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Wysiwyg Editor and Wiki Markup Problem

posts: 20

Hello,

I am trying to migrate several wikis on to a new TikiWiki. We have run the TWiki migration successfully, and the content looks ok. If we attempt to edit the content using the Wysiwyg editor -the content becomes a complete mess. Using the normal editor works fine. During my testing I attempted the same scenario by creating some wiki markup content and then attempted to edit it using the wysiwyg editor - and the same problem happened. I have installed the patch provided by Johnnie for the wysiwyg editor- but it doesn't seem to be helping. I am using TikiWiki 2.0.

Do I have any options here? This is a really serious problem.

Many Thanks!

Medha

posts: 4656 Japan

Do you have "Content is parsed like wiki page" turned on, on the WYSIWYG admin page (tiki-admin.php?page=wysiwyg)?

-- Gary


posts: 3665 United States

Please note that in 2.x, the WYSIWYG editor is "experimental." I, personally, have had very little luck with it working well when switching back-and-forth from Wiki syntax to WYSIWYG. There have been some excellent patches recently that should make it better. Also, the 3.x version (available from SVN) seems to be much better.

HTH,

-Rick
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posts: 20

Hi Rick, Gary,

Thanks for the replies. It seems that I must have had a configuration error on one of my migration sandboxes - perhaps PhP was incorrectly configured. I was not able to replicate the problem on my primary machine after I injected the migrated content. I am able to see the typical quirkiness when shifting between Wysiwyg and Normal editor (additional lines being inserted, and on occasion my H1 - H4 formatting being jumbled up pretty badly)

I do have Content parsed like wiki page set up - and for the time being I will use "open with same editor" option as a workaround to ensure stability.

What is the projected release date for 3.x? I don't think I can use pre-released software - since I have a large team depending on this wiki.....

Medha

posts: 1817 Catalan Countries

hi mparlikar, and welcome to Tikiwiki community

If you didn't find the information provided by chibaguy and ricks99 on the documentation about the Wysiwyg Editor, could you please help us back by adding it to the corresponding pages?

Thank you very much in advanced for contributing to the Documentation effort.


posts: 20

I do have "Content is parsed like wiki page" turned on. Some of the main quirks I'm noticing when switching back and forth are:
-additional whitespace inserted - primarily between bulleted lists
-tables not parsing correctly - essentially all the features of the wysiwyg tables get replaced by a standard wiki table.
-wiki links wind up having the fckeditor path inserted in them - making the links unusable.

I am looking forward to 3.x - and an improved Wysiwyg editor.

Thanks!

Medha


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