snoope Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Hey Guys I currently use page breeze it's a wysiwyg html editor, but it doesn't work well with my store that uses oscommerce. Do you know if their is a wysiwyg html editor that fits directly into my store? You see i have no experience in html editing and i really don't want to learn, instead i just want a automatic editor that can take the text that i write and convert it into the correct format so i can add it to my product descriptions. Anyway know of anything Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSP Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4563 and more available in the contribs section just search wysiwyg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Hello Thanks for the link But i don't get it, which version am i supposed to download? In the description it says NOTE: YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD BOTH FILES Where are both files? Also how do i install these files into oscommerce shopping cart? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 You need to download and install TinyMCE Wysiwyg Editor 2.0.8 xXDesertRoseXx 27 Dec 2006 and download all three that come under that name. One is documention, one is the wysiwyg and one is the plugins. After you download them and unzip them, there should be an install or readme file with instructions on how to install. Have fun! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 Hey, thanks for the reply Is it better to download version 2.10? If so do i download both under that name (tecomunico) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Yes you download both files but dont always assume that the most recent is better when installing mods. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 I downloaded both versions of 2.10 by tecomunico but the one dated 27 Apr 2007 does not open, when i go to extract it theres an error saying 'no files to extract' What should i do? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Download the 2.0.8 xXDesertRoseXx 27 Dec 2006 as I suggested and install that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Guys i still haven't installed this, looking to do it today I found under the documentation zip the installation file. Then i found there is an even more recent versionTinyMCE 2.1.1.1 found on their website here http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/download.php Should i download this more recent one? or is the one on the contribution page on this site specifically been patched to work with the oscommerce shopping cart? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamudi Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 tinyMCE basically works with <textarea> ... </textarea> html-tags. ... and a more recent version can't be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 hello thanks for replying Ausgirl said i should download version 2.0.8 here http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4563 There is a 2.10 but one of the files were corrupt so i decided to download 2.0.8 but then i saw the official website has version 2.1.1.1 But firstly i really would like to know, is it okay to download that latest version as i thought the contributions that are on this site are patched to made to work with the oscommerce software so will this latest version not work so well, or am i getting it all wrong? Please help Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverado05 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=266441 Search the forum and contributions before posting. If that doesn't work, keep looking, then post. The forum is for seeking help and advice NOT for someone to do your work for you. Try to do something on your on, if you are going to run a shop then learn how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 No-one can tell you exactly which is the best to download unless they themselves have this mod installed. If your unsure why dont you try it on a test site first to see how it works. All you can do is install it and see how it goes or do your own search through the contributions for something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 I do want to download it, but i am just asking is it better to use the one on the contributions page or is it better to download the latest from the official tiny mce website, The simple question what i am asking is. is the versions on the contributions page made specifically for the oscommerce shopping cart? i.e has it been patched to work for the oscommerce shopping cart? Or is the versions on the contributions page the same as if i was going to download that same version from the official tiny mce website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 And the simple answer is, the contributions are made for oscommerce otherwise they wouldnt be there, as for the website, you will have to email them to get your answer. To find out yourself do as I suggested and try it on a testsite first, then you will have all your answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 i don't understand what you mean by doing it on a test site, do you mean install the contributions on my store and try it? Sorry to be such a pain asking all these questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverado05 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 What they mean by test site is on a test store that you don't plan to publish which means use for business. It's just to test contributions on. Basically you would do this on a clean install so you can see if the contribution will work and once it does you can install it to your store. Once you have finished delete it from your test site that way it's clean again and can use it to test the next contribution. This way you don't screw up your store testing things. Search the forum and contributions before posting. If that doesn't work, keep looking, then post. The forum is for seeking help and advice NOT for someone to do your work for you. Try to do something on your on, if you are going to run a shop then learn how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 so how do i create a test site? I got a web page designer to make my store, so can't i just install the contribution directly into my store and if it messes up can it be fixed easily by my store designer? If you could answer those two questions Much appreciated TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverado05 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Well if you have someone designing your store then why are you here? They should be here asking the questions for you, that is what you hired them to do. Your web designer will know how to install a test site and if they don't then I would get a new designer. All it is is another store installed in another folder on your site. For example, if you store now is install in the root directory. then you would just create a new folder on your web server call test for example. Then install a whole new store to the test directory/folder. That's why you install a test store in case something does get messed up it gets messed up on a test store and you can just upload a clean file and overwrite the bad one. This way you don't mess anything up of your live store. Search the forum and contributions before posting. If that doesn't work, keep looking, then post. The forum is for seeking help and advice NOT for someone to do your