how to implement ckeditor in django.contrib.flatpages

Question

can any one describe how to implement the ckeditor in django.contrib.flatpages... Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Few steps to get this done. First, make sure ckeditor.js is being served up in some way from django. Info on this can be found at http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/howto/static-files/#howto-static-files. For this example, I will be serving it from 127.0.0.1:8000/js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js.

You'll need to override the standard flatpage change form template. In your templates directory, create a file in the following subdirectory: <your templates dir>/admin/flatpages/flatpage/change_form.html

Create the following text inside:

{% extends "admin/change_form.html" %}
{% block extrahead %}
{{ block.super }}
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
var $ = jQuery = django.jQuery.noConflict();  // Use djangos jquery as our jQuery
</script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/ckeditor/adapters/jquery.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
$(document).ready( function(){
 $( 'textarea' ).ckeditor({
  "skin":"kama",
  "width" : 850,
  // "toolbar" : "basic",

 });
});

</script>

{# Adding some custom style to perty thing up a bit. #}
<style type="text/css">
div>.cke_skin_kama{
 width: 100%;
 padding: 0!important;
 clear: both;
}
</style>

{% endblock %}

The first few lines contain django's default text for the extrahead block. The rest of the script imports the ckeditor javascripts and uses django's already-imported jQuery with the ckeditor jQuery adapter. Finally, we end up forcing some style upon the page, as by default, things look a bit messy.

From here, you can quickly change the toolbar by implementing different options in the ckeditor call. Going to a simple toolbar is likely something you'll need if non-technical people are going to edit these flatpages. You can just uncomment that line in the above code to implement that.