2. The Need
• So-called “normal”
people don’t like
dealing with code
• Need a graphical
interface for creating
and editing content
3. What You See Is What You
Get
• Users can see
something closer to the
final product instead of
HTML
• Buttons and other
features to help format
text, add images, links
to urls, etc.
4. Drupal
• Wordpress has a native WYSIWYG, Drupal does not
• Many different types of WYSIWYG editors and modules to
chose from
5. WTFIWYG
• WYWIWYG modules in
general often frustrate
users because they lie
– Filters
– Stupid evil copy and
pasting
8. GIANT IMAGE OF DOOM
MY PAGE LOAD TIME IS SOOOOOOO HIGH! WHY?
9. Do You Need This?
• CCK/Views/CSS solution available
• Create content types
• Style fields
Field: title
Field: Url + Field: Link title
Field: image + imagecache resize
CSS
11. Input Format
• Valuable opportunity to tailor editor to user
needs
• Plain HTML for admin, lots of buttons for
content editors (images, bullet points) , a few
(bold, link, etc.) for anon comments
• http://drupal.org/project/better_formats
13. Two Options
Individual modules
• CKEditor, FCKeditor
• Often has more options for
customization
• Often have annoying things,
like CKEditor assumes you
want it for every text field
unless you exclude it
WYSIWYG API
• Flexible- switch to a different
editor easily
• Growing number of options
that are very useful like strip
out crap on paste, choosing
buttons without editor code
• The future! Standardization
for other module integration!
• Libraries API: Keep stupid non-
Drupal code out of your
/modules directory
http://drupal.org/node/831478
14. Image Handling
• Do you use built-in image upload?
• Insert module/CCK Field might be a better
option
– No code editing to enable
– Probably more secure
– Imagecache integration
• Resize filter, save your bandwidth
• IMCE or Imagebrowser
http://groups.drupal.org/node/49658
15. Filters
• Do your options match up for what’s allowed?
• For example: image button, when <img> tag is
not allowed by filter
