HTML editor for SharePoint default content

[Mai]

I using Telerik for SharePoint on a page layout I am using the tag below

<telerik:RadHtmlField id="EnglishContent" FieldName="English Content" runat="server"> </telerik:RadHtmlField>

My customer requires to have a default text value inside this editor every time the user creates new page from the page layout. When I am trying to use rhe <content> tag I got an error that the tag content is not recognized as a Rad HTML Field tag.

[Ianko]

Hello Mai,

You cannot use RadEditor properties inside the RadHtmlField Web Part. You should firstly point the contig file to be used (http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/moss-sp2010-setting-config-tools-files-in-wcm.html), and then you can modify the controls properties via the ConfigFile (http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/moss-sp2010-set-properties-via-config-file.html).

I should warn you that the Content property will override the text each time the page is edited. Therefore, I can suggest using the EmptyMessage property to add initial text:

<property name="EmptyMessage">add some text</property>

Regards,
Ianko
Telerik

[Mai]

This Empty message property is not working for me . Actually I have two rad editor controls, one for Arabic content and one for English content and even if empty message working both Arabic & English content will be the same.

Any idea about how to have an English default Content and Arabic default Content 

 

Regards,

Mai

[Ianko]

Hi Mai,

The answer to this question entirely depends on how the SharePoint site is localized. If there are different sites for each language, then you can go with the approach to have different config files for the different sites—http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/moss-sp2010-different-configuration-files-for-different-webs.html.

If the localization is handled with different approach, you can handle the OnClientLoad event (http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/moss-sp2010-using_radeditors_client-side_events_in_sharepoint.html), and use the editor's client-side set_emptyMessage() method to change the message, with a localization property or plain string value.

Regards,
Ianko
Telerik