Formatting Form Content

[TamedTech]

Hi There guys and gals,

This might be one that someone here knows how to tackle.

Basicly I have an admin type section for the site where users can login and ammend the content of the site, add, remove and edit page content etc.

What i would like to do is on the form where they can add some new content to the site, is have a list of buttons that add in the HTML tags for them into the textarea filed... this way my users dont have to remember <b></b> or <a href=""> tags ... they can just press a big "B" button or a "Link" button and have it activly enter the tags for them.

I'd imagine this will be Java powered .. but i have no idea.

All help is greatly appreciated.

Rob

 

[BabyJeffy]

It is something that requires Javascript (please read the FAQ linked at the bottom of my post to read about why Java is not the same as Javascript). You could look to a Javascript rich text editor to provide the functionality. Here are some direct links to such solutions:

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http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex16/richtexteditor/

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http://www.codeproject.com/jscript/w3richtechedit.asp

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http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/gr/column11/

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http://www.fckeditor.net/

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Good luck,
Jeff

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What is Javascript? FAQ216-6094

 

[TamedTech]

Thanks for that Jeff,

I'll have thorough look into those links.

I know the difference between Java and Javascript, i was just being lazy.

Rob

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Another good editor is TinyMCE which can be found here:

http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/

Dan



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