[wp-testers] jwysiwyg

Ben Huson ben at thewhiteroom.net
Fri Aug 7 15:41:20 UTC 2009


Not having used JWYSIWYG before, can anyone vouch for how extendable
it is in terms of being able to add new buttons etc?

- Ben


2009/8/7 Kirk M <kmb42vt at gmail.com>:
> After thinking on this a bit, I'll add my vote for changing. The only thing
> in the WordPress core that remains heavy (very heavy) is the TinyMCe editor.
> Although I can most certainly predict a few nightmares involved in changing
> over to JWYSIWYG I think it would be well worth some serious thinking.
> Besides, nothing says JWYSIWYG can't be tailored to meet WordPress' specific
> needs.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> On 08/07/2009 07:58 AM, Darren Mackintosh wrote:
>>
>> If it has syntax highlighting in then I'm all for it. Otherwise, if it
>> isn't broke don't fix it...
>>
>> Darren
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>>    1. jwysiwyg? (Dan Milward)
>>    2. Re: jwysiwyg? (bradkovach at gmail.com)
>>    3. Re: jwysiwyg? (Paleo Pat)
>>    4. Re: jwysiwyg? (Dan Milward)
>>    5. Re: jwysiwyg? (Paleo Pat)
>>    6. Re: jwysiwyg? (scribu)
>>    7. Re: jwysiwyg? (Jacob Santos)
>>    8. New post problem (scribu)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:22:42 +1200
>> From: Dan Milward<dan at instinct.co.nz>
>> Subject: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
>> To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
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>> How do people feel about replacing tinyMCE with jwysiwyg?
>>
>> Best,
>> Dan
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 05:27:32 +0000
>> From: bradkovach at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
>> To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
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>> WordPress relies heavily on tinyMCE. Having said that, it also relies
>> heavily on jQuery. I think that it might make core lighter. But it would
>> break a lot of plugins unless a conduit was made.
>>
>> Brad Kovach
>> http://www.bradkovach.com
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Dan Milward
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>> Subject: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
>> Sent: May 28, 2009 11:22 PM
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>> How do people feel about replacing tinyMCE with jwysiwyg?
>>
>> Best,
>> Dan
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 01:29:30 -0400
>> From: Paleo Pat<tpblogeditor at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
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>> Um, Please. No.
>>
>> It's just starting to work properly.
>>
>> That is all.
>>
>> -Chuck
>> http://www.politicalbyline.com
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:27 AM,<bradkovach at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> WordPress relies heavily on tinyMCE. Having said that, it also relies
>>> heavily on jQuery. I think that it might make core lighter. But it
>>> would break a lot of plugins unless a conduit was made.
>>>
>>> Brad Kovach
>>> http://www.bradkovach.com
>>> ------Original Message------
>>> From: Dan Milward
>>> Sender: wp-testers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
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>>> Subject: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
>>> Sent: May 28, 2009 11:22 PM
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>>> How do people feel about replacing tinyMCE with jwysiwyg?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Dan
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:37:27 +1200
>> From: Dan Milward<dan at instinct.co.nz>
>> Subject: Re: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
>> To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
>> Message-ID:<4A1F7497.3070203 at instinct.co.nz>
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>> Is it really though? tinyMCE just seems so heavy - I started wondering
>> about this because we have a client that uses a resolution smaller then
>> 1024 x 768 (old client journalist with bad eyesight) and her tinyMC gets
>> lost under her Screen Options which is kind of crap for her.
>>
>> We wanted to fix it but tinyMCE visual mode uses tables and it hurt our
>> collective heads just thinking about fixing it :P
>>
>> d
>>
>> On 29/5/09 5:29 PM, Paleo Pat wrote:
>>>
>>> Um, Please. No.
>>>
>>> It's just starting to work properly.
>>>
>>> That is all.
>>>
>>> -Chuck
>>> http://www.politicalbyline.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:27 AM,<bradkovach at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> WordPress relies heavily on tinyMCE. Having said that, it also relies
>>>> heavily on jQuery. I think that it might make core lighter. But it
>>>> would break a lot of plugins unless a conduit was made.
>>>>
>>>> Brad Kovach
>>>> http://www.bradkovach.com
>>>> ------Original Message------
>>>> From: Dan Milward
>>>> Sender: wp-testers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>>>> To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
>>>> ReplyTo: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
>>>> Subject: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
>>>> Sent: May 28, 2009 11:22 PM
>>>>
>>>> How do people feel about replacing tinyMCE with jwysiwyg?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Dan
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 01:41:13 -0400
>> From: Paleo Pat<tpblogeditor at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
>> To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
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>>
>> Hmmmmm...... Maybe it's time to get her a bigger monitor. LOL....
>>
>> Seriously though, if you all want to switch over, just make sure the new
>> editor DOES NOT MONKEY WITH THE ABILITY to EMBED CODE....
>>
>> You all know what I mean... that was my biggest gripe about the older
>> versions of Wordpress. You all have FINALLY gotten that right, please, no
>> backsteps in production.
>>
>> -Chuck
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Dan Milward<dan at instinct.co.nz>  wrote:
>>
>>> Is it really though? tinyMCE just seems so heavy - I started wondering
>>> about this because we have a client that uses a resolution smaller
>>> then 1024 x 768 (old client journalist with bad eyesight) and her
>>> tinyMC gets lost under her Screen Options which is kind of crap for
>>> her.
>>>
>>> We wanted to fix it but tinyMCE visual mode uses tables and it hurt
>>> our collective heads just thinking about fixing it :P
>>>
>>> d
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29/5/09 5:29 PM, Paleo Pat wrote:
>>>
>>>> Um, Please. No.
>>>>
>>>> It's just starting to work properly.
>>>>
>>>> That is all.
>>>>
>>>> -Chuck
>>>> http://www.politicalbyline.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:27 AM,<bradkovach at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> WordPress relies heavily on tinyMCE. Having said that, it also
>>>>> relies heavily on jQuery. I think that it might make core lighter.
>>>>> But it would break a lot of plugins unless a conduit was made.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brad Kovach
>>>>> http://www.bradkovach.com
>>>>> ------Original Message------
>>>>> From: Dan Milward
>>>>> Sender: wp-testers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>>>>> To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
>>>>> ReplyTo: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
>>>>> Subject: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
>>>>> Sent: May 28, 2009 11:22 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> How do people feel about replacing tinyMCE with jwysiwyg?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Dan
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 09:37:57 +0300
>> From: scribu<scribu at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [wp-testers] jwysiwyg?
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>> I use jWYSIWYG for my Front-end
>> Editor<http://scribu.net/wordpress/front-end-editor>plugin because it's very
>> fast to load. However, people are constantly asking me to include the
>> tinyMCE editor, because jWYSIWYG seems too basic, in comparison.
>>
>> I think a plugin that replaces the tinyMCE editor in the admin is your
>> only option.
>>
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