Over here we use Xstandard (xstandard.com). It is the best editor I have
seen and I have seen the FCKEditor and other like-editors. Xstandard outputs
Xhtml compliant code and has great custom css class integration. Their
website is not the best, but their tech support is super fast and always
Andy Matthews wrote:
I've tried out FCKEditor and it appears to be very nice, cross-browser but
it's got a lot of extra things you need to do to get it working fully. I'm
spefically referring to the image browser having to be configured manually.
Alternately, does anyone have any code which
Andy Matthews wrote:
I've tried out FCKEditor and it appears to be very nice, cross-browser but
from an i18n perspective, FCKeditor is a lot better than tinyMCE.
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Here an great comparison list of rich editors:
http://www.geniisoft.com/showcase.nsf/WebEditors
Cheers, Artur
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From: Andy Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 4:31 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: best rich text editor for CF?
Previously I've
, 2006 10:28 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: best rich text editor for CF?
Andy Matthews wrote:
I've tried out FCKEditor and it appears to be very nice, cross-browser but
it's got a lot of extra things you need to do to get it working fully. I'm
spefically referring to the image browser having
a good CMS should NOT allow users to use HTML to fulfill all their
fantasies.
See, this is -- to me at least -- where the laboratory gets hit smack in
the face with reality. Yes of course styles should rule. But try telling a
user their tabulated data can't be entered into the cms (tables are
Claude Schneegans wrote:
What for instance would you like to have?
You pretty much listed our requirements :)
- a good CMS should NOT allow users to use HTML to fulfill all their
fantasies.
So, users should not be able to define any color, font size and what
ever, instead, they
should
Finally, the HTML editor should not allow users to upload any image
anytime.
Cuz god only knows nobody should ever want to put an image into a web
page. They should always have to call the server administrator in order
to do so.
I guess that's a fine idea if you don't care about usability
Somebody needs to keep a control on job security... ;-)
Dave
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From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:36 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Best Rich Text Editor
Finally, the HTML editor should not allow users to upload any image
a good CMS should NOT allow users to use HTML to fulfill all their
fantasies.
But try telling a
user their tabulated data can't be entered into the cms (tables are about
the only way that'll happen)
When I said should NOT allow users to use HTML I was thinking of colors,
fonts, etc.
If colors
Cuz god only knows nobody should ever want to put an image into a web
page. They should always have to call the server administrator in order
to do so.
You didn't get the point:
I said that image upload must be done by the CMS, not the HTML editor.
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. And when they want to get in, post some info and get out in 30
seconds or less, you had better not put up hoops to uploading images.
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From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:08 PM
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Subject: Re: Best Rich Text Editor
, 2005 12:38 AM
To: CF-Talk
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Claude Schneegans wrote:
- a good HTML Editor should not be embeded in a textarea, instead, it
should open a new window which can be resized any sized to resemble
the final page the text is intended, otherwise it is not really
style control in fckeditor works for us.
Yes, it is ok, the only thing I don't like, is that the designer must
use XML to describe the styles,
not always an easy approach, even developpers are not always familiar
with XML.
In my editor, (and I'm sure with some others), a regular CSS file can
This is also a good way to avoid popup blocker blues.
I solved this problem with a pop up enabled test on the admin login.
If pop ups are not allowed, the user is sent to a page that explain how
to allow them
at least for the domain thay are working for.
Don't forget that the CMS is intended
So you have the HTML editor launch the CMS image upload module. Everyone's
happy.
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From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:13 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Best Rich Text Editor
Cuz god only knows nobody should ever want
(which works very well - much like GMail's).
cheers,
barneyb
On 8/10/05, Roger B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to build
our own simple CMS?
Until TinyMCE gets native Spellerpages support, I'll consider
FCKeditor the go-to WYSIWYG
example being the hard-coded upload directories).
There's no right or wrong approach.
Look here for a minimalist view and implementation of a different editor (by
Massimo Foti, a very knowledgeable guy):
http://www.olimpo.ch/tmt/tag/tmt_xhtmleditorPro/
Irvin
So what is the best Rich Text
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From: Irvin Gomez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like FCKEditor v1.6.
FCKeditor v1 only works with IE.
