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how to configure tinyMCE so that it generates HTML code (not xHTML)

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    nathan- Reply #1, 17 years, 11 months ago
    Hi all,

    I’m trying to configure tinyMCE so that it generates HTML code (
    and not
    ) but can not find how to do that...

    ... how can I modify tinyMCE.init ??

    regards
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      Jay Gilmore Reply #2, 17 years, 11 months ago
      I don’t think you can. TinyMCE and FCKEditor both either ouput crap or XHTML. You could use a plugin to strip the space-slash in
      and <link /> and <img /> elements from the content just before it goes to the browser. It would then be valid and you wouldn’t need to hack Tiny as I think the replacements are all mode driven and in the core not part of a plugin. Otherwise you can check the TinyMCE forums for more info.

      Cheers,

      Jay
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        breezer Reply #3, 17 years, 11 months ago
        Here is the configuration option I think you are looking for:
        http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Configuration/element_format

        A complete list of all configuration options is here:
        http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Configuration
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          Jay Gilmore Reply #4, 17 years, 11 months ago
          WOW! I am happy to be wrong. I don’t EVER use XHTML on my own projects and never found this.

          Thanks for this link.

          Jay
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            nathan- Reply #5, 17 years, 11 months ago
            Quote from: smashingred at Oct 24, 2008, 07:01 AM

            I don’t think you can. TinyMCE and FCKEditor both either ouput crap or XHTML. [...]


            For FCKEditor, adding the following line in fckconfig.js seems to work...
            FCKConfig.DocType = ’<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">’ ;

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              Jay Gilmore Reply #6, 17 years, 11 months ago
              Okay,

              I am wrong. But I love it! Thanks both.

              Cheers,

              Jay
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                nathan- Reply #7, 17 years, 11 months ago
                Quote from: Breezer at Oct 24, 2008, 07:11 AM

                Here is the configuration option I think you are looking for:
                http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Configuration/element_format

                A complete list of all configuration options is here:
                http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Configuration

                Yes, but where is tinyMCE.init when tinyMCE is used as a MOdx plugin?? ... cant find... snifffff...
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                  Jay Gilmore Reply #8, 17 years, 11 months ago
                  /asssets/plugins/tinymce(version)/tinymce.functions.php and look for $tinymceinit .= and insert it around there. It should work. This is around line 139 in version TinyMCE 3.

                  There may well be a better/ more correct way but that is my instinct.
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                    nathan- Reply #9, 17 years, 11 months ago
                    Quote from: smashingred at Oct 24, 2008, 07:57 AM

                    /asssets/plugins/tinymce(version)/tinymce.functions.php and look for $tinymceinit .= and insert it around there. It should work. This is around line 139 in version TinyMCE 3.

                    There may well be a better/ more correct way but that is my instinct.

                    Adding this line worked...
                    $tinymceInit .= "         element_format : \"html\",\n";

                    thanks! ... but I’ll have to edit this file on every tinyMCE upgrade... No way to configure that in the manager?
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                      Jay Gilmore Reply #10, 17 years, 11 months ago
                      I don’t know if there is a way to append or override this with a config setting. I agree this is a hassle.
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