Orchard CMS Bootstrap CSS Classes in Html Editor - content-management-system

Question

We have an Orchard CMS 1.8 site that has been deployed and the content is now managed by the customer. One thing they are having a problem with is adding Bootstrap UI CSS classes to their content in the Html editor.
For example, they have some content and want to create a link to a "Register Now" page. It's easy enough to create the anchor tag using the toolbar buttons but without knowledge of HTML how would they turn that anchor tag into a Bootstrap button without diving into the HTML.
Also knowing that Bootstrap likes to combine classes like the following, how could a content manager pick a combination of styles from the Html Editor toolbar.
Register Now
Does anyone have a recommendation for customizing TinyMCE to make bootstrap classes more accessible to a content manager?
Thanks,
Brian

Answer 1

In Your Theme; add a ResourceManifest and create a reference to a Javascript file.
manifest.DefineScript("OrchardTinyMce").SetVersion("1.1").SetUrl("orchard-tinymce.js").SetDependencies("TinyMce");
this js file will be a TinyMCE customisation override. Make sure the ScriptName is the same and the version is always higher than the one at use in the TinyMCE module.
var mediaPlugins = ",|";
if (mediaPickerEnabled) {
mediaPlugins += ",mediapicker";
}
if (mediaLibraryEnabled) {
mediaPlugins += ",medialibrary";
}
tinyMCE.init({
theme: "advanced",
schema: "html5",
mode: "specific_textareas",
editor_selector: "tinymce",
plugins: "fullscreen,searchreplace,inlinepopups" + mediaPlugins.substr(2),
theme_advanced_toolbar_location: "top",
theme_advanced_toolbar_align: "left",
theme_advanced_buttons1: "search,replace,|,cut,copy,paste,|,undo,redo" + mediaPlugins + ",|,link,unlink,charmap,emoticon,codeblock,|,bold,italic,|,numlist,bullist,formatselect,blockquote,styleselect,|,code,fullscreen,",
theme_advanced_buttons2: "",
theme_advanced_buttons3: "",
theme_advanced_resizing : true,
convert_urls: false,
content_css: "/Themes/[*YOUR-THEME-NAME*]/Styles/custom.css",
valid_elements: "*[*]",
// shouldn't be needed due to the valid_elements setting, but TinyMCE would strip script.src without it.
extended_valid_elements: "script[type|defer|src|language]"
});
As you can see, now you can customise TinyMCE at will. Take note of the content_css property. That css file will be used in your Editor.
I use it all the time, so my clients can really have a true WYSIWYG experience.

Answer 2

One way to do this is to add bootstrap styles into style_formats in tinymce configuration.
Here is one way to do it by adding to orchard-tinymce.js
style_formats: [
{
title: 'Typography', items: [
{
title: 'Body Copy', items: [
{ title: 'Lead Body Para', block: 'p', classes: 'lead' }
]
},
{
title: 'Inline Text', items: [
{ title: 'Small', inline: 'small' },
{ title: 'Highlight', inline: 'mark' },
{ title: 'Deleted', inline: 'del' },
{ title: 'Strikethrough', inline: 's' },
{ title: 'Insert', inline: 'ins' }
]
},
Complete implementation is here:
https://www.bhavindoshi.com/blog/bootstrap-style-formats-in-tinymce-orchard-or-other-cms