[teaching with drupal] Modules?

[Mark Shropshire]

I agree with that. There is talk about putting one into core..


On 5/15/08 12:04 PM, "Charlie Lowe" <cel4145 at cyberdash.com> wrote:

> I just used FCK for the first time on a client project this past spring.
> I had started with HTMLarea years ago when it was the only option, then
> moved to TinyMCE for a while after that. Seems like finding the right
> editor is always a moving target.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> Samuel Rose wrote:
>> Bill,
>> 
>> I was using TinyMCE because of it's smaller profile, although newer FCK
>> (2.6) seems to have some speed improvements. Also, I like FCK better for
>> customizing the editor. So I too have switched to FCK (actually started with
>> FCK a while back, switched to tinymce due to frustrations with FCK, then
>> switched back to FCK recently now that problems have been fixed with new
>> released :)  )
>> 
>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Bill Fitzgerald <bill at funnymonkey.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello, Sharon,
>>> 
>>> The following comments assume you are using Drupal 5.x --
>>> 
>>> WRT installing tinymce, what directory did you upload the files to? In
>>> Drupal 5.x, you should be uploading modules into the sites/all/modules
>>> directory --
>>> 
>>> Also, as Charlie suggested, make sure you have downloaded the TinyMCE
>>> files from the moxiecode site: http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/ -- the
>>> module won't work without these files.
>>> 
>>> Also, as a tangent, how are people liking TinyMCE? We had been using it
>>> pretty exclusively for the last 18 months or so, but after a series of
>>> TinyMCE related glitches (all small stuff; mostly javascript and theme
>>> related, but taken together, very annoying) we recently switched to
>>> FCKEditor -- I'd be curious to hear other opinions.
>>> 
>>> WRT update.php -- what url are you using to hit update.php, and, most
>>> importantly, are you logged in as UID1 when you attempt to run the
>>> update? The url should be http://yoursite.org/update.php -- and, if you
>>> are not logged in as UID1, you *should* get an error message -- this is
>>> a security feature to prevent random users from cranking the load on
>>> your site by repeatedly hitting update.php -- as a matter of best
>>> practice, update.php should be renamed on production sites; then, during
>>> upgrades, you rename the file to update.php and do your thing.
>>> 
>>> RE Spam: as Charlie suggested, Mollom is useful, as is the recaptcha
>>> module: http://drupal.org/project/recaptcha
>>> 
>>> I hope this helps --
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> Sharon Gerald wrote:
>>>> After taking an extended break, I'm finally back to attempting to figure
>>> out
>>>> Drupal.  I have my site set up:  www.sgerald.net.  I managed yesterday
>>> to
>>>> set up a links menu and install a new theme.  That may not sound like
>>> much
>>>> to you, but it was a major accomplishment for me.
>>>> 
>>>> I am, however, stuck on modules.  I tried to install tinymce.  I
>>> extracted
>>>> the files into the modules folder.  It looks like it is there from the
>>>> control panel on SiteGround, but it isn't showing up under modules in the
>>>> Drupal admin area.  When I go to modules in Drupal, I get a message that
>>>> says "run update.php."  When I click on that link, I get a message that
>>> says
>>>> "page not found."
>>>> 
>>>> I installed Drupal myself.  That's probably my biggest problem.  I'm
>>>> probably due an update, but I'm not sure how I managed to install it the
>>>> first time.  Someone suggested last year that I try DrupalEd that already
>>>> has some of the modules I might want packaged in.  That sounds good.
>>>  Again,
>>>> the installation seems a little overwhelming to me.  With Drupal for
>>> Dummies
>>>> level instructions and enough time and coffee, I can probably do it.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm also wondering how people deal with spam on Drupal.  Is there a
>>> module
>>>> for spam filtering?
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