XF 1.3 Possible Page Editor

[TheSalt]

Hello Gang!

I was wondering if there is some kind of page editor I could use to create pages for my forum. A kind of wysiwyg editor but better than BBCode. I run a marine aquarium and conservation forum and I would like to make pages for featured aquariums and spotlight organizations. I would want to use photos and text that don’t look like a thread, something that allows text to flow around images to fill in blank areas like you would see in a news paper or magazine.

I was thinking maybe wordpress? Is there a way to use word press to create pages and then incorporate them into the forum? Maybe as links in the navigation bar? I would love it if I could have the pages appear as threads in a sub forum but I’m guessing that would be impossible?

I’m not sure if I’m explaining myself well or if it is even possible. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Nick

 

[Paul B]

You can use Page nodes for that.

You will have to create the content using HTML and CSS though.

 

[Chris D]

I do have a free add-on available that adds a WYSIWYG editor to XenForo page editor:

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/redactor-page-editor.3263/

It still needs some skill in HTML and CSS, though. As will most things.

 

[Paul B]

An alternative is to create the page in a normal thread, view the page source, copy and paste.

You can use a float bb code to wrap text around images.

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/cta-float-bb-code.2932/

 

[FredC]

An alternative is to create the page in a normal thread, view the page source, copy and paste.

You can use a float bb code to wrap text around images.

http://xenforo.com/community/resources/cta-float-bb-code.2932/

Pages accept bb code to? wow that will save me some time in the future..

 

[Chris D]

No. Paul didn't say that.

He said produce it in a thread and then copy and paste the page source (which would be in HTML).

 

[cclaerhout]

You will have a full html editor (ck editor) in this addon which has an option to enable Bb Code in pages.

 

[TheSalt]

WOW! Thank you all for these great ideas! I'm going to look them over and see which one I think I can pull off with my limited understanding. I'll let you know what happens!

Many Thanks,
Nick

 

[melbo]

Brogan's Float BBcode is amazing. Creates threads with text that wraps around images. Good stuff

 

[TheSalt]

Brogan's Float BBcode is amazing. Creates threads with text that wraps around images. Good stuff

There is a big learning curve with a lot of this stuff for me. I now next to nothing about code. My background is in print design, mostly Adobe Illustrator, and some Photoshop. Getting things to look how I want them to on screen with code is currently impossible for me without lots of research and even then my finding are hard for me to understand... but I'm trying to learn.

 

[melbo]

Brogan's float BBCode adds a button to your editor. Easy to use after a few test posts to learn the behavior.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Have you considered using something like xenzine or maybe even just using the resource manager to publish articles? I use a combination of those two addons to create articles, reviews etc. Along with the bbcode float addon.

 

[cclaerhout]

My background is in print design, mostly Adobe Illustrator, and some Photoshop.

Then you could have also a look at this addons [ref 1 - ref 2]. Of course it's not like Quark Xpress ou Indesign but the result is fine.

 

[TheSalt]

Have you considered using something like xenzine or maybe even just using the resource manager to publish articles? I use a combination of those two addons to create articles, reviews etc. Along with the bbcode float addon.

In deed, I have xenzine running and have for a while now. I'm in the processes of trying some of these great suggestions on the test forum. Thank you all for your help! I'll keep you posted. I'll included my ulr below. I'm not sure how well it looks to others, as I stated earlier this has all been a learning process. The forum has been up since February 7th and is my first.

reefpeeps.com

Many thanks,
Nick

 

[Mr Lucky]

In deed, I have xenzine running and have for a while now. I'm in the processes of trying some of these great suggestions on the test forum. Thank you all for your help! I'll keep you posted. I'll included my ulr below. I'm not sure how well it looks to others,

Looks good to me. What are you using for the home page portal and slider?

 

[TheSalt]

Thank you! It's xenporta and there slide block. It is linked to my xenzine articles that have a slide.jpg in the discussion page of the article as an attachment.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Thank you! It's xenporta and there slide block.

Ah, that sounds interesting. However I did try xenporta and I just got an error, maybe time to try again.

 

[Mr Lucky]

In deed, I have xenzine running and have for a while now. I'm in the processes of trying some of these great suggestions on the test forum. Thank you all for your help! I'll keep you posted. I'll included my ulr below. I'm not sure how well it looks to others, as I stated earlier this has all been a learning process. The forum has been up since February 7th and is my first.

Looking at your site, I would be tempted to use the resource manager for this. It doesn't have to just be for uploading/downloading resources, they can be like articles. Especially with Brogan's image float CSS.

On my site I have xenzine for articles, but also use the resource manager for reviews, which keeps reviews separate from articles nicely. I also have a few pages for special things such as donation info, a radio station (!) and a more indepth search, as I want them to show up in the node list along with all the forums. But I would want too many, I agree without an editor it's a bit of a pain to hand code the html.

See: http://cafesaxophone.com

 

[TheSalt]

I would really like to see the XenForo Resource Manager running on a forum. I don't fully understand what it does.

 

[TheSalt]

You will have a full html editor (ck editor) in this addon which has an option to enable Bb Code in pages.

It looked like it wouldnt work XF 1.3 but I tested it on my test forum anyway. It doesn't work... A little bummed, it looks like it has lots of tools.