Ckeditor not visible by drupal, the dripal version doesn't work
Hi, New user here. I've installed drupal7 (7.14-2) as a debian package on wheezy. Then, read lots of docs and tried to follow the tutorial here: https://drupal.org/node/1924660 It says to install new modules, so I successfully installed admin_menu-7.x-3.0-rc4.tar.gz imce-7.x-1.7.tar.gz into modules/contrib (I had to create contrib). With the same procedure I installed ckeditor_4.2.1_full.zip but whereas the other two became visible to drupal and can be enabled, ckeditor never shows up. The above tutorial says "not to use the drupal version", so I downloaded the one from ckeditor.com (the home page of ckeditor). If I point the browser to http://localhost/drupal7/modules/contrib/ckeditor/samples/ the page comes up just fine. Of course I've googled the problem, but all the pages are rather old (2009 or so and some refer to fckeditor). None of the suggestions found there have made any difference. I also tried the Modules->Install new module within drupal and entered the zip file, but it failed, claiming that the package didn't have any *.info files. Then, against the advice in the tutorial, I downloaded the drupal version, which is (according to the size and version number) a very minimal sub-set and/or obsolete compared to the 4.2.1_full version. 1300736 Oct 9 16:15 ckeditor_4.2.1_full.zip 242724 Oct 9 18:48 ckeditor-7.x-1.13.tar.gz The latter does have an *.info file and installed properly (it is visible). So, either the above tutorial needs to say that using the old/minimalist ckeditor from drupal is what should be done, or additional instructions need to be given to make the version from ckeditor.com work. After all that, I thought the drupal/old version would work, but I get this: The CKEditor component is not installed correctly. Please go to the CKEditor homepage in order to download the latest version. After that you must extract the files to the sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor or sites/all/libraries/ckeditor directory and make sure that the sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor/ckeditor.js or sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/ckeditor.js file exists. Refer to the README.txt file for more information. Of course, the version this message tells me to go download is the one I had downloaded in the first place and wasn't visible to drupal. HELP! what am I missing? Any idea what needs to be done? Augustine
Hi Augustine, I suggest you visit: https://drupal.org/download There you will see the latest version is 7.23 and will find links to contribe modules, documentation and issue discussions. Unfortunately, most package installations included in OS distributions do not provide all that is needed for a good Drupal installation. If you have more questions after getting the latest Drupal base and modules needed for your site, post here again. Ron D. On 10/9/2013 7:08 PM, A. F. Cano wrote:
Hi,
New user here. I've installed drupal7 (7.14-2) as a debian package on wheezy. Then, read lots of docs and tried to follow the tutorial here:
https://drupal.org/node/1924660
It says to install new modules, so I successfully installed
admin_menu-7.x-3.0-rc4.tar.gz imce-7.x-1.7.tar.gz
into modules/contrib (I had to create contrib). With the same procedure I installed
ckeditor_4.2.1_full.zip
but whereas the other two became visible to drupal and can be enabled, ckeditor never shows up.
The above tutorial says "not to use the drupal version", so I downloaded the one from ckeditor.com (the home page of ckeditor).
If I point the browser to
http://localhost/drupal7/modules/contrib/ckeditor/samples/
the page comes up just fine.
Of course I've googled the problem, but all the pages are rather old (2009 or so and some refer to fckeditor). None of the suggestions found there have made any difference.
I also tried the Modules->Install new module within drupal and entered the zip file, but it failed, claiming that the package didn't have any *.info files.
Then, against the advice in the tutorial, I downloaded the drupal version, which is (according to the size and version number) a very minimal sub-set and/or obsolete compared to the 4.2.1_full version.
1300736 Oct 9 16:15 ckeditor_4.2.1_full.zip 242724 Oct 9 18:48 ckeditor-7.x-1.13.tar.gz
The latter does have an *.info file and installed properly (it is visible). So, either the above tutorial needs to say that using the old/minimalist ckeditor from drupal is what should be done, or additional instructions need to be given to make the version from ckeditor.com work.
After all that, I thought the drupal/old version would work, but I get this:
The CKEditor component is not installed correctly. Please go to the CKEditor homepage in order to download the latest version. After that you must extract the files to the sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor or sites/all/libraries/ckeditor directory and make sure that the sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor/ckeditor.js or sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/ckeditor.js file exists. Refer to the README.txt file for more information.
Of course, the version this message tells me to go download is the one I had downloaded in the first place and wasn't visible to drupal.
HELP! what am I missing? Any idea what needs to be done?
Augustine
Hi Augustine, here are better installation instructions for ckeditor: http://docs.cksource.com/CKEditor_for_Drupal/Open_Source/Drupal_7/Installati... Also consider using drush: https://github.com/drush-ops/drush berliner On 10/9/2013 7:08 PM, A. F. Cano wrote:
Hi,
New user here. I've installed drupal7 (7.14-2) as a debian package on wheezy. Then, read lots of docs and tried to follow the tutorial here:
https://drupal.org/node/1924660
It says to install new modules, so I successfully installed
admin_menu-7.x-3.0-rc4.tar.gz imce-7.x-1.7.tar.gz
into modules/contrib (I had to create contrib). With the same procedure I installed
ckeditor_4.2.1_full.zip
but whereas the other two became visible to drupal and can be enabled, ckeditor never shows up.
The above tutorial says "not to use the drupal version", so I downloaded the one from ckeditor.com (the home page of ckeditor).
If I point the browser to
http://localhost/drupal7/modules/contrib/ckeditor/samples/
the page comes up just fine.
Of course I've googled the problem, but all the pages are rather old (2009 or so and some refer to fckeditor). None of the suggestions found there have made any difference.
I also tried the Modules->Install new module within drupal and entered the zip file, but it failed, claiming that the package didn't have any *.info files.
Then, against the advice in the tutorial, I downloaded the drupal version, which is (according to the size and version number) a very minimal sub-set and/or obsolete compared to the 4.2.1_full version.
1300736 Oct 9 16:15 ckeditor_4.2.1_full.zip 242724 Oct 9 18:48 ckeditor-7.x-1.13.tar.gz
The latter does have an *.info file and installed properly (it is visible). So, either the above tutorial needs to say that using the old/minimalist ckeditor from drupal is what should be done, or additional instructions need to be given to make the version from ckeditor.com work.
After all that, I thought the drupal/old version would work, but I get this:
The CKEditor component is not installed correctly. Please go to the CKEditor homepage in order to download the latest version. After that you must extract the files to the sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor or sites/all/libraries/ckeditor directory and make sure that the sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor/ckeditor.js or sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/ckeditor.js file exists. Refer to the README.txt file for more information.
Of course, the version this message tells me to go download is the one I had downloaded in the first place and wasn't visible to drupal.
HELP! what am I missing? Any idea what needs to be done?
Augustine
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