CKFinder + ColdFusion: same config, new server, no joy

I've had FCKEditor (native in ColdFusion) + CKFinder working on my servers for quite a long time... without checking, I'd say close to two years. Recently we had our Web host move our three Web servers from dedicated machines to a virtualized setup, and that appears to have borked the connection... when I "Browse" for an image on the live servers, I get the stock FCKEditor dialog instead of CKFinder. The /ckfinder folder is still there in exactly the same place; I've checked and double-checked fckconfig.js and everything looks the same there as on my development server, but CKFinder is triggered on dev and stock FCKEditor browser on the live systems.

The server change was done via a ghosting process, so the config of the old servers and new servers should be "virtually" the same. I do know there were some changes in the domain user accounts on the various servers, and I'm saving my images on a server separate from the Web servers; could a problem with account rights cause CKFinder to refuse to start? That seems like a long shot to me, but it's the only thing I know of that really has changed.

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 22:17

tulsamj

Joined: 27/01/2011

Posts: 5

Re: CKFinder + ColdFusion: same config, new server, no joy

Trying to figure out if this hotfix might have something to do with it: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/529/cpsid_5291 ... n_Security

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 23:48

tulsamj

Joined: 27/01/2011

Posts: 5

Re: CKFinder + ColdFusion: same config, new server, no joy

Talking to myself here, but maybe someone else will have the same problem. It looks like Adobe took it upon themselves to move such useful values as "LinkBrowserURL" and "ImageBrowserURL" to a non-standard location... the end of this file:

CFIDE\scripts\ajax\package\cfrichtexteditor.js

Those are the same variable names that you edit in this file to install CKFinder:

CFIDE\scripts\ajax\FCKeditor\fckconfig.js

Stupid hotfix.

Fri, 01/28/2011 - 00:10

tulsamj

Joined: 27/01/2011

Posts: 5

Re: CKFinder + ColdFusion: same config, new server, no joy

Looks like I've managed to get it to fire off CKFinder! For posterity's sake (for documentation's sake?), here's what I modified. Search for the following section in CFIDE\scripts\ajax\package\cfrichtexteditor.js and add the new "Custom mods for CKFinder" section at the bottom:

// Find this section
_23a.Config.LinkBrowserURL=_23a.BasePath+"editor/filemanager/browser/default/browser.html?Connector=../../connectors/cfm/connector.cfm";
_23a.Config.LinkUploadURL=_23a.BasePath+"editor/filemanager/connectors/cfm/upload.cfm";
_23a.Config.ImageBrowserURL=_23a.BasePath+"editor/filemanager/browser/default/browser.html?Type=Image&Connector=../../connectors/cfm/connector.cfm";
_23a.Config.ImageUploadURL=_23a.BasePath+"editor/filemanager/connectors/cfm/upload.cfm?Type=Image";
_23a.Config.FlashBrowserURL=_23a.BasePath+"editor/filemanager/browser/default/browser.html?Type=Flash&Connector=../../connectors/cfm/connector.cfm";
_23a.Config.FlashUploadURL=_23a.BasePath+"editor/filemanager/connectors/cfm/upload.cfm?Type=Flash";
if(window._cf_clientid){
_23a.Config.LinkBrowserURL=_23a.Config.LinkBrowserURL+"&_cf_clientid="+_cf_clientid;
_23a.Config.LinkUploadURL=_23a.Config.LinkUploadURL+"?_cf_clientid="+_cf_clientid;
_23a.Config.ImageBrowserURL=_23a.Config.ImageBrowserURL+"&_cf_clientid="+_cf_clientid;
_23a.Config.ImageUploadURL=_23a.Config.ImageUploadURL+"&_cf_clientid="+_cf_clientid;
_23a.Config.FlashBrowserURL=_23a.Config.FlashBrowserURL+"&_cf_clientid="+_cf_clientid;
_23a.Config.FlashUploadURL=_23a.Config.FlashUploadURL+"&_cf_clientid="+_cf_clientid;

// Custom mods for CKFinder
_23a.Config.LinkBrowserURL="/ckfinder/ckfinder.html";
_23a.Config.ImageBrowserURL="/ckfinder/ckfinder.html?type=Images";
_23a.Config.FlashBrowserURL="/ckfinder/ckfinder.html?type=Flash";
_23a.Config.LinkUploadURL="/ckfinder/core/connector/asp/connector.asp?command=QuickUpload&type=Files";
_23a.Config.ImageUploadURL="/ckfinder/core/connector/asp/connector.asp?command=QuickUpload&type=Images";
_23a.Config.FlashUploadURL="/ckfinder/core/connector/asp/connector.asp?command=QuickUpload&type=Flash";

Fri, 01/28/2011 - 20:47

wiktor

Joined: 16/07/2007

Posts: 1641

Re: CKFinder + ColdFusion: same config, new server, no joy

@TulsaMJ - I'm sorry that you had to talk to yourself here, however we have never tried to make the same setup as you, so there was no way we could help you. Thanks for posting a solution for this problem.

Please note that you don't have to stick to the native rich text editor built in ColdFusion (old FCKeditor 2.x), you can use CKEditor if you like, simply follow the JavaScript integration instruction.

Wiktor Walc
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Fri, 01/28/2011 - 21:00

tulsamj

Joined: 27/01/2011

Posts: 5

Re: CKFinder + ColdFusion: same config, new server, no joy

No apologies necessary - actually I'm glad to add to the information floating around out there. There have been countless times that I've used information I've Googled from someone else struggling with something and solving it; it's good to be able to give back for once!

I've considered upgrading to the latest and greatest, but In general I prefer to stick with stock ColdFusion components where possible; it makes it easier to upgrade ColdFusion itself later on. The change that forced the tweak I made above was actually a security patch from Adobe, so it's not like they're just sitting around letting CKEditor get moldy and dusty. Looks like I may have to upgrade CKFinder for Firefox, though. There's always something!