Yeah, the new FCK has a setting in the config for XHTML compliance and seems to handle a lot of things a lot better. Code seems cleaner as well, though it written to be quite flexible so can get very confusing. For instance, the file upload screen uses a standard HTML window with Javascript that makes a call to whatever "connector" you use (CFM, ASP, etc) that queries the list of files and returns an XML document to the originating HTML page that parses it and displays it with javascript. This makes it easy to make your own connector because it just needs to pass back an XML document in the format that the HTML page expected but can be pretty tedious to change the display of the data. There is also a setting for style sheet to be used within the editor in the config file. However, the one thing that I don't see at this point is the ability to do font styles with a drop-down, select-type tool. I put in a request for that though. The new version seems much, much better
John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer AI-ES Aeronautics, Web Developer -----Original Message----- From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: WYSIWYG Rich Text Area Editor Well I have _several_ issues with it. Remember I'm not using the beta version, so maybe these issue have been resolved. Mainly it's the end users who have serious complaints ranging from how it pastes from other applications, hard returns, inability to use borderless tables (ie when you set the broder to 0 in the editor the border is no longer displayed in the editor, meaning you have no way of knowing what cell you are editing and such). Here is an email I just received while typing this up. "Our big issue today is that editing submitted reports (in both the executive and the risc tool) changes the format of submissions so that every paragraph becomes its own picture. You can't deal with spacing anymore, and all previous formatting goes out the window. Yick! " >From my point of view, the code is a bit sloppy and unmanagable. The HTML it generates is less than desireable. I just want clean XHTML consiting of only base tags, so that external style sheets can be applied and fonts/sizes/colors are not determined by the user. The fckEditor just isn't cutting it, so I'm looking for alternatives. I only have to worry about IE5.5+. -Adam On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:28:34 -0500, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sup adrock > > whats ur beef with fckedit? > > i got it working nice for a client... > > tw > > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:15:55 -0800, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Russ, all three editors are cross platform. I use all three on > > Windows and OSX, using IE and FireFox. I don't think any of them > > work in Safari, but who uses that? ;) > > > > Adam, I haven't developed with FCKEditor, only used it as a "user". > > However, I've mostly heard good things about it. The other two I do > > actively use in projects I develop, and they're pretty slick. > > HTMLArea is more complicated than TinyMCE, but consequently more > > flexible. > > > > cheers, > > barneyb > > > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:40:50 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Apologies to the list for massive emails--appears I've misread the > > > docs on HTMLArea and that it WILL work for me... > > > > > > My bad. > > > > > > > HTMLArea appears to be Windows only solution? No worries, just > > > > adding clarification that I need something cross-platform (win > > > > and lin), so was hoping to work within a CFMX solution as > > > > opposed to a javascript solution that has dependencies. Based > > > > upon other comments, I'll take a look at TinyMCE now, but hope my additional info helpse. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Russ > > > > > > > >> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:07:42 -0800, Barney Boisvert > > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> wrote: > > > >>> FCKEditor, HTMLArea, and TinyMCE (listed in alphabetical > > > >>> order) are three free options that I've used and liked. All > > > >>> have different characterisics, but any would probably searve > > > >>> as a suitable base point for your project. > > > >>> > > > >>> cheers, > > > >>> barneyb > > > >>> > > > >>> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:45:06 -0500 (EST), > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> > I'll apologize in advance; the HoF server is really, really > > > >>> > dragging > > > >>> on me > > > >>> > today, so my attempts at a search on the topic were > > > >>> > pretty... Well, > > > >>> I > > > >>> > didn't get very far. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > That said, I've been searching for a WYSIWYG Rich Text Area > > > >>> > Editor > > > >>> that > > > >>> > allows users to control the normal aspects and allows for > > > >>> > the > > > >>> uploading of > > > >>> > images with the content, with the controls at my discretion. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > I've checked into ActivEdit--and it looks great, to be honest. > > > >>> Perhaps a > > > >>> > little steep for my "personal project" budget, but in the > > > >>> > end that > > > >>> may > > > >>> > appear to be the best solution. > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Does anyone have any recommedations or even any guidance to > > > >>> > help me > > > >>> out > > > >>> > with this? I'm not opposed to a "build my own" solution, > > > >>> > assuming it comes with a tutorial and a paint-by-numbers > > > >>> > guide. (that's tongue in > > > >>> > cheeck) > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Thanks in advance, > > > >>> > > > > >>> > Russ > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> Barney Boisvert > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> 360.319.6145 > > > >>> http://www.barneyb.com/ > > > >>> > > > >>> Got Gmail? I have 6 invites. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. 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