Issue: Wysiwyg Editor for Sections & Variable links / Urls

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January 12, 2016 2:32 PM

Mart456

Junior Member

Wysiwyg Editor for Sections & Variable links / Urls

Hi when editing a page, using the edit but at the top i am presented with a the same XF editor (rich text editor) but when editing a section i am not given the same formatting options and buttons etc.

Is there something wrong with my install or is the the way it is meant to be?

I also want to generate generic external links to other sites, with the only difference is example.com/[var]PAGENAME[/var] or something like [http://example.com/{{#replace:{{PAGENAMEE}}|_|-}} {{PAGENAME}} Example] Example {{PAGENAME}}

Is possible to show me how i could accomplish this?

Many thanks

Issue Details

Issue Number 4517

Issue Type Feature

Project VaultWiki 4.x Series

Category Unknown

Status Rejected

Priority 1 - Security / Login / Data Loss

Suggested Version Unknown

Implemented Version (none)

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Software DependencyAny

License TypePaid

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January 12, 2016 2:35 PM

Mart456

Junior Member

Sorry one last question, it there no way to use the xenforo attachments function to upload images and docs etc? This would be quite useful and easy for users.

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January 12, 2016 3:27 PM
pegasus

VaultWiki Team
There is nothing wrong with your install. That is the way it is supposed to look in XenForo.

Because a section might occur in the middle of active BB-Codes, it is not possible to use WYSIWYG mode for the editor when editing a section.

In vBulletin this is fine, because there is really no difference between WYSIWYG and non-WYSIWYG modes. But in XenForo, when WYSIWYG is disabled, there is no editor toolbar at all.

That is the default behavior of XenForo. If you don't like it, you can ask the XenForo developers to for an improvement request: to still show the editor toolbar when in BB-Code editing mode (so that there are buttons for the BB-Codes).

For the external links, have you tried these:

Code:

[url="external_site/[var]PAGENAME[/var]"]link text[/url] [url]external_site/[var]PAGENAME[/var][/url]

No, it is not possible to use XenForo attachments for uploads. XenForo attachments are associated with the upload user and the attached post, which is against the rules of wiki, and the data scheme used is not versionable. We used to do it how you ask in VaultWiki 3 on vBulletin, and it caused a lot of problems due to these 2 fundamental issues, the worst of which was unintended data loss of wiki attachments. The XenForo attachment system is designed with the same limitations as vBulletin, and thus cannot be used in the wiki.

From a design perspective, VaultWiki's attachment system is not built around the post where you use it, but is a separate entity. This makes it easier to use the same attachment again, and the method used is versionable. This is similar to a gallery software, except that most gallery software is also limited because it associates uploads with the upload user. Most software where an attachment "belongs" to a user does not allow other users to contribute to that same attachment, which again is a problem in a wiki. Thus, VaultWiki's attachments are not stored in a way that associates it with an individual user, but rather the attachment data is its own entity that can have multiple users contributing to it.
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