Frequently Asked Questions

Version française.

Firstly, this page is always being improved, so if you don't understand something, or you think something is missing, then please post a message in the forum in the Discussion Forum.

On the project

• Q: How can I help the project ? Developers
• Q: Have you had a chance to put up a donation page? Donations

Installation

• Q: How do I get started ? Newbie
• Q: Do i need a webserver or can I use the script through file ?
  • A: You need a webserver, else some plugins and other langages than english won't work...
• Q: Why get the changes only submitted when switching into HTML-Mode?
  • A: Most probably you submit the form using JavaScript? (form.submit()), call form.onsubmit() (see #450)
• Q: How can I change the default editor CSS? (default CSS)

Editor usage

• Q: How to insert a <br> tag ? Carriage return

Configuration

• Q: Is it possible to start xinha in fullscreen mode? Full screen
• Q: How can I hide the path bar ? Path bar
• Q: How can I change the default display font ? Font
• Q: How can I resize the editor ? Resize
• Q: How can I make the h1 tag and other tags to be styled the way they will show on my website ? CSS

Troubles

• Q: I have done everything explained in newbie document but the texts are always in english, how can I use my language file ?
  • A1: Make sure your language file is up to date.
  • A2: The translation system (i18n) will only work if you have a webserver.
• Q: My text appears strangely in my textarea ?
  • A: You should entitize data put into textareas Entitize data

Developers

• Q: Is there a list of all the functions xinha uses? Xinha functions
• Q: How do I update the data in the editor? setHTML(), getHTML()...

About the plugins

• Q: Is there a tutorial for plugin creation?
  • A: Hope it will arrive soon...