[Radiant] Interest in a WYSIWYG plugin

[Nathan Wright]

I agree that while adding WYSIWYG editing is just about the worst
thing that you can do to a website (at least in terms of proper
markup), every client that I have ever worked with has wanted
something like Microsoft Word in which they could write their pages.

While I wish that everyone would write in Markdown/Textile, most
clients have absolutely no desire, inclination, or time to learn how
to write markup ... even simplified markup. Not only that, but as
fantastic as Markdown and Textile are, they still leave much to be
desired when working with anything _other_ than text (images, flash,
etc.)

The question then isn't how do we convince clients that using a
WYSIWYG is wrong, rather the question is how do you lock down the
WYSIWYG editor just enough that they can do most of the things that
they want without compromising the design of the site.

Hopefully I'll have my WYSIWYG patch finished soon. I used TinyMCE for
the editor (along with a few tweaks of my own) and once you limit some
of TinyMCE's functionality and explain _why_ it needs to be limited to
the client, everyone seems to be happy (of course YMMV).

Note: for those interested in my WYSIWYG patch mentioned in an earlier
thread, I've worked in image uploading. It's still rough around the
edges (especially in the looks department), but it works well enough
for my clients that I haven't gotten a single "how do I ...?" call
from them.

On 10/6/06, Justin Grammens <justingrammens at yahoo.com> wrote:
> WOW! There is an extreme interest by me. I still feel
> like a newbie to Rails and Radiant, but I'm really
> hoping that a few sites that I have done in Wordpress
> & Drupal can be converted to using Radiant. I love the
> flexbility with radius tagging and behaviors.
> Unfortunately, without WYSIWYG editing I know it's a
> tough sell for my clients. I think textile is awesome
> but for the non-technical person they really need a
> WYSIWYG editor. I was planning to start hacking
> something together myself using TinyMCE.
>
> http://johnwulff.com/articles/2006/05/31/tinymce-with-ruby-on-rails
>
> Would this editor plug-in you are talking about also
> support image uploads? at the least it would be nice
> to integrate with another plug-in allowing user's to
> upload resources.
>
> --- Todd Baur <todd at tackletechnology.org> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > My team is researching the plugin architecture of
> > Radiant and the
> > plan is to develop a WYSIWYG editor for Radiant that
> > is similar to
> > what is used in Wordpress. I am willing to
> > contribute the code we
> > develop if there is an interest in the community for
> > it.
> > ~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
> > Todd Baur
> > todd at tackletechnology.org
> > 858-752-1459
> > 11814 Westview Parkway
> > Unit #176
> > San Diego, CA 92126
> >
> >
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-- 
Nathan