Movable Type Buttons in Mozilla
I wanted to share this tip with you, in case you run into it.
I’m using Firefox as my primary browser right now (who can’t love a tabbed browser and popup blocker?) I’ve been loving it so far, because it makes browsing the web just a little bit easier. Of course, I run into a good amount of sites (mostly personal sites/blogs) that still have layout issues with Firefox which irks me a little (but who am I to talk? I haven’t checked my other sites for compatibility either). Fifteen percent of my readers are currently using Mozilla, which is a good amount of people.
Anyway, the one BIG thing that has bothered me with my Firefox switch has been when I’ve been creating my blog posts in Movable Type. For some reason, in Firefox the quick buttons at the top of the post box are not available (for bold, italic, underline and to create a hyperlink). I never realized how much I relied on these quick buttons until they were gone. For the last several months I’ve been manually typing the code for everything, where before, in Internet Explorer, all I needed was to click a quick button.
I got fed up with it today and decided to search on it, and it ended up to be a fruitless search. Finally, Dan found a link for me to be able to once again get my MT buttons back.
So I’m sharing this link with you all, in case you’re using Firefox to access MT and know that the buttons are no longer there. Blogzilla has created a new file that will create the buttons for you.
Thank you blogzilla!
Hope this helps!
must remember this when I get MT up and running
I’ve been using Firefox for a good 4-5 months now as my primary browser but I never had a problem with those buttons. They’ve always been there for me. Go figure!
Oh but… are you on MT 2.6 or whatever? Maybe that’s it.
P.S. NOt sure if you’re aware but on Hello Kitty skin your comments still think it’s St Paddy’s Day.
Noelle - yeah, I’m aware of the green kitty comments. Been pretty lazy lately!
I’ll fix it up soon.
here’s gearhead wally speaking:
it’s cause IE implemented their browser differently which is more like a M$ office product. according to w3c standards, that functionality is not specified.
i think most blog app sites have that same problem, but there is a way to mimic the features via javascript.
go moz!