How to setup FCKeditor

updated version of this article which works with CKEditor 3.x here ¶

To start with you need to download the latest stable release of FCKeditor. Extract the downloaded file and place the fckeditor/ folder in your applications webroot directory.

Next to do is to download the Yii FCKeditor extension, created by Ascomae. Extract the downloaded file, and place the fckeditor/ widget folder in your web applications protected/extensions/ directory.

Configuring the FCKeditorWidget ¶

In the view where you want to use the FCKeditorWidget:

<?php $this->widget('application.extensions.fckeditor.FCKEditorWidget',array(
    "model"=>$pages,                # Data-Model
    "attribute"=>'content',         # Attribute in the Data-Model
    "height"=>'400px',
    "width"=>'100%',
    "toolbarSet"=>'Basic',          # EXISTING(!) Toolbar (see: fckeditor.js)
    "fckeditor"=>Yii::app()->basePath."/../fckeditor/fckeditor.php",
                                    # Path to fckeditor.php
    "fckBasePath"=>Yii::app()->baseUrl."/fckeditor/",
                                    # Realtive Path to the Editor (from Web-Root)
    "config" => array(
        "EditorAreaCSS"=>Yii::app()->baseUrl.'/css/index.css',),
                                    # http://docs.fckeditor.net/FCKeditor_2.x/Developers_Guide/Configuration/Configuration_Options
                                    # Additional Parameter (Can't configure a Toolbar dynamicly)
    ) ); ?>

the model property is the instance of the Model to be associated with.
attribute the Model attribute to be associated with.
fckeditor, the path to the fckeditor php file.
fckBasePath, the url to the editor frontend to be loaded inside the iframe.
config Most parameter in the fckconfig.js can be changed within this config. http://docs.fckeditor.net/FCKeditor_2.x/Developers_Guide/Configuration/Configuration_Options

If those instructions have been followed exactly the FCKeditor should work correctly.