External editors

CMSimple has its own build in WYSIWYG editor, which lacks table editing and some formatting.

It is possible to use FCKeditor, TinyMCE or HTMLArea instead for those purposes. For browser compatibility of these editors, please consult the project homepage of the editor. HTMLArea is the best tested, but TinyMCE seems very promising. Another option is simply to stay with the build in editor, use the time to check out these new iphone deals and forget about installing an alternative editor.

Please notice, that the integration of these editors is in an early test phase, and there may be several bugs to be fixed.

How to install TinyMCE 2.0.4

1. Make sure you've installed CMSimple 2.4 or higher.

2. Download tinymce.php (4 KB) and place it in the 'cmsimple'-folder. Or download updated version (20-06-2010) as ZIP tinymce_php.zip (6 KB) and follow the instructions in the readme file. 

3. Download TinyMCE 2.0.4 from tinymce.moxiecode.com - and unzip the file. Copy the '/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce'-folder to the root of your CMSimple installation (same folder as the index.php file). The folder in the root should be 'tiny_mce', not '/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce'.

4. Login to CMSimple and goto 'Settings' -> 'Configuration'. In the field 'editor_external' write 'tinymce' and save.

OpenWYSIWYG for CMSimple

NMUD downloads page - Help (external links)

Commercial editor

WysiwygPro plugin for CMSimple

How to install FCKeditor 2

1. Make sure you've installed CMSimple > 2.4.

2. There is a special version "FCKeditor for CMSimple", download it here: fckeditor_for_cmsimple.zip  (905 KB) - and unzip the file. Copy the 'FCKeditor'-folder to the root of your CMSimple installation (same folder as the index.php file).

3. Copy the file fckeditor.php from that ZIP and place it in the 'cmsimple'-folder.

4. Read the documentation, which comes with the ZIP and find answers to eventually arising additional question.

More info is available at
http://www.webdeerns.de/en/?FCKeditor_for_CMSimple

MOST STUFF ON THE REST OF THIS PAGE IS OUTDATED - PLEASE SEE http://www.cmsimplewiki.com INSTEAD

How to install HTMLArea 3.0-rc1

1. Make sure you've installed CMSimple 2.4.

2. Download htmlarea.php (5.8 KB) and place it in the 'cmsimple'-folder.

3. Download htmlarea 3.0-rc1 from htmlArea project page at sourceforge.net - and unzip the file.
Rename the 'HTMLArea-3.0-rc1'-folder to 'htmlarea' and place it in the root of your CMSimple installation (same folder as the index.php file).
(The default folder name is 'htmlarea' and from version 2.4 it is configured in htmlarea.php, but it may be overwritten by settings in config.php if the configuration file is from version 2.3).

4. Login to CMSimple and goto 'Settings' -> 'Configuration'. In the field 'editor_external' write 'htmlarea' and save.

Your browser should be IE 5.5+ (Windows)/Mozilla 1.3 (all OS).

PLEASE NOTE:

There are some bugs in htmlarea.js...

You must comment out line 104 & 105:

// if (this.baseURL && this.baseURL.match(/(.*)\/([^\/]+)/))
// this.baseURL = RegExp.$1 + "/";

You must change line 744 & 745 to:

html += "<style>" + editor.config.pageStyle +
" html,body { border: 0px; }</style>\n";

3. Download these additional buttons: HTMLArea buttons (2.6 KB) - and place them in the '/htmlarea/images'-folder.

Some language files in the HTMLArea need to have their names changed in order to work with CMSimple.
You can edit both the filename and references in the file - or could change the name of the language file in CMSimple.
i.e. Danish in CMSimple is dk - and in HTMLArea it is da. If the default language is not found, English will be used.

PLEASE DO NOT MAIL ME TRANSLATIONS FOR HTMLArea 3.0!

Some style functions (font style, size, color etc.) has been commented out - you may insert these again - look for this line in cms.php: // IF YOU WANT FORMAT EDITING, REMOVE // FROM NEXT LINE! (Line 215 in cms.php)

HTMLArea 3.0 will not run, if a folder named 'FCKEditor' or 'tiny_mce' exists in the root of your CMSimple installation.

All further development work on 'HTMLArea for CMSimple' will be low priority until the final release of HTMLArea 3.0.

The HTMLArea development is sponsored by NetPlan System Design.