Is it possible to have a field in Sitecore (6.5) that is a "merge" of multiline-text and RichText?
More specificly, what i am looking for, is a RichText field, where i can insert content into the field, without opening the editor first. Just like you can with a multiline-text field.
So a RichText editor field, with the standard options, but also the ability to paste/enter text into the plain field without opening the editor it self?
Select the "View" tab in Sitecore and check the "Raw Values" box. Now your Rich-Text fields will display the HTML contents. In Raw Values mode, you can edit, copy and paste raw HTML without opening any editors. This will also cause other fields to have their raw values exposed. You can stay in raw values mode and edit other items or exit out of it at any time.
You can easily paste in plain text into a Rich Text field. In the content editor, just click on the "Show HTML" link above the RT field. That will open up the plain text editor, instead of the RTE.
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Our content author is more comfortable using Experience editor than the content editor and also has knowledge of HTML.
The requirement is - the author should also be able to add text - along with other components (carousel, banner, etc), or just create a whole HTML page using Rich text editor if they need to.
For eg: He will open Experience editor of a page, add a banner component and then below the banned wants to add text. (or maybe just design the whole page using HTML)
I'm handling this kind of task for the first time and here is what I did.
Create the following:
1. A template with the name "Rich Text Section", which has one field "Content" of type "Rich Text".
2. A View Rendering, "Rich Text Component", that points to a .cshtml which is a simple HTML
<div class="row">
#Html.Sitecore().Field("Content", Model)
</div>
A folder "Rich Text Sections" under Sitecore > Content > Home > Components. In this folder, the author can add only "Rich Text Section" templates.
To add text to/or design a page, the author needs to do the following.
Browse in content editor mode. Add a new item (say "LoremIpsum"), of template type "Rich Text", inside the "Rich Text Sections" folder.
Browse in Experience editor mode. Add the "Rich Text Component", set its data source to "LoremIpsum", and then write all the HTML content inside.
Here, the author has to switch to both editor modes. Please advise the better way to do this.
If you have the Insert Options set up correctly on the items in your solution, then from the Experience Editor you can use Insert Page from the Home tab on Ribbon. This will then pop up a modal showing all the Templates that have been configured as Insert Options, the same ones as if you were to right click on a node in the Content Editor and select the Insert option.
The page will be created as a child of the page you are currently on. You can navigate to different sections of the content tree by enabling the Navigation Bar option from the View Ribbon, selecting the page and selecting "Go".
EDIT: I mis-read your question. It seems you are trying to create the Datasource of the item when a component is added using the Experience Editor.
You need to set the Datasource Location and Datasource Template fields on the definition item of your Rendering:
Make sure you leave the Data source field empty on the Rendering item. Now when you add the component you will be prompted to Select the Associated Content. Your editors will be able to select existing content or create new ones.
You can read more in this blog post.
I have created a site column of type Multiple lines of text and added it to a content type.
I have then created a page layout with the design manager using this content type.
The field inserted in the page layout is always a NoteField but I would like a RichHtmlField.
I don't know how to configure the field in the Snippet Gallery.
I have tried to specified the type of text to allow for the site column:
Rich text (Bold, italics, text alignment, hyperlinks)
Enhanced rich text (Rich text with pictures, tables, and hyperlinks)
It doesn't matter what I choose, I always end up with a NoteField.
Apparently, instead of choosing a site column of type Multiple lines of text, choosing the type Publishing HTML (Full HTML content with formatting and constraints for publishing) brings the rich editor needed. Still seems weird though.
I'm finding that some strange things are happening with my rich text editor in Sitecore 6.6. Some users have been entering content that is breaking items. Looking at the text it seems fine but when I copy the text into notepad I can see this dot character "·"
Any time this is in the text editor clicking Show Editor does nothing and I can't view raw values either. When I click Edit Html the edit box comes up but my changes will never save, the only way I can seem to fix these pages is if I update the content straight into the database.
Is there a way I can:
Prevent these characters from getting into the database,
Update the content without having to run update statements on the database?
Thanks in advance.
Could someone suggest how to hide/disable HTML tab from your Rich Text Editor on sitecore?
I had a look at this, but requires a change on Sitecore core rich text XML.
Problem with this solution is we need to modify the XML for each instance and what about upgrades?
Thanks.
In the Core database (you can switch using the icon in the bottom right next to the clock) you can go to /sitecore/system/Settings/Html Editor Profiles/*profile you want*/buttons/HTML view and deny read-access on that for your users. Alternatively, at least in Sitecore 6.5, there's a profile without the HTML view. It's called Rich Text IDE. You can set the datasource field of a Rich Text field to that one, and not have the HTML view.
That's only removing the HTML option on the bottom left though, I'm not sure how to remove the Edit HTML option you have before you've opened the RTE itself (where you have Show Editor/ Suggest Fix / Edit Html). Looking at This question it might be you'll have to change the XML anyway.
The way we've got upgrades and different instances handled is by having the changed file in source control, and making sure we include it when building a deployment package.
Adding onto Trayek's great answer - you can remove access to the "Edit HTML" as outlined by Alex Shyba below:
Go to the core database, locate the field definition item:
/sitecore/system/Field types/Simple Types/Rich Text/Menu/Edit Html
On the Security Tab, click “Assign” and select the role you don’t want this option to be available to. Deny inheritance of this item or specify other security settings that make sense for your needs.
I added "Everyone" and then selected the "X" by Inheritance for Items, and the "Edit HTML" option was removed.
Taken from:
http://sitecoreblog.alexshyba.com/2009/10/quick-tip-remove-edit-html-option-for.html
I am currently creating a mobile site using Sitecore, where I cannot use HTML as markup instead need to use BML as markup language for mobile. Please let me know the following in this regard:
We have a field called Description and its of type RICH TEXT. Here we cannot use the normal Rich Text Editor given by the Sitecore as it generates HTML. So can anyone tell me if I can create a customized RICH TEXT Editor with a button Say "Mobile Bold" and which should generate tags for mobile instead of normal HTML <b></b> tags .
As you all know we can change the RICH TEXT Editor from Default to FULL by setting the source attribute of the field to /sitecore/system/Settings/Html Editor Profiles/Rich Text Full. So in the similar way can I create one more item in the Core DB as /sitecore/system/Settings/Html Editor Profiles/MobileRichTextFull and include customized buttons to it so as to generate BML tags as described above. If this is possible let me know what are all the settings need to be done and steps to be followed for the same.
do you want the users to edit BML directly, or are you able to transform HTML to BML?
For the latter, you'd better solve this in the presentation layer/pipeline.
HTML Agility Pack will be your friend when going for this last solution.
Otherwise, look at Teleriks resources about the editor.