work for you. Try to do something on your on, if you are going to run a shop then learn how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 Hello Silverado05 Many thanks for your reply The reason i am on here asking the questions is because originally i asked my web page designer to create me a store in which i could easily add products myself and he said that would be possible. But now that i have my store, i always find it difficult to add products to my store as i don't know html editing, so i have tried some stand alone external wysiwyg html editors but with all of them i find text doesn't line up right, font's don't look right and it's all a bother unless i am doing something wrong, i am stuck. My designer said they charge $50 per hour to add content to my store, now i have asked them to add like 50 products and they are charging me $350 and said it would be 3 days work. Now $350 is just over half of what i payed to create my store, i was expecting it to cost something like $125. This really is not good, as that means every time i want to create a huge new range of products to my store it's going to cost me $350. So i thought i might as well learn how to do it myself like i originally wanted to. In the past i have told my web page designer about the contributions page on here and he just said that he doesn't know anything about that, more like he ain't interested. Perhaps he just wants me to pay him for everything and not learn myself. I wanted to drastically change the appearance of my store and get the product photos to open up and resize correctly within the page not in a new window which is what's happening now and i found a contribution on here that does help with screen shots of product photos and told my web page designer but he wasn't interested, again just said i don't have experience in that and wasn't very helpful. And with changing the layout of my store, my designer said that cannot be done because of the oscommerce software. I noticed that all of the stores my designer has created have pretty much the same layout just different graphics, colors. One more thing, can i just install the tiny mce contribution into my store, not a test page, and if it doesn't work just remove it or will that mess it up? You see i have no experience in that side of things on how to set it up as my designer created my store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medved Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Hello Silverado05 Many thanks for your reply The reason i am on here asking the questions is because originally i asked my web page designer to create me a store in which i could easily add products myself and he said that would be possible. But now that i have my store, i always find it difficult to add products to my store as i don't know html editing, so i have tried some stand alone external wysiwyg html Don't use wysiwyg. HTML is really very simple thing to learn. In couple of hours you will know it. I strongly recommend you to learn HTML. And then get yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver That is actually wysiwyg but you can use it as an html editor too and it helps speed up the editing. I wish PHP was as easy to learn as HTML. I can't even find a school where could i study PHP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 As Nick said, get yourself a new designer by the sounds of it, his not good for much. You stated yourself, he said he doesnt know anything. You dont need a HTML editor to add products to your store. You can download another store through your cpanel (fantastico) if that makes it easier for you and just call it test, its best to practice on, that way you can see what a contribution is like before hand. You can install the editor on your own store then remove it, its just safer to do it on a test site first. If you break your store how are you going to retrieve it if you and you designer have no knowledge? You are best to get rid of your designer and save your $$$$$ and look after it yourself. There are plenty of people here that will help you out should something go wrong and it will cost you nothing but your time. This might help you and have a look at the knowledge base. Dont be scared, just give it a go! Just make sure you BACKUP both your site and database before making any changes. There are also free HTML editing programs out there that are free that would better suit your purpose, edit then upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverado05 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I highly agree with the two posts above. The standard OSC installation will allow you to enter HTML into the product description so it would be best to just learn HTML as you wont need to know much about it and it is real EASY to learn. I agree above, I wish PHP was as easy to learn as PHP but they don't offer classes to learn it where I am at. Their are TONS of HTML websites out there you can learn from that you can get your basic HTML knowledge from. I don't know how much I would trust dream weaver though. I know when you go to school to learn HTML you don't use and editor until you are about to graduated. They teach you to use a plan ol note pad and code from scratch and view it in explorer to check it. I would just boot your designer and just do everything yourself. Unless you have very deep pockets I would recommend anyone who is running a store personally to know some sort of coding so you can fix your store from time to time. Besides the goal here is to make money not spend it all.... :) This site is real handy for leaning just about any programming language: W3Schools Search the forum and contributions before posting. If that doesn't work, keep looking, then post. The forum is for seeking help and advice NOT for someone to do your work for you. Try to do something on your on, if you are going to run a shop then learn how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoope Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 I made a mistake, my store actually cost me $520 i was charge $200 for the oscommerce shopping cart, i didn't know this till today that oscommerce shopping cart is free and open source. Also i got it wrong my designer doesn't charge $50 per hour it's in fact $15 per hour to add products, and now he wants $320 to carry out work to add quite number of a products, i am not sure if the total amount is 50 products i think it's less than that, but he said it will take 3 days to add. When i had the store made which is a while ago, he wanted me to give a list of all my products so he could add them to my store, well at the time i only had one product so he added it, but for the price i paid it included 5 products to be added to the shopping cart. As i now have to pay 320 dollars to add these products, do you really think thats too much? I am also paying $95 per year for web hosting through my web designers company and this is my second year. This $320 is over half the price that i paid for the store, is this too much? Have i been ripped off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Why are you paying anything at all. Look after the site yourself and add the products yourself, its not hard, its quite easy. Its free unless you have the money to burn. Having a cart is about making money, not spending it. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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