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#1 09-14-2004 15:58:43
- superhero2000
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Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
I have implemented a mod to the Clickcart Administration area that will aid non-coders in using HTML tags within their TEXTAREA. This is an extremely useful tool for such areas as product descriptions, category descriptions, HTML emails for the mailing list, and anywhere else that uses a TEXTAREA for HTML coding for display purposes. This mod will allow administrators to use a WYSIWYG editor replacement for any <textarea> field. Instead of teaching your clients how to code basic HTML to format their content, with the help of this mod, it will use an WYSIWYG interface to do the formatting.
If you are interested, please feel free to email me for more information.
Vinh
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#3 09-30-2004 16:08:43
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
For those interested, please visit for a demo of the WYSIWYG Mod.
username:demo
password: demo
You will see the mod in action under 'Store Catalog' in areas that have textareas.
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#4 09-30-2004 17:22:11
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
This doesn't seem to work on any mac browsers. It must be IE specific like most of the wysiwyg editors. but it does look cool when i us it on my pc box.
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#5 09-30-2004 17:56:33
- superhero2000
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
Macintosh browsers do not support "contentEditable" or a way to make existing content in the page editable, therefore, this mod will not work if you are using a Mac.
It is currently ONLY compatiable with IE 5.5+ for Windows only. There is a beta version under development which will support IE 5.5+ (Windows)/Mozilla 1.3 (all OS) cross platform functionality.
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#6 09-30-2004 17:59:39
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
Hero,
Can't get to the Store Catalog area in the demo area. You need to give the demo account a higher access level.
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#7 10-01-2004 10:34:11
- superhero2000
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
Hmmm...I can get in just fine and access that area. Are you sure your using the information I posted above?
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#9 10-01-2004 13:53:23
- redmanstudios
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
the "Store Catalog" option overlays the Main menu when you roll over it rather then droping down. I am on a mac and i see it. just look carefully it's there.
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#12 10-01-2004 21:10:04
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
Okay, so I'm blind. Looks like it will be a nice touch.
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#13 10-02-2004 01:47:47
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I don't know if you've seen it, but Interchange has a version that works with more browsers - at least, it works with firefox/mozilla (which is what I use) as well as IE.
Interchange is open source, so you can download the source code for it (from wwwicdevgroup.com) and check out how they do it. Interchange is nowhere near as good a CCP product wise, but when I was evaluating shopping cart systems, that struck me as quite a cool feature 
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#14 10-02-2004 02:10:12
Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
As a follow up, by viewing source code, I found they're using an off the shelf (also FREE) tool
Its distributed under the BSD license, so it can be used in commercial products without a problem. Version 3.0 (technically beta, but it looks good!) works on IE5.5+ (windows) as well as Mozilla/FireFox (on many different platforms, including Linux, MacOS, etc).
It even comes with an example HTML file to show you how its used - so if possible, it would be REAL cool if you could swap out whatever you're using and put in this instead (htmlarea even has more features, such as undo and redo!).
You can get 3.0-beta from their sourceforge site::
Thanks,
PreZ - Who is REALLY looking forward to WYSISYG product editing from his Linux/Mozilla system
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#15 10-04-2004 09:39:53
- superhero2000
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
Code:
It even comes with an example HTML file to show you how its used - so if possible, it would be REAL cool if you could swap out whatever you're using and put in this instead (htmlarea even has more features, such as undo and redo!).
The beta version is still not ready for release with this Mod. There are numerous bugs that need to be addressed and the original developer has not gotten around since it's release to work on this. However, my team will be working on this before it will be incoporated into the WYISWYG mod.
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#16 10-04-2004 11:38:05
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Then in advance, I thank you and your team
Wysisyg editing on Firefox (my primary browser, both on linux and windows) would be such a boon
If it takes too long to fix properly, and you need to release a version that uses the old one, can I ask if the code is at least easily deliniated (ie. in its own directory) so I could just rename that directory, and un-tar the one I download, and use it (even with the bugs) until your team fixes the buggy one?
Keep up the good work
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#17 10-05-2004 04:22:49
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For those interested, please visit for a demo of the WYSIWYG Mod.
I am using IE6 and cannot access the above site using the demo passwords and username. Is anyone else having the same problem please ?
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#18 10-05-2004 04:51:46
- AndyMacLean
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
I don't think it is anything to do with IE6.
I used this demo yesterday (4 Oct 04) without a problem, but today I get the same issue as you.
I can only guess that Vinh has revoked the demo login for the time being.
Either try again later or wait for Vinh to post a reply.
It looks great though. extremely useful.
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#19 01-26-2005 20:27:33
- cjcrhammer
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
Something that was missing from this thread was the information to install this mod. I'm including this to help someone after spending two days trying to get it working with success.
1. Add to this script between <head></head> under /ccp51/data/elements/ in the file adm_layout.txt
<script language="Javascript1.2"><!-- // load htmlarea
_editor_url = ""; // URL to htmlarea files
var win_ie_ver = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE")[1]);
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') >= 0) { win_ie_ver = 0; }
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Windows CE') >= 0) { win_ie_ver = 0; }
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Opera') >= 0) { win_ie_ver = 0; }
if (win_ie_ver >= 5.5) {
document.write('<scr' + 'ipt src="' +_editor_url+ 'editor.js"');
document.write(' language="Javascript1.2"></scr' + 'ipt>');
} else { document.write('<scr'+'ipt>function editor_generate() { return false; }</scr'+'ipt>'); }
// --></script>
2. In the file /cgi-bin/library/adm_tables.pl add the folloing script prior to <textarea cols="60".
<script language="JavaScript1.2" defer>
editor_generate('$field_name');
</script>
3. make sure that the script in step 1 points to the area you downloaded the htmlarea program.
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#20 01-31-2005 23:54:20
- Charles
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
This is cool. I can't wait to see it in Zuma.
What about how in forums you can use the different code buttons, you can use the same thing and it will work in more browsers. Like when you post here. You will have most of the things like Bold, Italics, Underline, Font, Size, Color, Http tag, img tag, etc!!
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#21 02-13-2005 03:45:52
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
Is this mod available for ccp51 yet? .. I've emailed the author but no response.
Regards
Steven
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#23 07-23-2005 18:19:01
- Blitzen
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
I see only Reports menu option. Grrrrr....
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#24 07-28-2005 23:08:42
- superhero2000
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
It is available. Contact us for more information.
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#25 07-29-2005 08:14:03
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Re: Wysiwyg Editor For Administration Area
Windows XP, IE6
I see only Reports menu option. Grrrrr....
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