TinyBrowser - File Manager for TinyMCE
I found a good and free file manager plugin for TinyMCE called TinyBrowser. You can download it here. Here’s a quick screenshot of what it looks like.
I tried a few others as well, but they were not to my liking. The ones I tried were:
- Kae’s File Manager - I didn’t like it because it stores file information to a mysql database.
- TinyMCE Ajax File Manager - I couldn’t integrate this properly. I read in forums that other developers experienced similar challenges because of bugs in the plugin.
- MCFileManager/MCImageManager - Costs too much money.
Another blogger provided a detailed analysis of other file manager plugins for TinyMce here.
Hi Jon,
Would TinyBrowser be any good for a multi user website, such as a blogging site where each user registers and want’s to upload there own images?
Regards
M
Melvis
30 Jan 10 at 1:32 pm
Yes, but you’ll need to do a little bit of back end coding. TinyBrowser comes with some PHP files where one of the configuration files has you specify file upload path. You will want to make this value a variable based on who the user is.
John Lai
2 Feb 10 at 8:47 pm
Hi John,
I have installed also tinyBrowser plugin for TinyMce, and it’s working great in Firefox, but not in Opera and IE! When I open that page that have editor, it’s like editor hasn’t been loaded at all, I see only the basic textarea box. Any hint?
Ivana
8 Feb 10 at 9:39 am
HI Ivana, it’s difficult for me to troubleshoot without seeing exactly what you’re seeing on your computer. NOt many pepole use Opera, so I wouldn’t have experince with that.
If you’re using IE6, i say abandon it. Too many things could go wrong with that browser. For IE7 and above, check to make sure you have the latest javascript dependencies. For example, if your tiny browser uses other js files like prototype.js or scriptaculous.js, download the latest version for those files.
NOt sure what else I can suggest unless you provide more details. Thanks
John Lai
8 Feb 10 at 2:15 pm
Hi Ivana,
I think I had a similar issue in IE6. I narrowed it down to using PHP requires and includes. TinyBrowser doesn’t seem to like them. I was getting a grey box with just the header tabs.
I wrote all my code directly into config_tinybrowser.php and [fingers crossed] all looks well.
Melvis
21 Feb 10 at 10:53 am