Solution: CKEditor 'Source' code view: html content all on one single line

[Nathan Explosion]

This is for all those who have complained about this - it's been bugging me as to why this is happening, as source formatting is a default function in a download of ckeditor. I've had a bit of time today to sit down and look at it closely and here's your solution.

http://ckeditor.com/addon/htmlwriter

Install the 4.4.8 version of the plugin, as the CKEditor version in use on IPS4 at present is the 4.4 code line.

The above plugin is included in a default download of CKEditor but is not included in the plugins IPS use by defaults.

Good luck

[gbstn10]

If this works, I vote you be moved from the 'Clients' group into the 'Heroes' group alongside Charles and Lindy.

[Nathan Explosion]

Awww shucks

@Charles - sorry to tag you in here but can you guys look at adding the htmlwriter plugin into CKEditor when you move to using the 4.5.x version please?

[Charles]

Yes we can look into that. We're doing lots of editor updates that will be out in the next few weeks.

[Nathan Explosion]

Thanks - appreciate it.

[broni]

I can't wait to go home and check it out

[Nathan Explosion]

@GabrielS @broni

C'moin....how'd it go?

[gbstn10]

@GabrielS @broni

C'moin....how'd it go?

Just checked now. It's not 100% perfect on a couple of custom bits of code I had in place, but it's way, way, way, way, way, way better than it was before. Very happy.

[broni]

OK guys...some help needed.

Instructions:

I can't find "ckeditor" directory in my forum FTP.

[Nathan Explosion]

Those are the CKEditor specific instructions - ignore them, as IPS4 provides a method to do what is required.

1. Download the addon zip file http://ckeditor.com/addon/htmlwriter (version 4.4.8)
2. ACP -> Customization -> (Editor) Toolbars -> Add Button
3. Upload the zip file.

[broni]

Aha....thanks

It seems to be working well.

Thanks again for saving my sanity

[Nathan Explosion]

Good to hear (aka bumping this to keep it up and in view for a bit longer hehe)

[broni]

[Lukeroge]

Did you guys use this plugin to enable the source editing option? It doesn't seem to be working for me (yes I used the older version)

[broni]

I assume you got Version: 4.4.8, right?

What is not working?

[Nathan Explosion]

Source editing is in by default, and no additional plugin is required - you need to turn on the "Can post html?" option in the ACP for a group, and that will reveal the button.

[querschlaeger]

Source editing is in by default, and no additional plugin is required - you need to turn on the "Can post html?" option in the ACP for a group, and that will reveal the button.

Or you can disable JavaScript temporarily. This gives you a plain text area where you can type HTML (no need that an admin allow it).

Example of this post (edit):

[Nathan Explosion]

Interesting - I'm logging that as a bug as the forum software shouldn't allow html to be posted.

[querschlaeger]

I saw your bug report. IMO they will reject it (sadly). It is the way the editor works. The WYSIWYG editor also submits HTML. It just overlay the HTML with a preview of itself.

[Nathan Explosion]

I know how it works as I've been using CKEditor for 5 years myself - and in this case, the forum software itself has to come in to play and reject the posted content, or at least strip the tags.

[querschlaeger]

Rejecting is a bad way. On my site some users have JavaScript disabled and I don't want to reject all posts of them.

strip tags sounds good. But the software has to (correctly) check if the post was send from a JavaScript disabled client. I wonder how IPS will deal with it.

[Nathan Explosion]

Note: this is no longer required to be done with IPS 4.1 as it is included by default.