We''re looking to integrate an RTE in a CMS we''re working on. We''ve tried a bunch of different editors, and have yet to find one with clean source code that is easily skinnable and customizable. Any suggestions? Ben
Take a look at TinyMCE http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/. It''s easy to skin, has a simple but powerful plugin architecture, and the source is clean and well documented. The only thing against it in my book is it''s lack of Safari support. Which is only the "fault" of Safari. I''ve used quite a few and can only recommend TinyMCE. -Matt On Jul 11, 2005, at 12:30 PM, Ben Jackson wrote:> We''re looking to integrate an RTE in a CMS we''re working on. We''ve > tried a bunch of different editors, and have yet to find one with > clean source code that is easily skinnable and customizable. Any > suggestions? > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
TinyMCE is nice, two other good ones are: http://www.fckeditor.net/ - bindings for many languages, image uploads http://xinha.python-hosting.com/ - the continuation of htmlArea - it''s ImageManager plugin is unrivaled IMHO, you can crop, resize, rotate images on the spot via javascript. These features require PHP, but it works fine for me on my Apache install which supports both Ruby fcgi and PHP My only problem with Xinha is that it''s incompatible with the prototype js library. It''s prototype''s fault I''m afraid - it extends the Object prototype, which confuses Xinha. So I had to work around that... On Jul 11, 2005, at 7:41 PM, Matthew Erker wrote:> Take a look at TinyMCE http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/. > It''s easy to skin, has a simple but powerful plugin architecture, and > the source is clean and well documented. > > The only thing against it in my book is it''s lack of Safari support. > Which is only the "fault" of Safari. > > I''ve used quite a few and can only recommend TinyMCE. > > -Matt
> My only problem with Xinha is that it''s incompatible with the prototype > js library. It''s prototype''s fault I''m afraid - it extends the Object > prototype, which confuses Xinha. So I had to work around that...I heard thats fixed in prototype which is included with 0.13.1
I tried most of the editors but never found one I really like. The best of the crop in my eyes is RTE because of the simplicity. At this point I think that markup languages like markdown and textile are better options. Combined with Javascript buttons which actually generate the markup and a (ajax based-) live preview they are very intuitive to use. I also observed that people who will work a lot with them will perform much better then they could with a wysiwyg editor. For the apps I write this "expert user" usability is worth a lot. My 2c. On 7/11/05, Ben Jackson <ben-p14LI7ZcAE/pVLaUnt/cCQC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org> wrote:> We''re looking to integrate an RTE in a CMS we''re working on. We''ve > tried a bunch of different editors, and have yet to find one with clean > source code that is easily skinnable and customizable. Any suggestions? > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Tobi http://www.snowdevil.ca - Snowboards that don''t suck http://typo.leetsoft.com - Open source weblog engine http://blog.leetsoft.com - Technical weblog
Hi Ben, Am 11.07.2005 um 19:30 schrieb Ben Jackson:> We''re looking to integrate an RTE in a CMS we''re working on. We''ve > tried a bunch of different editors, and have yet to find one with > clean source code that is easily skinnable and customizable. Any > suggestions?Definetly XStandard (http://www.xstandard.com). Powerful and expandable (Directory-/Image-/File-Services via WebServices) and absolutely XHTML-compliant. The only downside is the pricing of the Pro version. -- lm:streaming solutions | levetzowstrasse 10a | 10555 berlin ceo: bjoern wolf | dennis oelkers telephone: +49-30-22430275 | mail: info-TFyySJyCJcUbwZ3undymew@public.gmane.org
Thanks for all the great suggestions. These editors all look feature-rich. My 2 cents: I can see us having to strip down 90% of the buttons for any of them. Xinha in particular had three entire rows (probably more than 30 or 40 images) of buttons with none of the "extra" options checked. Whatever happened to Bold, Italic and Underline? :) - Ben On Jul 11, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Zoltan Varady wrote:> > TinyMCE is nice, two other good ones are: > > http://www.fckeditor.net/ - bindings for many languages, image uploads > > http://xinha.python-hosting.com/ - the continuation of htmlArea - it''s > ImageManager plugin is unrivaled IMHO, you can crop, resize, rotate > images on the spot via javascript. These features require PHP, but it > works fine for me on my Apache install which supports both Ruby fcgi > and PHP > > My only problem with Xinha is that it''s incompatible with the > prototype js library. It''s prototype''s fault I''m afraid - it extends > the Object prototype, which confuses Xinha. So I had to work around > that... > > On Jul 11, 2005, at 7:41 PM, Matthew Erker wrote: > >> Take a look at TinyMCE http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/. >> It''s easy to skin, has a simple but powerful plugin architecture, and >> the source is clean and well documented. >> >> The only thing against it in my book is it''s lack of Safari support. >> Which is only the "fault" of Safari. >> >> I''ve used quite a few and can only recommend TinyMCE. >> >> -Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Another question... are there any issues with embedding these in rhtml templates that are inserted with AJAX? We tried doing this with RTE at the start and ran into trouble. Ben On Jul 11, 2005, at 4:06 PM, Tobias Luetke wrote:> I tried most of the editors but never found one I really like. The > best of the crop in my eyes is RTE because of the simplicity. > > At this point I think that markup languages like markdown and textile > are better options. Combined with Javascript buttons which actually > generate the markup and a (ajax based-) live preview they are very > intuitive to use. I also observed that people who will work a lot with > them will perform much better then they could with a wysiwyg editor. > For the apps I write this "expert user" usability is worth a lot. > > My 2c. > > On 7/11/05, Ben Jackson <ben-p14LI7ZcAE/pVLaUnt/cCQC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> We''re looking to integrate an RTE in a CMS we''re working on. We''ve >> tried a bunch of different editors, and have yet to find one with >> clean >> source code that is easily skinnable and customizable. Any >> suggestions? >> >> Ben >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > > > -- > Tobi > http://www.snowdevil.ca - Snowboards that don''t suck > http://typo.leetsoft.com - Open source weblog engine > http://blog.leetsoft.com - Technical weblog > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Ben Jackson wrote:> We''re looking to integrate an RTE in a CMS we''re working on. We''ve tried > a bunch of different editors, and have yet to find one with clean source > code that is easily skinnable and customizable. Any suggestions?I just stumbled upon this: http://www.geniisoft.com/showcase.nsf/WebEditors Sascha