CSS Styling on CMS2 worse than CMS1

On the first release I could add styling into editor ina coupld of files under custom... , but in CMS2 there seems not to work
where do I put my styles so the customer can edit in the style that will be displalyed on the website?
ie. simple stuff like getting the FCK editor to default to arial?

in PowerCMS2 the xml files to add your styles to are already created and linked in the js files:
contents_insert_ContentValueStyles1.xml
contents_update_ContentValueStyles1.xml


you will only need to add your styles to those xml files, then make sure to attach your style sheet to the contents_insert.php and contents_update.php pages.

Hiya Peter,

If you would like a PDF guide to help you, you could you email me at neil(at)yeractual(dot)com and I will send you a download link for it.

what do you mean "attach your style sheet to blah blah blah...?
and is the XML format the same as the style sheet?

I mean that the css file that defines the classes you add to the xml file needs to be attached to the contents_insert.php and contents_update.php.


if your css file is named mystyles.css, then you need to add the refereance to it:
<link href="mystyles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />


In the xml file, you are just adding the refferance to each style so it can be applied.

an example:
<Style name="RedText" element="span" >
<Attribute name="class" value="RedText" />
</Style>


this creates an element in the styles list with the name "RedText". It will apply to span tags (element="span"), using a class (<Attribute name="class").

When applied in the editor it will change:
"selected text"


to:
<span class="RedText">"selected text"</span>

lets say your css has the following styles

.RedDiv { color:red; }
#BlueSpan { color: blue; }


you would want to add the following in the xml:
<Style name="A Red Div" element="div" >
<Attribute name="class" value="RedDiv" />
</Style>
<Style name="A Blue Span" element="span" >
<Attribute name="id" value="BlueSpan" />
</Style>


selecting RedDiv would generate the following code:
<div class="RedDiv">"selected text"</div>

and BlueSpan would generate:
<span id="BlueSpan">"selected text"</span>