Can not use HTMLarea...Why?

[wasana]

what a nightmare - when I installed Xinha I didn't touch any ZenCart files - it works with Firefox, not ZC... this has to be caused by what you did with the htmlarea editor files.... if possible I'd take a backstep and re-create the htmleditor files from the original installation files. then use Xinha without extra tweaking. Hopefully - it will restore access to the text... good luck...

[PeterBKK]

No the files are completely empty... nada...zero... maybe it's better to run Xinha localy instead

[Typhoon]

Now I’m confused....

I just can't type anything in the HTMLarea..... see the picture

Peter

I have the exact problem as Peter. Anyone know how to solve this problem ?
The same problem at Tools -> Define Page Editor, HTMLarea is shown but it's not possible to edit anything in the HTMLarea box...
/Typhoon

[PeterBKK]

Typhoon - This is how i solved it.

Deselect HTMLarea in admin.
Use Firefox as your web reader.
Download the firefox plugin "Xinha Here 0,9"
Thats all

Now you are able to use the WYSIWYG-tool in every field on internet.
Mark the field and right klick and choose "Open Xinha Here" - woula

Peter

[Bartek]

I have the exact problem as Peter. Anyone know how to solve this problem ?
The same problem at Tools -> Define Page Editor, HTMLarea is shown but it's not possible to edit anything in the HTMLarea box...
/Typhoon

You have to change file /admin/includes/htmlarea.php
Change line 21:

  echo '    _editor_lang = "'.strtolower(DEFAULT_LANGUAGE).'";' .BR; 

to:

  echo '    _editor_lang = "en";' .BR; 

Bartek

[cableguy]

Hello

I have the same problem, but i found the solution.

If u go to admin/includes then u open the file htmlarea.php, then on line 21 u put 2 // then save

looks like this

before changing
echo ' _editor_lang = "'.strtolower(DEFAULT_LANGUAGE).'";' .BR;

after changing
// echo ' _editor_lang = "'.strtolower(DEFAULT_LANGUAGE).'";' .BR;

This work for me, i dont know if this is the good way to make it work or bad way.

Try it and u will see.

[seethrou]

From the above two posts, both changed the code related to BR.

I think You don't need to change the code.

There are several points should be noted.
1. the only and most updated language of HtmlArea is the english language.
It loacaled at:
htmlarea/lang/en.js

And most of the others are not updated!
Please copy the en.js to you language file or translate it for yourself.
if you are using another language,
e.g.
I use Chinese,
then I will copy en.js to another file as b5.js and I translate it to Chinese.
(And in the admin I use b5 as my language code!)

2. the name of the lanage file of HtmlArea is related to the setup of language code in Zen Cart.
e.g.
As pointed out in Note #1 in above,
HtmlArea default language file is english and the file name is en.js
And the language code used in default install of Zen Cart is en.

And they works without problem.

Therefore:
A. If you use another language other than the default englihs language in Zen Cart, check that the language file in htmlarea directory is updated. If you don't find the file for you language, just copy the en.js to your own.

B. Even you use the default english language in Zen Cart, check that the language code en had not been changed!
e.g.
If you use english but in admin
the language code changed to br,
then copy the en.js to a file as br.js.

Then it may works although without code change.

[DrByte]

These last notes should be resolved in v1.3.5 ...

[jumpdawg]

Hello

I have the same problem, but i found the solution.

If u go to admin/includes then u open the file htmlarea.php, then on line 21 u put 2 // then save

looks like this

before changing
echo ' _editor_lang = "'.strtolower(DEFAULT_LANGUAGE).'";' .BR;

after changing
// echo ' _editor_lang = "'.strtolower(DEFAULT_LANGUAGE).'";' .BR;

This work for me, i dont know if this is the good way to make it work or bad way.

Try it and u will see.

This worked for me, however I can't see why it works. I am using English as the default languare and Spanish as the second language

[Wils]

Commenting out the line for tool tips indeed works (so does forcing lang=en).

However, the cause for the issue, as noted below) seems to be that HTML area does not like incomplete language files. Copying en.js to xx.js (xx being your language code) and changing the code in the file itself does work.

Lets try to post updated versions for future inclusions.