org/yui-rich-text-editor/
http://plugins.movabletype.org/rich-text-editor-selector/
It's amazing how half the plugins for MT don't ever work. FCKEditor doesn't work. Installed, doesn't show up. I've done everything correctly. Unbelievably bad documentation.
Trying YUI now, installed the Selector with ease.
Actually, I FINALLY got this working. I don't need to replace the CREATE ENTRY in THE BACKEND.
I want to replace the TEXTAREA on the CREATE ENTRY Page on the front end where users contribute content. I successfully did that via integrating FCKEditor, BUT... it wouldn't save my entry.
Any ideas? Very frustrated with how HORRIBLE the documentation is for MovableType, I mean, it's atrocious.
What does Movable Type's documentation have to do with the use of specific plugins?
Because there is ZERO documentation on how to remotely even think about replacing the default TEXTAREA on the Create Entry template, anywhere. NOT even with the Default Rich Text Editor that comes with MovableType.
Wouldn't a user want to be able to use easy to use buttons to bold wording, etc... in the create entry page? I don't understand how that's not the default instead of a plain textarea.
That's my specific problem here.
Not true. Once again, viz-a-vis documentation. Google is your friend.
Googling "Replace textarea with HTML Editor MovableType" doesn't bring up any worthwhile results. That should be what this is filed under.
I can't simply replace the textarea with FCKEditor? I've done this and it won't save my entries. That's all I'm trying to do on the Create Entry template. I have to actually use Alt templates to do this? Seems like alot of work to change one textarea.
No, there are transformation callbacks that can be used by a plugin to alter the interface of components like the entry editor. Don't blame 6A because FCKEditor doesn't implement them correctly for the latest release of Movable Type.
Alright, forgive me for my shortness before. I'm a bit frustrated with this Create Entry textarea.
So, there is no way to easily do this. I can't replace it with another different editor like YUI or the Rich Text Editor in MT already in some fairly simple manner? The transformation stuff is above my head without me actually having to learn some skills that I really don't have a ton of time to devote to right now.
Why, exactly, do you need to remove the textarea?
If you click Create Entry, it takes you to that basic page with just a title and textarea with a submit button. I want to replace the TextArea with an editor so people can easily add code, or some type of toolbar to add HTML easily.
How much more functionality beyond the default rich text editor do you need?
That's all I need is the default Rich Text Editor. Right now, the Create Entry page just has a plain old textarea on the page, not the Default RT Editor.
On my backend, I have FCKEditor, YUI Editor, and the default editor. I just want an editor on the textarea on the Create Entry page that's on the website that isn't in the admin area.
Besides, as a developer who works on Microsoft's platform, you ought to be used to undocumented APIs, tricks, etc. :-P
This is what i need!!!!! im with Leland on this. My family wish to add to a blog me and my girl friend setup and they have NO idea what html coding is. So i would like an editor with buttons BOLD, Italics, Underline etc can this be done.... i cannot believe this isn't a much asked for addition.
Nick
Try the TinyMCE plugin then.
I did try TinyMCE, but that only changes the editor for the backend, not for the front end.
Please do post when you get it working Richard, great work.
Nick
It's incredibly easy to just download a stock copy of TinyMCE and integrate it into your comment text field. Just go to the TinyMCE website and read the documentation. It's just a few lines of JavaScript that need to be added to your individual archive templates.
I've just managed to get the YUI editor into the default forum templates for start topic AND replies, so I'll right that up soon and the techniques should work for normal blogs as well.
looking forward to this, how long will it take to do Richard?
Sorry Nick, 'real' work has been busy and I've not had the time to do it until now.
Part 1: http://www.richardbenson.co.uk/2009/04/adding-yui-rte-in-moveabletype.html
Other parts coming soon, I promise this time!
Thanks for the update Richard! Im looking at the create-entry.html page to do the edits... yet im not seeing any of the code you quoted on your page???
Are you using the stock forum template sets? Remember that the only piece of code i list there is the "html_head" var line, the rest of it you have to add yourself.
If you like, email me a login to me[at]richardbenson.co.uk and I can check if the instructions need to be amended for your template set, and show you where you need to change in yours.
Or if you are around, click on the chat box on my site, it should work (just a google snippet) and we can talk it over.