Dca2010 wysiwyg

Shootout at theWYSIWYG CorralBy Jeff DiecksSenior Project Manager, Mediacurrent
Drupalcamp Atlanta 2010
October 2, 2010

“They’re all basically the same.”
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“They’re all basically the same.”
Photo by parudox/Flickr

Objective
Select the best editor, available through the WYSIWYG Module, for common content entry tasks in Drupal.
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Candidates
CKEditor
NicEdit
openWYSIWYG
TinyMCE
WYMeditor
YUI Editor
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Setup
-WYSIWYG Module
-Install editors
-Input Format for each editor, all filters on, strip disallowed tags
-Allowed tags list:
<a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p> <b> <i> <u> <img> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <div> <span> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th> <td> <br />
-Configure WYSIWYG profile settings
-Enter 1 node per editor, select corresponding input filter
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My Criteria
Installs Easily & “Just Works”
Available Buttons & Keyboard Shortcuts That Work:
e.g. Bold, Italic, Underline, Indent, Lists, H2, Links
Paste From Word
Paste From Notepad
Line breaks and clean paragraphs
Quality of Markup Generated
Documentation
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My Scores
CKEditor - 61
NicEdit - 34
openWYSIWYG - 36
TinyMCE - 61
WYMeditor - 55
YUI Editor - 57
jWYSIWYG - DQ
markItUp – DQ
Whizzywig - DQ
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Time for a Shootout
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Criteria Added by Attendees
Inline Images
Teaser Break
<hr>
Cross browser
tabs
special characters
comment code (
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The Winner!
Will be announced in a posting at mediacurrent.com later this week (Oct. 4-8, 2010) after I test the criteria the attendees suggested in the session against the two finalists
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Dca2010 wysiwyg

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