User's Content Submission Editor Questions

[Webcrawler]

OK. Thanks!

[Webcrawler]

Hello Datahell,

Out of curiosity. Why is the EDIT feature no longer available at the frontend? Is this a security issue? I am thinking about having it customized. Do you not recommend it? You comments will be appreciated. Thanks!

[datahell]

Because most probably the article will not be checked again by the admin. It will be published immediately with an unchecked content. Through the editor someone could insert malicious javascript, iframes, or even curse, write bad words, use huge bold characters, etc. This is why I don't recommend using front-end submission. The recommended way is via eBlog.

[Webcrawler]

Hi Datahell,

Thank you for clarifying. I have 2 other issues related to the frontend USER CONTENT SUBMISSION EDITOR:

1. While using Firefox, there is no cursor in the INTRO TEXT EDITOR. I know I can type in it, because the text will eventually show up in the submitted article, but I can't see any text while typing. The MAIN TEXT EDITOR works fine. I tested on Firefox 11, on Windows XP Professional and Windows 7. This does not happen when using Internet Explorer.

2. I have noticed that when I publish (approve) user added content from the backend as the admin. it takes 6 to 7 hours before it actually gets published.  I can see that the ARTICLE has been transferred to ALL CONTENT ITEMS (backend). There is a link to it in the frontend under CONTENT SUBMISSION -> YOUR LAST 5 PUBLISHED ARTICLES, but when I follow it, it gives me a 404 page not found error. The submitted article eventually shows up after 6 to 7 hours on the webpage, and the broken link works fine then.

Your help will be appreciated.

[Ivan Trebješanin]

1. Most probably your site has white text in template css. You can change that easily. Check this: http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/TinyMCE_editor_background

2. It's about server setting. Namely, time offset. In example: your server is in USA, hence -6 hours. You can set time offset in Elxis global configuration.

[xmanhattan]

Ivan, I just logged into my test setup as a Publisher and tried to edit an item. 
The Intro Text (Required): area does not display the text even though I added it as html. 

I added the following line to the template_css.css file:

#tinymce.mceContentBody { background-image:none!important; background-color:#fff!important; }

as mentioned in the wiki but it did not correct the situation.
I also tried setting:
Template CSS classes: no

Code:

http://localhost/electra/templates/okto/editor.css

with a white background and black font color but it still does not work.
The Main Text (Optional): edit area works normally.

[xmanhattan]

I just found part of the problem and it is either firefox or possibly the use of the web developer because when I used outline current element the text in the intro area displayed itself.

If anyone is seeing this problem, switch to another browser to see if it works, I tried it IE and it works.

Also works in Chrome and Opera.

[Webcrawler]

Seems to me that both the INTRO TEXT EDITOR and the MAIN TEXT EDITOR are calling the same TinyMCE editor. How come it works on one and not the other? They are both on the same page.

[datahell]

An IOSR user has a similar problem with the second editor instance (no problem with the first instance). He sees it empty and with white background while I see it fine with css and containing text. There are no javascript errors, firefox error console is empty. We both use Firefox, so it is very strange! If anyone manage to find out what causes this issue please write it down. For me everything works fine...

[Webcrawler]

I further tested the TinyMCE Editor on Firefox & IE. I found that the Unordered List and the Ordered List do not work property. It works with text centered and flushed right, but do not work when flushed left. Insert/Edit Link and Unlink do not work. Abbreviation, Acronym and Citation do not work. Please advise. Thank you!

[datahell]

This is a template css issue. You can disable loading template's css in editor or even create a special editor.css stylesheet.
This is not a problem.

[Webcrawler]

Where can I find this editor file?

[xmanhattan]

http://wiki.elxis.org/wiki/TinyMCE_editor_background