How to use tinymce plugin? - cakephp

Question

I have tried many times to use this plugin and I failed.
I am following documentation, but it does not work for me.
I am posting the simple code here, to know what wrong I am doing.
1-I put this plugin in this folder app/plugins
2- I add TinyMce helper to articles_controller
<?php
class ArticlesController extends AppController {
// good practice to include the name variable
var $name = 'articles';
// load any helpers used in the views
var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form','TinyMce.TinyMce');
/**
* index()
* main index page of the formats page
* url: /formats/index
*/
function index(){
// get all formats from database where status = 1
$articles = $this->Article->find("all") ;
$this->set('articles', $articles);
}
function admin_add() {
// if the form data is not empty
if (!empty($this->data)) {
// initialise the format model
$this->Article->save($this->data);
// set a flash message
$this->Session->setFlash('The Format has been saved');
// redirect
$this->redirect(array('action'=>'index'));
} else {
// set a flash message
$this->Session->setFlash('The Format could not be saved. Please, try again.','default', array('class' => 'flash_bad'));
}
}
}
?>
3- in the view file articles/admin_add.ctp I added the editor
// i think the problem in this code
<?php $this->TinyMce->editor(array(
'theme' => 'advanced'
)); ?>
<div class="formats form">
<?php echo $form->create('Article');?>
<fieldset>
<legend>Add a article</legend>
<?php
// create the form inputs
echo $this->Form->input('title');
echo $this->Form->input('content'); ?>
</fieldset>
<?php echo $form->end('Add');?>
</div>
<ul class="actions">
<li><?php echo $html->link('List Articles', array('action'=>'index'));?></li>
</ul>

Answer 1

You need to put tinymce files into your js assets
Then you have to add into section of your layout.
Then you'll need to init tinymce according to example provided on tinymce website (ex: full tinymce layout) and configure it according to your requirements.
I'd personally would not rely on such cake plugins, when actions required to get things working are not many and they are simple enough.