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Hi,

Would anybody like to share their approach to managing text formatting with their clients? I’m currently using the FCK Editor for areas where markup formatting is required but there are times when clients get in a real mess, particularly when pasting from other apps.

I’m looking at alternative options like Markdown and Textile but I just wondered what more seasoned users of EE find is most effective?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Would anybody like to share their approach to managing text formatting with their clients?

I take a multi-tiered approach to content entry markup tools. When bidding a site, I bid using EE’s built-in HTML buttons, customized to the tool set I know the client needs. With a little client training, EE’s HTML buttons work very well, generate clean code, and make the content much easier to fix when a client screws up something (and I get paid by the hour to fix it).

That said, I also bid with options for a WYSIWYG editor such as FCK Editor, TinyMCE, et al, at an extra cost (good for those clients who demand a WYSIWYG editor, and with enough billing cushion to make it worth my while, because they all have problems in various browsers),

I’m looking at alternative options like Markdown and Textile but I just wondered what more seasoned users of EE find is most effective?

My favorite is Brandon Kelly’s WYGWAM. Slick, customizable, and affordable.