WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon Posts in the discussion thread "WYSIWYG quite soon!" http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-203401 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-203401 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:28:52 +0000 maki 29236 I posted a suggestion for a standalone editor for the wikidot syntax some time ago. I think it is darely needed, far easier to make than a wysiwyg-editor and I guess, if wysiwyg is that needed, maybe it would be less pain to implement on such an external editor?

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-203254 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-203254 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:46:30 +0000 Craig Macomber 28020 Anyway, it seems that a WYSIWYG editor is not in very high demand: http://community.wikidot.com/wishlist:wysiwyg-editor.

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-203236 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-203236 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:38:59 +0000 michal frackowiak 1 WYSIWYG editing is a VERY complicated subject and it looks like wiki farms that switched to it did not gain extra usability points by that. It requires a lot of browser-side and server-side transformations and document mangling and we have decided to move this feature to the Wikidot 2.0

At the time this news was posted we did have a prototype of wysiwyg editor and it was working very nice. But as you probably know the browser support for such editors is quite poor (inconsistent) and we would have to hack deeply into the software — we have decided that it would be better to concentrate on different things.

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-191425 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-191425 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:37:21 +0000 Davide Piga 76524 You are so damn right.

I love this wiki farm. But c'mon "WYSIWYG quite soon!" was posted in 2006! I can't imagine there was no progress in that field until now.

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-190623 2008 http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-190623 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:45:18 +0000 arch1k 53493 I love this wiki farm. But c'mon "WYSIWYG quite soon!" was posted in 2006! I can't imagine there was no progress in that field until now.

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-83939 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-83939 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:31:22 +0000 tsafririh 62146 Hello,

This is one of the most impressive free Wiki hosting sites. The only drawback that is preventing me from starting my own wiki site here is the missing WYSIWYG editor. When will it be available?

BR,
tsafririh

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-65317 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-65317 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:50:10 +0000 Flemming 4486 Hi

whats the status on the WYSIWYG editor?

regards Flemming

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-53481 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-53481 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:43:12 +0000 ErichSteinboeck 7925 Michal, what are the news regarding the WYSIWYG editor? Thanks!

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-5513 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-5513 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:24:41 +0000 michal frackowiak 1 It is almost ready but needs some testing on different browsers… I think it will be here in January 2007.

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-5204 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-5204 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:52:37 +0000 clemens_wieser 3378 A WYSIWYG-editor would be a great thing! When is it planned to be implemented?

Thanks,
Clemens

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-4731 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-4731 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:08:35 +0000 michal frackowiak 1 Sure, there will be such an option!!!

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-4006 Re: WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-4006 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:24:13 +0000 sevenwires 4285 Maybe I am just strange — But one of things I love most is the text editing. At some point, all wysiwyg tools (most notably, Microsoft Word!) gets confused (probably due to hidden tags and codes orphaned from repeated editing) and it get extrememly difficult for me to tame the darn thing.

But of course, I appreciate the fact that most normal people might find wysiwyg easier to use … If at all possible … Please make it an option for users to choose their own favorite default editing mode?

Thanks for all the great stuff!

]]> http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410#post-2959 WYSIWYG quite soon! http://www.wikidot.com/forum/t-1410/wysiwyg-quite-soon#post-2959 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:48:15 +0000 michal frackowiak 1 Some time ago I have started working on a new, completely redesigned way we edit pages. The idea is to have both WYSIWYG (like a word processor) mode and the Wiki syntax mode as it is now. This requires a lot of work but after starting the effort 2 weeks ago I can see this is the right direction for Wikidot.

I have also decided to concentrate (almost) all efforts on finishing the editor so please do not expect any other extra features within the next month or two (apart from bugfixes of course).

As a base and engine for the new editor I have chosen one of the best available editors: TinyMCE, but with lots of extensions and totally redesigned interface.

What can you expect from the editor? It will do everything you can do with the pure wiki syntax now (basic formatting, including images, tables, links etc., also inserting modules) + draft auto-saving every minute (no more lost content!) + multi-language spellchecker.

I will post screenshots as soon as I make them. I deeply believe the new editing mode will leverage the Wiki experience to the higher level.

The next direct developments will be a modular authentication mechanism + OpenID server for users (should be quick) and the direct work on the open source code release.

hapy wikiing!!!

michal

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