[_] WYSIWYG HTML Editors within a web-based CMS
Tim Beadle
tim.beadle at gmail.com
Wed Sep 6 17:02:32 BST 2006
On 06/09/06, Nic Rodgers <nic.rodgers at enableinteractive.co.uk> wrote:
> There are a plethora of tools[1] that enable what-you-see-is-what-you-get
> editing of (X)HTML within a web based content management tool.
>
> Do any of you have any recommendations and/or experiences of using them?
>
> So far I've looked at Xstandard.com which claims to produce XHTML Strict 1.1
> and is based on webservice components that need to be installed server side.
> Downside is that the actual client-side editor application, whilst browser
> based, does require installation of a client-side application. I can live
> with that, on the basis the fallback (if you don't have the client-side app
> installed) is a standard HTML Text Area that displays the HTML source code.
>
> Ideally, I'm looking for something that outputs valid, semantic XHTML, but
> does not require a client-side application to be installed - eg, it should
> be DOM based.
>
> Any suggestions?
Well, it seems you can do much worse than TinyMCE (used in Wordpress)
- I've added it to my test Drupal install. It's pretty neat.
http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/
Tim
> There are a plethora of tools[1] that enable what-you-see-is-what-you-get
> editing of (X)HTML within a web based content management tool.
>
> Do any of you have any recommendations and/or experiences of using them?
>
> So far I've looked at Xstandard.com which claims to produce XHTML Strict 1.1
> and is based on webservice components that need to be installed server side.
> Downside is that the actual client-side editor application, whilst browser
> based, does require installation of a client-side application. I can live
> with that, on the basis the fallback (if you don't have the client-side app
> installed) is a standard HTML Text Area that displays the HTML source code.
>
> Ideally, I'm looking for something that outputs valid, semantic XHTML, but
> does not require a client-side application to be installed - eg, it should
> be DOM based.
>
> Any suggestions?
Well, it seems you can do much worse than TinyMCE (used in Wordpress)
- I've added it to my test Drupal install. It's pretty neat.
http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/
Tim