Adding Tables to content
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How do you add tables to content via the WYSIWYG Editor? There are no tools for this. Other WYSIWYG Editors have table features, does Concrete 5?
I looked at the TinyMCE website (the WYSIWYG Editor used by Concrete) and it does have tools for working with tables. I'm not sure why Concrete 5 doesn't have these tools. Is there a way to turn it on?
Thanks.
I looked at the TinyMCE website (the WYSIWYG Editor used by Concrete) and it does have tools for working with tables. I'm not sure why Concrete 5 doesn't have these tools. Is there a way to turn it on?
Thanks.
Just brainstorming here, 'cause I realize that this would be rather complicated to pull off, but I wonder if there's a way to make a block that would act as a grid, where you could pick the number of rows and columns, and then could insert other blocks into each of those cells?
For example, this would allow a user to insert a grid of photos, or to split a body section into newspaper style columns.
Maybe the adding blocks within a block isn't feasible, but it would be nice to bring that functionality up to the level of non-technical users. Right now, if someone wants to split the page up, they're forced to know php/html and create a page type, or they're forced to use the TinyMCE tables, which is hard to use and can't incorporate blocks.
For example, this would allow a user to insert a grid of photos, or to split a body section into newspaper style columns.
Maybe the adding blocks within a block isn't feasible, but it would be nice to bring that functionality up to the level of non-technical users. Right now, if someone wants to split the page up, they're forced to know php/html and create a page type, or they're forced to use the TinyMCE tables, which is hard to use and can't incorporate blocks.
I see the problem you're describing, but I'm not sure that solution is gonna be easier for non-code site owners to deal with...
My dreams are lingering more around the style picker we did with 5.2.. Take that, integrate it with page types and reusable blocks (something new we're working on) and .. No don't try to re-make dreamweaver, but yes, give a site owner who is willing to explore a tool to do so..
My dreams are lingering more around the style picker we did with 5.2.. Take that, integrate it with page types and reusable blocks (something new we're working on) and .. No don't try to re-make dreamweaver, but yes, give a site owner who is willing to explore a tool to do so..
I'd like that and I agree that this is probably a bit complicated but just a thought.
Having option on the area would maybe help. If we could select an "area template" (not a block template!) we could easily build a grid layout.
Select the "grid area template" which then makes sure that for every block it calls, puts a "div" around it.
It's basically what someone talked about a while ago. Having a code before and after every block, but instead of connecting that to a block, why not connect that information with the area?
I could also build a float:right area template. Not sure if this is easy to use, but it would be quite powerful...
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Having option on the area would maybe help. If we could select an "area template" (not a block template!) we could easily build a grid layout.
Select the "grid area template" which then makes sure that for every block it calls, puts a "div" around it.
It's basically what someone talked about a while ago. Having a code before and after every block, but instead of connecting that to a block, why not connect that information with the area?
I could also build a float:right area template. Not sure if this is easy to use, but it would be quite powerful...
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