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Galium · 01 Jun 2009, 13:04

To resume:
- before the wysiwig editor, I had no problem with textpage or the button uoplad file (IE7, IE8 or Firefox).
- since the wysiwig editor, there is problem with the same PC and the same IE.

It's curious to see that all is OK now with Firefox.
Can you explain why, now, we see not the button upload file with IE?
Before the wysiwig aditor, it was OK with all browsers.

Well, I think your wysiwig editor is not perfect for the moment (some bugs, you said, since the first release).
A right advice is to use it only with Firefox.

mskuma · 01 Jun 2009, 17:40

I'm not sure who the latest editor fix was intended for, but I applied it anyway, and it doesn't help me overcome the truncated text issue & I use firefox.

Nick · 03 Jun 2009, 05:56

Could you please advise how to reproduce the bug with truncated text?

mskuma · 03 Jun 2009, 08:28

Here's what I did. Install latest x2 (22 may version I think) from scratch on new site. Dellete all the text on the sample provided textpage about us using the editor. Then I uploaded my own banner img (same si2 as the sample one provided) via the wysiwyg editor and typed in a sentennce underneath the image. When I click save button the text is trucated from the end. I wonder if you're encapsulating the text properly?

03 Jun 2009, 12:04

I think I can explain this, at least technically. As mentioned earlier, flash kinda sucks for laying out images AND text. For some reason, it doesn ´t always understand where to start the text after an image. The workaround for this, has been to use <textformat> like this:

<textformat leading="200"><img .... /></textformat>

Replace "200" with the same height as your image, and the text should start nicely below the image. This may have to be done by editing the source(clicking the <html> button in the editor).

We will be following this closely though for the text editor to see what we can do. Unfortunately there has been many problems with this, because we basically have to write our own text editor that outputs flash code ... Especially considering all the flaws of the text in flash textfields.

lowray1975 · 05 Jun 2009, 16:54

Any luck on finding the issue with the upload button? It hasn't worked in some time now...

gadgetologist · 05 Jun 2009, 19:01

BTW, just in case anyone has not worked around this yet...

http://filezilla-project.org

http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

I use both of these... recommend them highly.
Drag and drop... standard stuff.. real easy and convenient... and Free.

I used the term alternative in the subject, but these are MY (and many others) primary modes of transfer.

--G

mskuma · 05 Jun 2009, 22:30

Sorry for the delay in testing & showing a result, I've been away.

mjau-mjau wrote:
Code
<textformat leading="200"><img .... /></textformat>

Thanks - it was a big help. I found one subtle thing for me. If there is a space between the "200"><img .... i.e. "200"> <img ....
it will cause the first char in the string to disappear. So I gather you have to be very precise with this setup, even with the <textformat leading="200"> i.e. if the height is wrong, you'll get weird results also.

If a long string is created below a single image, more weirdness occurs.

All-in-all, I can't use this editor, and I'm hiding my About page until I figure out a solution. An overhaul of the editor would be appreciated, though sounds like a significant flash-related issue, so it's not easy to solve.

06 Jun 2009, 05:12

I agree, and it ´s especially with images there are a lot of problems. As you probably have understood, flash textfields are awful on laying out images with text. Just the fact that we have to use <textformat leading..> as a workaround, pretty much tells the full story. I think we will be experimenting with a flash text editor sooner or later ... doesn ´t mean we won ´t have similar problems though.

kresimir.paun1 · 12 Jun 2009, 08:18

Please help!

I believe you haven't resolved text page issue by now. However, you have mentioned in one of your post replies version 2.1.2. However, in a download section there is still version 2.1.1. as latest one.

I am having a really bad time explaining my client why can't he have an image in a text page. Please, provide some solution as soon as possible.
I really don't know what to do anymore. Is there any way to turn off this wysiwig editor?

12 Jun 2009, 08:55

I don ´t think its impossible, it ´s just that if you want to place text below it, you may need to use the <textformat> workaround by editing the <html> source from the editor.

If you want me to help out with anything specific, just give me a link.

kresimir.paun1 · 12 Jun 2009, 09:11

I suppose you can teach me how to make this workaround, but I have to explain it to my client. Furthermore, did you know that if you are entering the text in local (non English) characters, it can only be done with HTML option enabled. Therefore, I wonder why did you release wysiwig in traffic before it was properly tested or am I missing some points here.

Anyway, thanks for a prompt answer.

12 Jun 2009, 13:52

Well, I agree there are many bugs with it, but for just editing normal text, it is so much faster than and easier than writing in a normal field. After all, you would ahve to add <br> for every linebreak, and that just doesn ´t come natural to normal users. The problem is obviously images, which have some problems because of flash non-standard way of displaying images with text, but you still have the same option as before to add through the <html> option ...

We are adding an option in settings "use wysiwig" - Turning this off won ´t make it much easier to add images, as they will then have to add all the code anyway, which is very tricky with flash textfields unfortunately.

We are working on a new admin interface, and will be looking into a new flash-based text-editor.

kresimir.paun1 · 13 Jun 2009, 07:22

I am writing this only because I think your product is outstanding. I am so frustrated with flash limitations. It's unbelievable how hard can it be to manage some really fundamental stuff like text editing, while it gives us the best design capabilities. Therefore, I am looking forward to see what you will come up to with this solution.

mskuma · 13 Jun 2009, 08:18

I agree - I'm glad some effort is being done here for text, especially since there was no trial.

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