The tiny_mce editor should appear nevertheless. View the source of an admin page where tiny_mce should appear. Check the <script> tags. You should have something like this (I've set my ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX to '/admin_media/'): <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../jsi18n/"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/admin_media/js/core.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/admin_media/js/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/admin_media/js/textareas.js"></script>
Now verify that your browser can load these paths. Try e.g. the url: http://your.domain.com/admin_media/js/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js You should see some javascript code. If you get an error, your tiny_mce directory is not in the right place. It should be inside the admin media directory.