Thanks Wayne and Jim

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Wayne Mackintosh
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Will WYSIWYG editing make a difference? WE think so, and we need your help.
>
> There is a keen interest among WikiEducators for us to implement WYSIWYG
> editing. Over the past two -years we have received numerous requests to
> implement Rich Text Editing on WikiEducator.
>
> We are pleased to announce that the Open Education Resource Foundation will
> implement WYSIWYG editing in the near future. We need your help in testing
> the environment.
>
> WE are asking WikiEducators to visit the test installation on the Athabasca
> University servers, especially our more experienced users with large complex
> pages.  Please take note of the following message which appears in RED text
> on the test servers.
>
> NOTE: THIS IS A TEST SITE FOR WIKIEDUCATOR -
> YOUR EDITS WILL NOT BE PRESERVED WHEN WE UPDATE THE DATABASE
>
> This message which appears on every page in the testing environment, will
> remind you that your edits will NOT be preserved.
>
> Go to: http://we1.wikieducator.net/Main_Page (The test server)
> Login with your usual WikiEducator username and password
> Go to your favourite page in WikiEducator
> Click on the normal edit link
> You will have the option of editing the normal way.
> To test the WYSIWYG editor, click on the "Rich Editor Link"
> Let us know what you think
>
> Note that templates work a little differently in this environment and if you
> want to copy and paste text from another environment it is better to use the
> standard wiki editor. If you identify any bugs or strange behaviours --
> please report them on this page in the live WikiEducator:
>
> http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Editing
>
> With any new technology, there will be minor teething problems. That's to be
> expected. Helping us test the environment will ensure that we minimise these
> problems and to assess whether we are ready to go live with Rich Text
> Editing.
>
> Have fun and look forward to reading your feedback.
>
> Cheers
> Wayne and Jim from OERF
>


FCK Editor works really well in general (not too many errors, bugs
etc) This is what we use in http://socialmediaclassroom.com
application wiki. Seems to be really well integrated with Media wiki
too. Some may ask you to enable it by default, I can imagine.



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> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.
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