[Radiant] Interest in a WYSIWYG plugin

[Sean Cribbs]

In my full-time job, we are considering a large-scale CMS that includes a
WYSIWYG editor.  Many of them nowadays limit or have options to limit what
kind of formatting can be applied to the output.  I agree with the overall
sentiment that Radiant itself does not need a WYSIWYG, but I can understand
why some people might want it, and thus it should be a plugin.  In my mind,
there are a few other things that need to happen if you're going to add
WYSIWYG, most of them having to do with users/groups/permissions etc.
Sounds like a branch/fork/huge plugin to me!

Sean Cribbs
seancribbs.com

On 10/6/06, Nathan Wright <nathan.e.wright at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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