How to disable the WYSIWYG HTML editor (tinyMCE)

Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:05 pm

This seemed like a good place to begin this thread. Here is some info I posted in another forum regarding this topic ....

I made a simple script for tinyMCE which allows you to enable on/off toggle for certain pages.

This code is placed at the very top of includes/javascript.php. Insert the allowed admin ops or module names into the array where *** is.

Example - $pages_to_allow_toggle = array("topicsmanager","Forums","Journal","adminStory");

Code:

global $op, $name, $editor;

// assemble list of allowed ops or names
$pages_to_allow_toggle = array("***","***");

// check for allowed pages in op or name
foreach($pages_to_allow_toggle as $pages){

// check for editor variable and define no_editor if off
if(eregi("$pages",$op) || eregi("$pages",$name)){
if($editor=="off"){define("NO_EDITOR", "true");
}
}
}

You can call this from a link something like this for admin ...

Code:

<?php
global $editor;
if($editor=="off"){
echo "<a href='".$admin_file.".php?op=***YourOp***'>Enable WYSIWYG Editor</a>";
} else {
echo "<a href='".$admin_file.".php?op=***YourOp***&editor=off'>Disable WYSIWYG Editor</a>";
}
?>

Or for modules ...

Code:

<?php
global $editor;
if($editor=="off"){
echo "<a href='modules.php?name=***YourName***'>Enable WYSIWYG Editor</a>";
} else {
echo "<a href='modules.php?name=***YourName***&editor=off'>Disable WYSIWYG Editor</a>";
}
?>

Or simply...

Code:

<a href='modules.php?name=YourModule&editor=off'>Disable WYSIWYG Editor</a>

Note - You may have to set the global variable $editor in whatever pages you use the above php links in (global $editor;). I have already inserted it into the codes above, so you may not have to.

The above code only allows the user to toggle the editor if it is enabled by default.
The user cannot enable the editor from a page where it is not enabled by default.

Additionally, with a few minor alterations, you could make it so that tinyMCE is disabled by default except on the pages in your array.

Code:

if(!eregi("$pages",$op) || !eregi("$pages",$name)){
define("NO_EDITOR", "true");
}

To disable the editor altogether, simply add the following to your config or to the top of includes/javascript.php

Code:

define("NO_EDITOR", "true");

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12403

There is a WYSIWYG editor tweak at http://www.nukeresources.com
It allows you to turn off the editor by module, using an On/off in your Modules admin panel

Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:20 pm

You can change the tinyMCE configuration (buttons, tag filters, etc.) in includes/javascript.php.
You can find reference material at the tinyMCE website at
http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/index.php

Note - PHP-Nuke uses an altered version of tinyMCE, so installing the latest version of tinyMCE on your PHP-Nuke site will probably cause errors.
Don't delete the old version and overwrite it with the new version.

Sergeant Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 93

To remove from a module just add this to the module.

Code:

define('NO_EDITOR', 1);

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 28, 2006 Posts: 4

Btw, how do I install the WYSIWYG editor tweak? Do I need to overwrite the files that i have curently? Is there a manual way to install it? Thx.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Posts: 8

Using PC-Nuke 7.9031 and both TinyMCE and SPAW strip tags from my valid HTML. Most annoying is the stripping of the <DIV> tag. <div align=center> becomes simply a div tag. All news postings that have centered elements use this and SPAW uses the <div> tag by default for centering. I have added "div"=>2 to my allowable html array, but still no success. What else can I do to allow <div align=center> tags?