Tutorial For Upgrading PowerCMS with the new HTML Editor

Ok... so a couple of people have asked if it is possible to use the new HTML Editor with Power CMS, so here is a tutorial I put together that walks you through what is needed to do it correctly on an existing site.

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If you have any questions, you can ask in the comment section on the blog there or you can post them here.

Best regards,

Brian

Ok - I tried your tutorial -and I am having problems. I uploaded the three files that I edited plus the htmleditor folder up to my server and when I tried to insert content, I got a blank page. I followed your instructions exactly.

Are your instructions valid for a CMS which was set up as in the pdf file posted by Nello? PowerCMS_Case_Study.pdf
or is your site set up differently? My CMS is in a folder named "cms"

My folder htmleditor is in the website root - should it be under the "cms" folder?

I checked the edit feature and an editor was displayed - it shows FCKEditor version 2.6.5 - is this the old iRite or the new HTML editor?

I named the HTML editor instance "ContentValue" which is the same name as in the old iRite instance - is this valid?

Do I need to delete the old iRite folder

Anything else I need to check?
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I moved th HTMLeditor folder under my cms folder - still got a blank page when trying to insert new content. I continue to wonder if the problem is the path.

I copied the content_insert and content_update files from my backup and overwrote this project - could not get a response to my questions - I did answer one question - the FCKEditor version when I reverted was shown as 2.5.1 so the update partially worked but could not get the new HTML editor to show on the new content insert page. If I have time this weekend (and if I discover answers to other questions) I may try again. But for now, I will continue with the old editor.

I followed Brians small tutorial.
Got the same problem as u, found out that the "Custom" layout did not work so i just put "Default" as layout, could then after change to custom layout.

in the contents_update.php - file i just renamed the path to "../HTMLEditor/" and added the <?php require_once("../HTMLEditor/WARichEditorPHP.php"); ?> in the grp of requiers at the top of the page. Removed all the old paths to iRight.

With the contents_insert.php - file
I followed the tut and insterted a new editor, change the team from "Custom" to "Default", cos after it was just blank and gave a error that said it could not find "Custom".
Made the proper changes in the code to match the old iRight.

Hope this helps you out m8

/Morgan

Thanks for the info! I will try it again

Shadow

Shadow,

Also... make sure you do a hard refresh on the browser when you make changes... these JavaScript editors will cache in the browser and sometimes, the changes you make are not seen.

I will be around this weekend (albeit at crazy hours)... let me know if you have issues.

Also, be aware of this bug in HTML Editor: showthread.php?t=5968.

Either email me from my site or post here and I can help you resolve any issues.

Best regards,

Brian

One other thing... in the announcements thread, I was able to help someone else figure their issue with the upgrade... follow this thread and check out the code for the custom js file: showthread.php?t=8062

Cheers,

Brian

Thanks for all the help, guys! I will re-start the work on this project today (from the beginning to make sure I didn't miss anything) and will report back.

Originally Said By: shadow329043

  Thanks for all the help, guys! I will re-start the work on this project today (from the beginning to make sure I didn't miss anything) and will report back.  

Els give me a shout and i will send u the 3 modfied files to you.

/Morgan

I know I am not that dense! I have done this mod 6 times! I followed the instructions for the contents_insert.php page and it is NOT working! I don't know if I am missing something. When I originally did this project, I did the whole thing and the content_update.php section did work! Just not the first page - the content_insert page.
On the final version (this one) I moved the HTMLEditor folder from the site root to a folder under the CMS folder, corrected the path in the source from "/HTMLEditor/" to "../HTMLEditor/" and it STILL did not work.

I don't know if the problem is PATH or what - the one question that NO ONE answer was "Is the HTML editor folder in the same folder as the CMS?" I installed the CMS in its own folder, according to the case study (link posted earlier in this post) which is named "CMS" Attaching the content_insert page - but didn't see it when I saved this post, so I am pasting the 2 sections of code that I needed to change below

The "require once" section
<?php require_once( "../WA_Globals/WA_Globals.php" ); ?>
<?php require_once('../Connections/localhost.php'); ?>
<?php require_once( "../WA_CMS/WA_CMS.php" ); ?>
<?php require_once("../WA_DataAssist/WA_AppBuilder_PHP.php"); ?>
<?php require_once("../HTMLEditor/WARichEditorPHP.php"); ?>
<?php require_once( "../WA_SecurityAssist/Helper_PHP.php" ); ?>

The Editor instance itself
<?php
// WebAssist iRite: Rich Text Editor for Dreamweaver
$WARichTextEditor_2 = CreateRichTextEditor ("ValueContent", "../HTMLEditor/", "713px", "400px", "Default", "../custom/contents_insert_ValueContent1.js", (isset($_POST['ContentValue']) ? $_POST['ContentValue'] : "");
?>