Posted by Simon Bridgewater on 06/26/05 12:24

You need some form of WYSIWYG editor. If you google php wysiwyg javascript
there is quite a few free ones to choose from

"Chris" <none@ANTISPAM.com> wrote in message
news:Mmuve.4821$iT1.2842@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
> Right here goes...
>
> I have an admin area for a site that I am designing, it allows the users
of the site (not very web design proficient at all) to
> add news items to the site. The page is set up as follows:
>
> Date textfield
> Headline textfield
> Story textarea
>
> My question is, how do I get the content of the story text area to be
formatted so it looks like proper paragraphs on the web
> page? I know this can be done by inserting html into the content of the
story, i.e. <p> tags, but the users do not have a clue
> about that and therefore I need a method where by they can just type in
the text and it appears on the screen in formatted
> paragraphs.
>
> Can anyone assist in this?
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Chris.
>
> www.bororules.co.uk
> www.lascoronas10.co.uk
>
>
>

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