FCKEditor

nashultz07 · August 1st, 2007, 04:00 PM

I am wanting to use FCKEditor to update content on a webpage but I lack in the knowledge of how to set it up to do so.

If anyone knows anything about how to set it up that would be great. Also, I am just using HTML and CSS to create my webpages, I have not started learning PHP or anyother coding language yet! Would this have to be changed? Any help would do.

Marc · August 1st, 2007, 04:09 PM

It might help if you told us a bit more about it or even a link to it? Although i have a feeling that this is in the wrong section

nashultz07 · August 1st, 2007, 04:20 PM

I am wanting to allow a certain portion of the body code to be editable. I have uploaded the FCKEditor to the web server but I dont know where to begin to add it to the pages. Would I have to make another similar page that it edits from and the actual page to where it edits to? I am lost on the whole thing.

dcpweb · August 3rd, 2007, 11:42 AM

Hi,

I can only talk form experience in regards to using FCK editor.

I have used the application many times but only in CMS (Content Management Systems).

In most cases I use the following technologies to impliment a cms solution:

PHP 5 coding
Mysql Server database
Linux based hosting

Baically you create a database to store text information which is displayed on your website. Using FCK editor and PHP you can update the text which is stored in the database. This is the only way I know but you may be able to use xml files instead of a database like mysql.

regards

p shah - www.dcpweb.co.uk

nashultz07 · August 3rd, 2007, 12:36 PM

I have been messing around trying different things and no luck so far. I will try your suggestion. Is there a way to do the database in Access?

dcpweb · August 3rd, 2007, 12:44 PM

Hi,

Yes you can use an access database for learning only, access db is not designed for web development. Try install mysql which is a much better alternative.

p shah - www.dcpweb.co.uk

nashultz07 · August 3rd, 2007, 02:53 PM

I am not wanting to connect to a database 'cause the server it is on does not run mysql.

here is the

Code:

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/fckeditor/fckeditor.js"></script>
    <form action="sampleposteddata.asp" method="post" target="_blank">
  <script type="text/javascript">
      window.onload = function()
      {
        var oFCKeditor = new FCKeditor( 'MyTextarea' ) ;
        oFCKeditor.BasePath = "/home/pti/n/s/nashultz05/fckeditor/" ;
        oFCKeditor.ReplaceTextarea() ;
      }
    </script>
 
  </head>
  <body>
    <textarea id="MyTextarea" name="MyTextarea">This is <b>the</b> initial value.</textarea>
  <br />
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
 </form>
 </body>
</html>

split-visionz · August 17th, 2007, 02:19 AM

You don't need a database for what your talking about. There is a couple different ways to implement it depending on the languages you choose to use. 1. you can use javascript and have an edit button on the page/section you want to be editable
2. have an outside page that actually edits the sections of the page you want to be editable...
Either way you would have to have some sort of protection from it allowing just anyone to edit the pages such as a login system...

I wrote a script a while back to do exactly what your talking about and I use FCKeditor in it...PM if you want to use it.. but its PHP based so your server would have to have PHP installed.. but it uses a flatfile db so you dont need mysql or anything.

http://www.webforumz.com/design-and-...dit-v1-0-a.htm

I never finished changing the things I wanted to but its still usable.

tox0tes · August 28th, 2007, 07:08 PM

Create a new folder under public_html called "admin". create a blank text file called include.txt, upload it to the "admin" folder and give it chmod permission 766. Now, create a new file called admin.php with the following block of PHP script and upload to the "admin" folder:

Code:


			
<?
$page10 = "yourpage";
if($_POST['Submit']){
$open = fopen($page10.".txt","w+");
$text = $_POST['update'];
$text = stripslashes($text); 
fwrite($open, $text);
fclose($open);
echo "<div><h1>Changes on ".$page10.".php saved.</h1>";
echo "<a href='../".$page10.".php' target='_blank'>View Changes</a>";
include("nav.php");
}else{
$file = file($page10.".txt");
echo "<div><h1>Edit ".$page10.".php</h1>";
echo "<form action=\"".$PHP_SELF."\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<textarea Name=\"update\" cols=\"70\" rows=\"10\" value=\"<?php include('".$page10.".txt'); ?>\">";
foreach($file as $text) {
echo $text;
}
echo "</textarea><br>";
echo "<input name=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Save Changes\" />";
include("nav.php");
}
?>

On yourpage.php under public_html, paste this in place of the editable section:

Code:


			
<?php include("admin/include.txt"); ?>

Now, open up admin.php in your browser and you can make edits to the page. Make sure to password protect it though.