TinyMCE is fun but is it possible to switch to something even better or at least easier to deal with?
There are a few great comercial wysiwyg editors out there and an option to switch would be great. As for the macro, links and insert media dialogs, most of the editors will accept plugins, so those will be easy to integrate (for me, develop those plugins would be easier to deal with some current TinyMCE bugs :-)
The reason is for those who already have one of these editors (like me - I have a DevExpress subscription), could make use of it. Also, editors from DevExpress, Infragistics, ComponentOne and a few others, are pretty easy to integrate since they are meant to be integrated to ASP.NET and VS.
Haven't tried this yet, but I think this is possible as you can create your own datatype. Most likely you need have to implement things like macro rendering by yourself.
For the macro buttons, you'll probably need to look into the source to see how Umbraco are doing it (either use reflector, or just grab the source from http://umbraco.codeplex.com). Using reflector on the existing data types is also a great way to learn how to go about creating your own data types.
Not just macrorendering by image insertion link insertion you need to hook into umbraco tree to get the picker as you do currently with tinymce if you dig into existing source and take a look at how they have done it with tinymce then you should be able to plug your own in.
Oh man, why i didn't think about data types? That's a great idea. I will see what I can do with it and off course will let you guys know. Thanks a lot.
If you get this working or can document issues/solutions as you go you'd make me a happy camper :)
I also have a devexpress subscription (for winforms, I haven't used their ASP.Net stuff). So will be looking to do this as I also feel tinyMCE is a bit limited/akward to use. I don't have time to do it right now as I'm an umbraco noobie but it's something I will be looking to do in the next few months once I get over the learning curve (maybe I could help out).
Is it possible to use a different wysiwyg editor?
TinyMCE is fun but is it possible to switch to something even better or at least easier to deal with?
There are a few great comercial wysiwyg editors out there and an option to switch would be great.
As for the macro, links and insert media dialogs, most of the editors will accept plugins, so those will be easy to integrate (for me, develop those plugins would be easier to deal with some current TinyMCE bugs :-)
The reason is for those who already have one of these editors (like me - I have a DevExpress subscription), could make use of it. Also, editors from DevExpress, Infragistics, ComponentOne and a few others, are pretty easy to integrate since they are meant to be integrated to ASP.NET and VS.
Haven't tried this yet, but I think this is possible as you can create your own datatype. Most likely you need have to implement things like macro rendering by yourself.
Hey CodeMaster2008
Yea, as atze suggested, your best bet would be to create a custom data type. I'd recommend you read up on Tim's blog about creating data types:
http://www.nibble.be/?p=62
http://www.nibble.be/?p=50
For the macro buttons, you'll probably need to look into the source to see how Umbraco are doing it (either use reflector, or just grab the source from http://umbraco.codeplex.com). Using reflector on the existing data types is also a great way to learn how to go about creating your own data types.
Would be interested to see what you come up with.
All the best
Matt
Guys,
Not just macrorendering by image insertion link insertion you need to hook into umbraco tree to get the picker as you do currently with tinymce if you dig into existing source and take a look at how they have done it with tinymce then you should be able to plug your own in.
Regards
Ismail
Oh man, why i didn't think about data types? That's a great idea. I will see what I can do with it and off course will let you guys know. Thanks a lot.
Hi there,
If you get this working or can document issues/solutions as you go you'd make me a happy camper :)
I also have a devexpress subscription (for winforms, I haven't used their ASP.Net stuff). So will be looking to do this as I also feel tinyMCE is a bit limited/akward to use. I don't have time to do it right now as I'm an umbraco noobie but it's something I will be looking to do in the next few months once I get over the learning curve (maybe I could help out).
For reference, here's a link to their demo http://demos.devexpress.com/ASPxHTMLEditorDemos/Features/General.aspx, I've just been playing with it in Opera 10.60. It works really well (which is rare for a WYSIWG in Opera).
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