FCKeditor Plugin 2.5

Everyone is going on about CKEditor but when I install it there is no image upload or image browser to insert images. I've spent a lot of time trying to get a plugin to work for uploading images. I have given up on the image browser. So until this works out of the box I dont think CKEditor is very good.

On the other hand I cant get FCKEditor to load either.

infocom:

Everyone is going on about CKEditor but when I install it there is no image upload or image browser to insert images. I've spent a lot of time trying to get a plugin to work for uploading images. I have given up on the image browser. So until this works out of the box I dont think CKEditor is very good.

On the other hand I cant get FCKEditor to load either.And don't count on FXKEditor EVER working. FCKEditor is no longer supported and was replace by CKEditor (there are threads in this support thread which detail this..)

Also if you search through this thread you will see why image upload was DISABLED/OMITTED (not broken.. disabled/omitted).. Short answer as to why.. as I recall it was all about security.. I'm sure that also in this thread someone clever has posted the answer how to add this functionality..

I got FCKEditor working it may be a browser thing. The compatibility check returned false. Returning true made it work. I have the latest Chrome and now works fine.

Image uploading and browsing is a requirement of content management, my customers dont particularly care reasoning behind it and will just ask to make it work, so FCK will have to suit until a image upload/browser is added to CKEditor. I am only using FCK because HTMLArea has no image upload either.

I would like to use CKEditor of course as its more modern.

infocom:

Image uploading and browsing is a requirement of content management, my customers dont particularly care reasoning behind it and will just ask to make it work, so FCK will have to suit until a image upload/browser is added to CKEditor.Regardless of the reasons why you need it my point was this: do not look for this update to be made anytime soon for the reasons I previously posted..

CKEditor certainly supports image management.. the CKEditor for Zen Cart add-on has disabled this feature.. If you want the CKEditor image management features in CKEditor for Zen Cart, you will have to modify the Zen Cart add-on yourself to re-enable this feature.. Like I said, I'm sure if you search this thread or the forum, someone clever has posted how this can be done..

infocom:

I am only using FCK because HTMLArea has no image upload either.

I would like to use CKEditor of course as its more modern.BTW, there is an mod for the HTMLArea editor which adds image uploading capabilities similar to FCKEditor and CKEditor..

No I don't expect updates so that's ok. I've spent hours trying to get image uploading and browsing to work in ckeditor. Got upload to work but have up on browsing. Whereas fck was easier to get to work. Are you sure ckeditor has uploading and browsing built in? I understand a plugin is needed.

Are you sure ckeditor has uploading and browsing built in? I understand a plugin is needed.
No, it doesn't. Developer took this feature away to sell the plug-in separately.

But you can certainly use KCFinder (kcfinder.sunhater.com/docs/integrate) to integrate it to CKEditor.

infocom:

No I don't expect updates so that's ok. I've spent hours trying to get image uploading and browsing to work in ckeditor. Got upload to work but have up on browsing. Whereas fck was easier to get to work. Are you sure ckeditor has uploading and browsing built in? I understand a plugin is needed.
Yes I am sure.. Image uploading is indeed a feature of CKEditor.. (look around the CKEditor website and see for yourself) the image management features were DISABLED/REMOVED in the CKEditor for Zen Cart implementation.

CKEditor for Zen Cart is an addon for Zen Cart which integrates the CKEditor (http://ckeditor.com/) with Zen Cart.

Please search this thread.. there is a LOT of information about what CKEditor is and isn't, why the image managment features aren't in the Zen Cart integration and the differences between FCKEditor and CKEditor.. OR go to the the CKEditor website.. Your questions will be answered there as well..

CKEditor is a text editor to be used inside web pages. It's a WYSIWYG editor, which means that the text being edited on it looks as similar as possible to the results users have when publishing it. It brings to the web common editing features found on desktop editing applications like Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.
Because CKEditor is licensed under flexible Open Source and commercial licenses, you'll be able to integrate and use it inside any kind of application. This is the ideal editor for developers, created to provide easy and powerful solutions to their users.

You can upload, not browse (I should have said).

DivaVocals,
CKEditor does not include image-upload capability. That's how they designed it.
The Zen Cart addon doesn't alter the CKEditor code in any way, and hasn't crippled or removed any of its functionality.

