By smarsh on

Hi,

I'm a Drupal Nube - just trashed Joomla and have made the switch. I'm used to hand coding HTML and plugging it in via the HTML tab of a WYSIWIG editor. I've been poking around the forums and see that I can install something like FCK, but I'm not clear on a few things:

I don't want anything but the default comment "editor" for visitors. Is WYSIWIG for them or me, the admin, on the back-end?

I either want to type away (blog) some content with little styling (...leave that to the template) or I want to work off-line in CSS/HTML and then plug it in to a Drupal node. How do I do that?

Thanks guys!

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ytin’s picture

ytin commented

The best way to integrate any wyswig editor is to use the Wyswig module http://drupal.org/project/wysiwyg. Install it as you install any module and then follow the instructions on the admin page to install your favorite editor. I use either CKeditor or FCKeditor. The Wysiwyg module also allows you to configure each editor without manually editing a file.

You can use better formats module http://drupal.org/project/better_formats to control who can use the full html format to post content on the site. You can attach an editor with Full HTML using the Wysiwyg admin interface.

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

It's not clear you need a WYSIWIG editor if you are just pasting in HTML, you would just need to make sure the input format is correct.

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smarsh commented

Thank you guys for the answers!

I'm not sure? W/other systems, you have to go into HTML mode to paste HTML. You can then toggle back to WYSIWIG mode and say... add a sentence in the middle of a paragraph. I'm still a newbie w/Drupal, so how does that work? I saw that I can paste HTML into the content editor, but it stays as HTML. Is there a way to toggle back and forth?

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

To toggle back and forth you would need a WYSIWIG editor.

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mcfilms commented

You also need to make sure your content type supports displaying HTML. Visit admin/settings/filters and set it to Full HTML if you are managing the site. Or customize the settings if other people will have access to text areas.

I have also been guiding people away from the WYSIWYG + WYSIWYG bridge + CKEDITOR combo and advising them to use the instructions on the CKeditor module page. No other modules needed except for IMCE if you want to upload images.

A list of some of the Drupal sites I have designed and/or developed can be viewed at motioncity.com

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smarsh commented

Thanks so much guys!

I got the editor installed and working beautifully. Absolutely no regrets switching to Drupal so far. That includes the great support on this forum!