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John
John Aug 4 '16
Hi folks, pretty new to Oxwall. There are a couple very basic features I am not seeing, for a product that is otherwise quite good.


1. Pages...why is the pages section in Admin so lacking in functionality? I cannot create a dropdown menu to insert multiple pages. I can't seem to find a plugin that will do that for me. Any ideas?


2. A wysiwyg editor for the admin AND a very basic one for the users. I saw some wysiwyg plugins but they are pretty old...2013. I saw one for $5 but i only has a few ratings. Recommendations?


Thanks all....Running 1.8.4


John

The Forum post is edited by ross Aug 15 '16
dave Leader
dave Aug 4 '16
Welcome to Oxwall, 


True those old plugins may work or may not work im not sure.  If you just want to have a simple dropdown selection box on a page i think you can do a simple one in html and add the links to the other pages as your selections and put the code in that page.  


Regarding the WYSIWYG im really not sure if someone will provide a new plugin for that or not. Not everyone likes the WYSIWYG editors, plus they can be a high maintenance feature, and so i am not sure if one day the road map will include that in the core or not. 

The Forum post is edited by dave Aug 4 '16
dave Leader
dave Aug 4 '16
here ya go i just tested and it works...   create a new site page and put this in the content part of the page.  when you click the option it will go to that page you dont even need a submit button :) 


<h2>Visit Your Favorite Page</h2><br /><br />
<form name="urlForm" />

<select onchange="if (this.value) window.location.href=this.value">

<option val="http://www.examplesite1.com">http://www.examplesite1.com</option>;

<option val="http://www.examplesite2.com">http://www.examplesite2.com</option>;

<option val="http://www.examplesite3.com">http://www.examplesite3.com</option>;

</select>

</form>



this editor puts the ; semicolin at the end dont use that ; after </option> 

The Forum post is edited by dave Aug 4 '16
Ebenezer from Bluetide Webs

Hello John,


Welcome to Oxwall. I recently added this plugin https://developers.oxwall.com/store/item/1299 for admin visual editing. You are welcome to try it out.


You get full refund if you don't like it.


A little clarification on what dave did:


<form name="urlForm" >

<select onchange="if (this.value) window.location.href=this.value">

<option val="http://www.examplesite1.com">Example Menu Name1</option>;

<option val="http://www.examplesite2.com">Example Menu Name2</option>;

<option val="http://www.examplesite3.com">Example Menu Name3</option>;

</select>

</form>

The Forum post is edited by Ebenezer from Bluetide Webs Nov 24 '17
dave Leader
dave Aug 5 '16
Oh very cool Ebenezer, was not aware of that plugin till now...  :)  
OW-Ghost
OW-Ghost Aug 6 '16
Ebenezer you are a developer that have human feelings...great to show you can give refunds and let people test you plugins many credits to you :)
The Forum post is edited by OW-Ghost Aug 6 '16
John
John Aug 6 '16
Thank you Dave and Ebenezer...much appreciated. 


I will check out your plugin Ebenezer and give you feedback on it.