[support] different TinyMCE problems

[Cog Rusty]

On 8/17/07, Jean Gazis <jgazis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, those are similar things: I don't want them to use it *because* they
> probably don't know it. Frustrated users = not good, and bad html also = not
> good. I see on Drupal.org that a lot of people wish for the ability to
> associate input formats with content types,  so maybe it will get into a
> future version.  Meanwhile I will use the below and roles to hopefully give
> the users just as much as they need and not more.


You could try the Default Filter module. (I haven't, just stumbled on it)

http://drupal.org/project/default_filter
quote: "This module allows you to set default filter formats per node
type per role"


> On 8/16/07, sander-martijn <sander at sander-martijn.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've always thought the opposite of TinyMCE (or any wysiwyg editor).  It's
> not necessarily to restrict your users from using html but more to remove
> the requirement of knowing html.
> >
> > However I do think you can get what you want: I think that if you turn on
> full html globally but turn off the option for users to select, require
> TinyMCE (also can be done globally I believe) and don't include the html
> button in the TinyMCE editor, then TinyMCE will be able to write all the
> html it needs to (restricting html will restrict it from TinyMCE as well -
> this is because TinyMCE is merely a front-end mask to what's really
> happening) while the user will never be able to see or edit it.
> >
> >
> > Jean Gazis wrote:
> > If <ul> and <li> are enabled, shouldn't the bulleted list format button
> work? I don't see where to associate the input format with a content type. I
> don't want to give all users full HTML, that's the whole point of installing
> TinyMCE. If I turn off line breaks in my default format, won't it mess up my
> other content types? I think that was why I turned them on. And TinyMCE
> worked or works sometimes with the default input format as is. I feel like I
> am just being dense.
> >
> >
> > On 8/16/07, Metzler, David <metzlerd at evergreen.edu > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes as sara has indicated.  You can change the defaults at
> > >
> > > Administer -> Site Configuration -> Input Formats.
> > >
> > > If you "Configure" the default format. Then select the Configure tab,
> you'll be able to set which tags are allowed.  The default set is
> > > <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
> > >
> > > When you enable tinymce you might also consider turning off the "line
> break converter" on this screen as well.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >