I'm looking into the WYSIWYG editors provided within the CMS and trying to determine the best one to go with. Along with this I'd really like to have a better file/upload/image editor as well (even if it costs a little something). The default FCK option works OK, but I've had experience with TinyMCE on other projects and it feels more polished to me. They offer (for purchase) a really nice file manager and image editor plug-in as well.

I'm mostly curious if anyone has successfully implented any advanced functionality around this topic. Anyone get TinyMCE working with it's plug-ins? I suspect this isn't easy out fo the box with the way it needs to integrate with mojoPortal. Or maybe there's a plug-in for FCK that does the file manger/image editing that will integrate easier?

My clients are all computer boneheads and I need their experience to be as simple as possible, yet functional. They need to upload and manage documents and photos and do not have image editing software on their computers. This is why an image editing plug-in would be great, all it needs to do is resize, compress and save. And then if the file manager could limit them to one main "content" folder where they don't see any other directories that would be ideal, thumbnail previews would be great too :)

Thanks for any help that's out there or pointing me to an existing post if there is one, I looked but didn't find much.

Thanks for the feedback.

Or maybe you integrate a commercial upload/image editor as an add-on module? Add the cost of the commercial license and $50-$75 for you. Maybe the module costs $150 or so (just guessing)? Just an option that might be easier/quicker and free up development time. I'd spend $150 today if there was a solution I could just plug-in.

Kevin,

I'm sure others would love to be able to use the provider you implemented if you wanted to share it on the Community Downloads. 

Eric,

I can't help myself, I'm in the process of building a file browser/manager for TinyMCE. Already got the browsing part working. Not sure it will have image resizing in the first iteration but it does allow previewing the images so its going to be a little better than what we have in FCKeditor today.

I've also got the content templates and content styles integrated and working in TinyMCE. Have a feeling I will be making TinyMCE the default on new installations.

Cheers,

Joe

Well, you've been really busy. I really like the changes you have made with the security/permissions stuff and the TinyMCE changes are great! I think a lot of people are going to love using TinyMCE vs FCKEditor.

I made some changes to FCKEditor yesterday to make it show thumbnails for images. Problem is, it tries to show thumbnails for everything else too. I'll keep that on my site until the next mojo release.

I think making TinyMCE the default will be a good step considering FCKEditor is being replaced by CKEditor anyway.

A paginated view of thumbnails for the TinyMCE preview functionality would be nice because clicking on each file to see the preview takes a while to find what you are looking for. That kind of functionality isn't immediate though becuase what you have done is so much better than what we have with FCK anyway!

Thanks for your hard work!

-Joe D.

Yea, this is looking SWEET! It's much more user friendly and easy to figure out. The TinyMCE feels more modern and sexy too. Here are my comments/questions so far:

1) The permissions for uploading is HUGE, I greatly appreciate that one. My users are idiots and this is the only way I'd trust them editing their web site. Very, very cool.

2) The file manager/image viewer is greatly improved. Previewing the images was critical.
    - I don't see a way for content publishers to "delete" files in the file manager. Maybe a little red X next to the left of each file name?
    - Not sure how possible, but possibly a "max" prevew size limitator. People are going to upload 800x800 photos and it would be nice if the preview wasn't quite that large. Not critical but a nice to have.
    - It might be good to rearrange the file manger interface a little so it's clearer how to create a new folder, upload a new file and make a file selection. The form fields could be shorter to give you more room, most authors will only be visually looking at this and don't know what the paths mean anyhow. If there was a way so that at each folder level it was somehow clearer where you are so when a user uploads or creates a new folder it goes in the right place. If you're curious I could put a graphical layoutout togeter for you just as food for thought. Nothign too fancy, just to break the options up a little.
    - If you are previewing a larger image the list of files folders centers next to the image instead of staying at the top. Aligning to the top so it stays in that position would be better.
    - There's a bug in the demo area. Log in as eric@eric.com / eric and go to file manager. If you click on the eric test folder I created it keeps repeating itself and the files over and over and over again.
   - I like the way the folders expand and collapse, very elegant!

I'll play around more later!!! Gotta run.....