Version 2 is out with additional features (like form
creation, tables, fonts, colors, etc). Some people love them;
I consider them useless and potentially
and implementation of a different
editor (by Massimo Foti, a very knowledgeable guy):
http://www.olimpo.ch/tmt/tag/tmt_xhtmleditorPro/
Irvin
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to
build
our own simple CMS? I keep hearing FCK lately, but until recently
never
Toolbars can be configured in FCKEditor, too. And the new version works on a
couple other browsers.
TinyMCE is very nice, but the lack of image upload and preview is enough for me
to not use it. My experience is that clients need and love this feature. Rick
Root developed a plugin that kind of
That's one reason I like TinyMCE, you can customize it to your needs so
you're not giving people access to completely break everything.
I've got one client with a TON of admin forms with FCK all over them.
The client does *everything* in Word and then paste, and that's why we
went with FCK.
Claude,
Can I have a look at your html editor?
Felipe
On 8/11/05, Claude Schneegans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is also a good way to avoid popup blocker blues.
I solved this problem with a pop up enabled test on the admin login.
If pop ups are not allowed, the user is sent to a page
On 8/11/05, Claude Schneegans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
or that because the Board of Directors wants to
use Comic Sans in 96-pt Muave for their monthly report's page title that
you
can't accomodate them because only a bad system would allow such a
thing...
No, my point is that if the
User defined styles are totally the way to go. In our tool (CMS/DMS +
other communications-related stuff), we expose both the ability to
define entirely custom CSS, and a simple editor for creating classes
with basic options (text styling, pretty much). It works really well.
The system uses all
I have to say though that the latter is not a
half bad idea. When i have some time (yeah right... free time) I'll look
into adding that into my cms when I upgrade to FCKEditor 2.0
I have already made some work on that. It is not yet sufficiently
client proof to be installed
on a production
Can I have a look at your html editor?
It is only used on admin side on some of my sites.
And since it is not (yet) a commercial product I sell with my tags,
I have no sample public yet.
I'll try to set up something and I'll let you know.
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REUSE CODE!
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to build
our own simple CMS? I keep hearing FCK lately, but until recently never
heard of it. Others I have heard about, seems no one talks about anymore.
Constanty Connie DeCinko III
Web Architect, Webmaster, Web Developer
TinyMCE is my favorite. Very nice interface, both for the user and
the developer, and extension is a snap.
cheers,
barneyb
On 8/10/05, Connie DeCinko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to build
our own simple CMS? I keep hearing FCK
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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:01 PM
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Subject: Best Rich Text Editor (was: RE: Looking for very simple CMS)
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to build
our own simple CMS? I keep hearing FCK lately, but until recently never
heard
Connie DeCinko wrote:
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to build
our own simple CMS? I keep hearing FCK lately, but until recently never
heard of it. Others I have heard about, seems no one talks about anymore.
We're moving from soeditor (having finally given
www.flashtexteditor.com
I'm working on a free version in my spare time, but its nowhere near ready
for beta.
Cheers,
Kevin
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From: Pete Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: August 10, 2005 11:28 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Best Rich Text Editor
Connie DeCinko
FCKeditor.
Russ
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From: Connie DeCinko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10 August 2005 18:01
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Best Rich Text Editor (was: RE: Looking for very simple CMS)
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to build
our own simple CMS
-Original Message-
From: Connie DeCinko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who
need to build our own simple CMS?
I still love TinyMCE.
--
Damien McKenna - Web Developer - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Limu Company - http
Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: August 10, 2005 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: Best Rich Text Editor
Connie DeCinko wrote:
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to build
our own simple CMS? I keep hearing FCK lately, but until recently never
That's not a problem. It already is. =]
Cheers,
Kevin
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From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: August 10, 2005 12:30 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Best Rich Text Editor
If I could recommend a feature, make is Flash6 Player compatible.
-Adam
On 8/10/05
None of them do exactly what we want
What for instance would you like to have?
I've designed my own, because I didn't find any (at that time) which had
all the characteristics
I thought should belong to an HTML editor in a good CMS.
- a good CMS should NOT allow users to use HTML to fulfill
I love Xstandard.
http://www.xstandard.com
- j
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From: Damien McKenna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 2:03 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Best Rich Text Editor (was: RE: Looking for very simple CMS)
-Original Message-
From: Connie
So what is the best Rich Text editor today, for those of who need to build
our own simple CMS?
Until TinyMCE gets native Spellerpages support, I'll consider
FCKeditor the go-to WYSIWYG editor.
--
Roger Benningfield
http://journurl.com/
http://admin.support.journurl.com
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