I finally got TinyMCE and elFinder talking again. I have found that what works on one system may not work on another. I've used both applications together for years in several projects I have designed. And TinyMCE has always been a problem. But, anyhow, they seem to be getting along now.

Okay, what I'm doing here is building a blog. It will be safe, secure, easy to work with, and just a lot of fun to have around. And I am slowly getting there. I am usually a fast coder, but this project has slowed me down. And it's the usual stuff. Editor problems have been the biggest pain in the butt. And you wanna know how I finally fixed it? I went back to a tutorial I did at Coders Junction (my main site), copied a block of code and pasted it in, and voila, the sucker gave in.

Anyhow, as I said above, I am using TinyMCE version 8.5.0 and elFinder 2.1.65. I integrated elFinder with TinyMCE, and it handles all of the media. Images, videos, that kinda stuff. I am coding it in PHP 8.5.10 and PHP Data Objects (PDO). I am using MariaDB version 10.11.18 as the database. That version of MariaDB isn't the newest, but it is what my online VPS uses, and I didn't want to take the time to back up all the databases just to upgrade. Finally, I use WAMP as my home base server.

If anyone wants to keep up with what's being done, you can look here.

done-- Article builder

done-- Menu system

done-- Style sheets

done-- Comment box

done-- Messaging system

done-- Login/registration

done-- Drag and drop article repositioning

done-- Article quick editing feature for the admin

Being worked on:

done-- Block builder

done-- Sidebar(s) settings

done-- General settings

What is the process?

done-- Article builder is up and running, but the styling sucks. Gotta finish that today.

-- Starting to build a theme and I plan to get deep into it today. I'm starting with Crescent, my favorite. But new project, and I have to start in the basement and work my way up with any theming system. That's just the way things work.

done-- Sorted all of the files into the directories that I favor

done-- Block builder, when completed, will be used to add content into the sidebars.

done-- Menu system. I use the best menu in the world. It has never let me down. And I can't for the life of me remember where I got it.

I've either finished a lot of this stuff or at least know where I'm headed with it.

 Like this:

done -- Seriously need to finish the sidebars and general settings pages.

-- Need to finish the theme system

done-- Will be uploading a lot of files today (Sunday 8-30-2026) that I finished up yesterday.

done-- The place may look ugly for a couple of days, but you gotta start uploading files early in a project because what you design locally may need some adjusting when turned loose on the web.

You've probably noticed a lot of entries about the theming system. I'm gonna sit down this week and finish it. It uses the database to store the settings. Themes can be edited on the fly, new ones created, and themes can be downloaded and shared. I'll be adding the theme preview plugin to the sidebar this week too.