For me, (as a non-programmer) the key is to change only one thing at a time and test each change before going on to the next thing I want to change.
The first thing to do is to insure the sample works. If you install the FCKeditor folder in the root of your site, it should work just the way it is. Then you can start moving the code from the sample into your pages as you require.
This is what I did:
1) Make a copy of the working CFMX FCKeditor sample page in the directory you have the page you want to add the editor (I'll call that your "real" page). 2) Test the sample page in the new location. Just moving the page will likely cause addressing (path) problems. Look at the errors in the CFMX error box to figure out how you need to fix the problem.
I think this is the hardest step. In my case I needed to rework the way the basepath variable was calculated.
3) Once you have the sample working in the new location, you can then move the needed code from the sample page to your real page.
4) What I do here is to build the form I need with a textarea where I want FCKeditor. Then I move into the code view and make comments above and below the textarea field I want to replace with the FCKeditor code. Then I remove the textarea code. (Leaving the comments to mark where I come back to in the next steps.) 5) Go back to the sample page. Find the editor code. It starts and ends with a cfscript tag. 6) Select the FCKeditor code including the open and close cfscript tags and copy it, then paste it between the comments I left in my real page.
This has worked for me. But remember that Dreamweaver will not show you anything where FCKeditor will appear in the live page.
This will get the standard editor working, any customization like removing toolbar icons will require reading the FCKeditor documents.
RE: ColdFusion Installation Problem
The first thing to do is to insure the sample works. If you install the FCKeditor folder in the root of your site, it should work just the way it is. Then you can start moving the code from the sample into your pages as you require.
This is what I did:
1) Make a copy of the working CFMX FCKeditor sample page in the directory you have the page you want to add the editor (I'll call that your "real" page).
2) Test the sample page in the new location. Just moving the page will likely cause addressing (path) problems. Look at the errors in the CFMX error box to figure out how you need to fix the problem.
I think this is the hardest step. In my case I needed to rework the way the basepath variable was calculated.
3) Once you have the sample working in the new location, you can then move the needed code from the sample page to your real page.
4) What I do here is to build the form I need with a textarea where I want FCKeditor. Then I move into the code view and make comments above and below the textarea field I want to replace with the FCKeditor code. Then I remove the textarea code. (Leaving the comments to mark where I come back to in the next steps.)
5) Go back to the sample page. Find the editor code. It starts and ends with a cfscript tag.
6) Select the FCKeditor code including the open and close cfscript tags and copy it, then paste it between the comments I left in my real page.
This has worked for me. But remember that Dreamweaver will not show you anything where FCKeditor will appear in the live page.
This will get the standard editor working, any customization like removing toolbar icons will require reading the FCKeditor documents.