HTMLArea - formatting buttons not showing up in Admin

I've made certain to turn on HTMLAREA in the Configuration->MyStore but when I go to make changes on my Categories, there are no formatting buttons above the category description area. Is this a change from earlier versions of Zencart? (I'm referencing the Zencart Building an Online Store the Zen Way book)

I'm running v1.3.0.1

Nevermind. It turns out 1.3.0.1 is different from the v the Zencart book was based on. There is a dropdown for Text Editor that I compltely missed.

woodlandsprite:

Nevermind. It turns out 1.3.0.1 is different from the v the Zencart book was based on. There is a dropdown for Text Editor that I compltely missed.

the dropdown does not turn it on for me - anyone else having difficulty getting htmlarea turned on??

do you also have HTMLArea turned on in admin under Configurations->Mystore?

woodlandsprite:

do you also have HTMLArea turned on in admin under Configurations->Mystore?

yes - it still has no effect

sgflowers:

yes - it still has no effect

ok so i installed a fresh admin directory and same effect

is this defined somewhere in the config / database that i am missing

it seems to be turned off globally

Just to let you know I have the same problem but im not that worried about it.

Reesy:

Just to let you know I have the same problem but im not that worried about it.

problem is my client uses that functionality all the time

i checked using the firefox webdev extension

it seems like it is giving a javascript error??

Error: HTMLArea is not defined
Source File: http://sulserv.dyndns.org/sgf/admin/product.php?cPath=453&product_type=1&pID=3324&action=new_product
Line: 20

is the javascript not loading for some reason

i get the same effect in both firefox and IE

using 1.3.0.1 zencart

sgflowers:

problem is my client uses that functionality all the time

i checked using the firefox webdev extension

it seems like it is giving a javascript error??

Error: HTMLArea is not defined
Source File: http://sulserv.dyndns.org/sgf/admin/product.php?cPath=453&product_type=1&pID=3324&action=new_product
Line: 20

is the javascript not loading for some reason

i get the same effect in both firefox and IE

using 1.3.0.1 zencart

it works fine on that server with a default install

i am thinking one of the contribs is buggering it up

what does that error msg mean / where is that defined???

the 2 that could have changed core admin filed are image handler for 1.3 and canada post mod for 1.3

Interesting, I only have a few simple mods installed but one of them is the image handler.
Im thinking it might be the html_output.php file that was overwritten that might be to blame?

I don't recall anything being changed in 1.3.x related to htmlarea.

The message that "HTMLarea is undefined" is a javascript error, largely related to your browser being unable to load or process the javascript code needed to run the htmlarea components.

Check your server's errorlog to see if it's getting requests to files that don't exist....

Do you have any firewall software on your PC? if so, turn it off for testing.

Do you have a .htaccess file in the root of your store folder that might be blocking access to the htmlarea folder?

Thanks,

i will take a look at the structure for an htaccess file. The other causes have been rulled out as i have it working fine on the same server using a test default install on zencart 1.3.0.1. I suspect an incompatibilty with a contrib addon ie image handler2

Reesy:

Interesting, I only have a few simple mods installed but one of them is the image handler.
Im thinking it might be the html_output.php file that was overwritten that might be to blame?

Reesy,

have you had any luck resolving it

my next step is to start rebuilding the site from the default install (oh so fun:down: )

i may try reverting the image handler code to see if that is causing it

sgflowers:

i may try reverting the image handler code to see if that is causing it

Oh - post here if that fixes it. I was planning on installing Image Handler, but am happy uploading the images manually if I have to. I just haven't gotten around to dealing with the images and product population quite yet...would be good to know if IH conflicts with HTML Area

(of course, if there are other options for my getting around using HTML Area, I'd be ammendable to hearing them :) )

i will let you know - likely try to fix it tonight

its one of those things that drives you kinda nuts

both are pretty critical for my client before i make the change from 1.2.6 to 1.3

life with out image handler - i don't know how you do it :cry:

sgflowers:

life with out image handler - i don't know how you do it :cry:
it's because I'm ignorant ;) and I don't yet know life with image handler.
I'm waiting for an image swap for v 1.3 to come out too.

sgflowers:

Reesy,

have you had any luck resolving it

my next step is to start rebuilding the site from the default install (oh so fun:down: )

i may try reverting the image handler code to see if that is causing it

No I havent because I havent even looked into it.
I know html so I dont need to use it.

I just posted to let you know that your not alone :lookaroun

woodlandsprite:

it's because I'm ignorant ;) and I don't yet know life with image handler.
I'm waiting for an image swap for v 1.3 to come out too.

OKY DOKY i'm a bone head

it was the way the directories were configured on the test server install of the shop

all is fixed now

1 question though

i wanted to try out fckeditor so i added it to the database selection but it is not added to the drop down on the right in the admin ie categories editing etc - it is in the "my store" configuration and was selected there

This is not an option at this time ...

At some point we will be adding additional code but that particular editor is only partially installed as pointers and not configured nor tested to function ...

Ajeh:

This is not an option at this time ...

At some point we will be adding additional code but that particular editor is only partially installed as pointers and not configured nor tested to function ...

ok thanks

and thanks all for being patient with me