This is a follow-up to a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago. You can catch up at http://blogs.missouristate.edu/web/2008/10/24/the-end-of-an-editor-as-we-know-it/
Two weeks into the project, I’ve got linking and images integrated with the asset manager. After a couple of frustrating tries, I took a radically new approach to Edit via Form and it’s working charmingly (in IE and FireFox). We’ve begun testing in earnest and anticipate rolling out the editor live soon.
But probably the coolest achievement to date was this:
At this point, this functionality is simply a proof of concept. However, I’m working on finishing it up and we plan to implement editing this way in all of our projects. This integration only required a very minor tweak to our template (I added a span tag and an id). There is no RQL magic involved in invoking the editor.
Chad that is amazing. Am very interested to see how the integration was done, esp. if you are able to get linking, images, and file attachments working. Would much prefer an in-page embedded TinyMCE to FCKEdit.
Ok, quick question: Tiny isn’t integrated into the asset manager is it? How are you handling images that you want included via text blocks?
This is a complete integration – even more so than the FCKEditor. Page references and asset manager integration was the first thing I worked on.
In addition, the editor is restricting the content markup based on the text-editor settings for the element.
Yes, I can’t wait! Certain things have bothered me with the FCKEditor for a while…. please keep us updated on the progress and let us know when it’s fairly safe to use.
rad.
It makes all the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. And if you mean that it’s reading the editor flags for the text element in Red Dot–that’s just Unnatural. Next thing, you’ll be talking crazy stuff like “it works equally well in FF v2 or v3,” or that it exposes the styles defined in Red Dot stylesheet folders for selection by the users.
This man is insane… Somebody stop him before he makes text editing in Red Dot truly intuitive. We just can’t have that.
Good job, Chad.
Pingback: A Brave New World – Office of Web and New Media Blog - Missouri State University
I thought I put up a comment here. How come its gone?