I’d like to submit a new extension for people’s use and feedback.
Yep—it’s another FCKeditor extension. But trust me, it’s different to the existing extension, being much more flexible, and only slightly harder to use.
From the README:
One advantage of FCKeditor over TinyMCE is its ability to set editor options
on a per-instance basis. That means you can have multiple FCKeditor fields
in a publish form, all with different configurations.
This extension enables this flexibility. You can select exactly which
textareas you want to convert to WYSIWYG fields, and individually configure
those fields. For example, one might be a big WYSIWYG field for body text
with a full-featured editing toolbar; another a narrow field for a sidebar
with custom CSS file for accurate preview, and a third an “image” field
with a simple toolbar that only allows images to be uploaded to it.
So how does it work?
Each “Textarea” type field’s configuration directives are stored in the
textarea that contains the options for “Drop-down List” type fields. Recent
versions of EE require you to change the field-type to “Drop-down List”
temporarily to see and edit these options.
Setting the first line in this field to the string “wysiwyg” activates the
extension, and transforms the textarea into an FCKeditor field with default
configuration. Subsequent lines can contain relevant configuration
parameters.
There’s a README file with full installation instructions for the extension. I don’t try to describe how to install/configure FCKeditor itself, which is another issue.
I’m interested to see if others find this useful.
