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WYSIWYG Settings
Admin Panel WYSIWYG Settings
Admin textareas
If you wish to use the TinyMCE while editing your templates, HTML modules, or page text please set this setting to TinyMCE. Otherwise set to Off to not use a WYSIWYG editor in the admin.
CSS stylesheets
Please provide the full URL of the CSS files linked to in your templates and modules. You will still need link any external stylesheets in your templates. This setting simply allows you to see the effects of your CSS in the WYSIWYG. Separate multiple CSS files with a comma.
Use GZip Compression
(For TinyMCE only) Turns on the compression feature for TinyMCE, resulting in faster page load times. This may not work with some odd server configurations, if TinyMCE does not work you might try turning compression off to see if it fixes the problem.
Affects admin & client side editors, if using the WYSIWYG editor (aka RTE Editor) for either is turned on.
IE Blank Screen Fix
This is rare, most sites should leave this setting turned off (un-check the box). Turning this setting on by checking the box will enable a "workaround" which will fix sites suffering from intermittent "blank screens" on pages that make use of the WYSIWYG editor. This is turned off by default as most sites do not need it, and having it turned on will slow down how fast the WYSIWYG editor can load.
Affects admin & client side editors, if using the WYSIWYG editor (aka RTE Editor) for either is turned on.
WYSIWYG Troubleshooting
When I place javascript/html code directly into the wysiwyg view of the this tool I only see code on the client side where that functionality/html should be. Why?
When you paste actual html or javascript into the wysiwyg view of the wysiwyg tool you are running the risk of the editor interpretting that as text you wish to display within the page and in this case may encode that code so that it displays directly in the browser page. If you want to paste or work with source code click the "html" button in the wysiwyg admin tool to popup an html source view of the page and paste your javascript/html directly there. Any text entered into that view will not be encoded.
The wysiwyg tool breaks any javascript/flash that I put into it and sometimes adds extra lines to it that I didn't insert. Why?
While in the html source view of the wysiwyg (click the "html" button in the top of the wysiwyg tool) ensure that the "word wrap" checkbox is unchecked. Then paste your code into the html view. The "word wrap" feature could automatically line inserts within long lines. This can break javascript/flash code as line feeds/breaks are important to the syntax of javascript.
The "style" I insert with my javascript does not have an effect. How do I fix?
Try inserting your <style> into the <head> of the page template. The wysiwyg has a tendency to "correct" html and may try to remove your <style> tags as they are incorrectly placed if in the <body>.
My html is different when I come back to it in another editing session. Why?
The wysiwyg editor tries to "correct" html you insert into it. Make sure the html you enter is correct and doesn't confuse the editor. If you leave an open <table>, <tr>, <td> or <div> tag you may not like the results and will have to deal with how the editor tries to "correct" your mistakes.
The wysiwyg tool puts <head> and <body> tags within my html when I don't need them. Why?
There are two states for the wysiwyg tool when editing html. You can tell the wysiwyg how complete the html it should be expecting to edit. You can tell it to expect a full html page or just partial html of a full page. You can set either "partial page" or "full page" within the "Template Type" selection above the wysiwyg editor in the page template editing tool. If you set the editor to "full page" in the "Template Type" selection at the top of the wysiwyg editing tool when editing html within the wysiwyg will assume the html it is currently editing should be a full html page and insert <html>, <head> and <body> tags within the html to "correct" the html for "full page" use. If "partial page" is selected the wysiwyg editor will assume only a snippet of html is needed to be edited and will not "correct" the html to include <html>, <head> and <body> tags to complete for a full html page.
The tabs on my wysiwyg editor do not work. How do I fix
Change the following admin tool setting and refresh the wysiwyg page to see if that fixes:
ADMIN TOOLS & SETTINGS > WYSIWYG SETTINGS > USE GZIP COMPRESSION
admin_menu/admin_tools_settings/wysiwyg_settings/start.txt · Last modified: 2014/09/25 16:55 (external edit)
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