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Ah! You clicked anyway! Well then, let's get some details going...

Found a website template for a particular themed site I'm going to launch. It's not a CMS, but there are definite user interactions I desire. The original template did not have a login/user system (only guests), and of course, no Forums. I decided to wrap a phpBB2 around it. That was fun. Rolling Eyes

Nothing like re-living the BB2Nuke days! Wink

Ok, so that went well, and is continuing to go well... however... now I wanted something more, which was to integrate FCKEditor into the Forums and PM's. And -that- is going well too... HOWEVER... lol... I have now hit a brick wall that has stopped all coding in its tracks. Confused

I have to decide whether or not to keep BBCode, ditch it and allow HTML everywhere (security concern), or do a hybrid of both (I would prefer this). There is a BBCode plugin for FCKE, but it is very limited and requires a LOT of tweaking. This branch of decision is crucial to how I code going forward.

Now, my problem is that Javascript is not my forte, so to speak. I can hack around in it, but it's of course time consuming to fumble around like that. For someone who can get around quickly in JS, this might be a really easy undertaking... so if someone is BORED, fairly dangerous with JS, and would like to kill a few pots of coffee, I'd love the miser... err... company. Very Happy

Secondly, assuming I am going to keep a LOT of HTML permissible (there are GOOD reasons for this), I also need someone who would be willing to work on a really good filtering system for the incoming posts.

Again, just looking for some relaxed coders who are just bored enough to fiddle with some stuff. This is a hobby site (specifically for recipes/cooking), and not a money venture. If you can help out, there's no stress, no deadlines, no commitments. My time would be better spent fixing internal phpBB code, and fixing the template output (going to try to convert phpBB from tables to divs).

Please respond if this might interest you!

PM here, or email me at ezcomDOTkeithATgmail

Thanks!!

- Keith

registered · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:28 am

Keith,

If you are going to provide a WYSIWYG editor for your users, then I see no reason to keep BBCode. Use something like HTMLPurifier to cleanse the HTML and go with it. Wink

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:15 am

I agree with Montego, BBCode was pretty much the lazy way to do things, use HTML Purifier and and decent editor like CK/ FCKEditor, which incidentally has an optional jQuery compatible version.

Failing that, I'm half way though writing a recipe module that uses RN's FCKEditor, just haven't decided yet whether to have a seperate image upload or use the editors built in functions but I'm swaying toward using the editor. FCKEditor comes with some templates built in, like dual-column layout so I might possibly see if one can be created so the user has a pre-made templete to use