There are commercial extensions to add upload capability to it if one wishes to embrace that functionality and its associated security risks.

DrByte:

DivaVocals,
CKEditor does not include image-upload capability. That's how they designed it.
The Zen Cart addon doesn't alter the CKEditor code in any way, and hasn't crippled or removed any of its functionality.I stand corrected..:blush: In working with at the Joomla and WordPress plugins/components for CKEditor, many of them include the image upload functions so I (incorrectly) though that the Zen Cart version had disabled this functionality. Since this functionality was disabled/problematic in the FCKEditor add-on I assumed (incorrectly) that it was disabled in the CKEditor add-on too..

DrByte:

There are commercial extensions to add upload capability to it if one wishes to embrace that functionality and its associated security risks.I'm not personally looking for that functionality at all.. I do understand the risks of image uploading and have educated my clients and found alternative solutions accordingly..

DivaVocals:

I stand corrected..:blush: In working with at the Joomla and WordPress plugins/components for CKEditor, many of them include the image upload functions so I (incorrectly) though that the Zen Cart version had disabled this functionality. Since this functionality was disabled/problematic in the FCKEditor add-on I assumed (incorrectly) that it was disabled in the CKEditor add-on too..

I'm not personally looking for that functionality at all.. I do understand the risks of image uploading and have educated my clients and found alternative solutions accordingly..
What alternative solution do you use may I ask....:yes:

countrycharm:

What alternative solution do you use may I ask....:yes:FTP.. Showed them how to use it, and provided them with a "cheat sheet" to enter the proper HTML tags.. For some clients, I do the work for them.. I would ideally like to find a way to mimic the media management features of WordPress..

There is a free file browser/upload plugin for both TinyMCE and CKEditor, "PDW FILE BROWSER". It works well but i'm searching a method to check if admin logged or not to prevent guest upload if they find admin url popup. i've tried with .htaccess to protect PDW directory, but it won't work on IE due to SWFupload limitations.

PDW File Browser TinyMCE link
Pdw File Browser CKEditor link

What should I see when I install this without needing the file manager?

I can enable it in My Store, and see its available in define pagers editor, but I dont see anything different, anywhere.

I tried my firefox and IE, or could it be the versions of these two browsers?
Should I try a earlier version of ckeditor?

34Ford:

What should I see when I install this without needing the file manager?

I can enable it in My Store, and see its available in define pagers editor, but I dont see anything different, anywhere.

I tried my firefox and IE, or could it be the versions of these two browsers?
Should I try a earlier version of ckeditor?

Remember that changes will come up after you log off and come back in from admin (after installation). Also there's a drop down menu for the editor on the top right side of your page on the category/product page; so you have to change to the editor there before going in to add/edit any text.

Yep, FCKeditor 2.6.4.1 shows in the drop down window like you say, but there is nothing different than plain text.

Its like zencart is not loading the editor.

Does having my admin folder renamed have anything to do with it?
Or could a misplaced .htaccess have anything to do with it?

Now I know its not looking in the right place. I purposely renamed the root editors directory, and I got a error.
I renamed the editors/fckeditor directory and I didnt get any error or any change.

Surely its not my configure.php is outta whack.

34Ford:

Yep, FCKeditor 2.6.4.1 shows in the drop down window like you say, but there is nothing different than plain text.

Its like zencart is not loading the editor.

Does having my admin folder renamed have anything to do with it?
Or could a misplaced .htaccess have anything to do with it?

Go to your store admin/configurations/E-mail Options Look at the **Use MIME HTML When Sending Emails **and set that to true. That should fix it for you.

Hi Everyone
First time so please be gentle!!

Im on Zencart v1.5 and would like FCKEditor to customise text in define pages editor.

I thinki downloaded it correctly because it is enabled in admin>configuration>html editor.

When i go to define pages editor, I have the option of html area and FCK editor as well as the standard plain text option.

When FCK editor is selected and main_page.php i only have the plain text option and no editor, logged out and back in and just the same, cleared cache and nothing.

PLEASE HELP

Oujipickle

That mod may not work with version 1.5.0. Try this one instead:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=1626