[geeklog-devel] IKS / Aloha editor

[Vincent Furia]

I tried out the Aloha Editor at the GSOC Mentor's Summit and have played
with it since. Like Dirk, I much prefer it to the FCKeditor (not least
because of the security issues we've had with it).

However, I don't think we should switch to the Aloha Editor until it
supports image upload. The ability to easily upload images was a big draw to
introduce FCKeditr in the first place and it seems to be a frequently used
feature. It wouldn't hurt to start a branch to integrate the Aloha Editor,
but I think the switchover should wait until the image upload feature is
available.

-Vinny

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:09, cordiste <cordiste at free.fr> wrote:

> Some plugins use the advanced editor, we must be careful to preserve
> some compatibility with this one.
>
> ::Ben
>
> 2010/12/13 Tom <websitemaster at cogeco.net>:
> > If we went with the Aloha Editor at some point I assume the Aloha Editor
> > would become and option under a stories post mode on the story admin
> editor
> > form. If "in story editing" is enabled on the site, Admins would have an
> > extra option of editing stuff on the fly as you tested.
> >
> > How does Aloha handle embedded items in the stories like autotags,
> images,
> > youtube videos, etc? Does that content stay in place and is not editable?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net
> > [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Dirk Haun
> > Sent: December-12-10 4:31 PM
> > To: Geeklog Development
> > Subject: [geeklog-devel] IKS / Aloha editor
> >
> > For those who haven't seen it yet, I've posted a report from the IKS
> > workshop in Amsterdam on geeklog.net yesterday:
> >
> >  http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/iks-workshop-amsterdam
> >
> > Thoughts and comments on how to proceed, i.e. whether or not to "go
> > semantic", are very much welcome.
> >
> >
> > What I didn't mention in that post is that I got a chance to sit down
> with
> > some of the guys from the Aloha editor, <http://aloha-editor.org/>, who
> were
> > also present in Amsterdam, and tried integrating it into Geeklog. We got
> to
> > a "proof of concept" point where it let you edit articles, but actually
> > saving the changes was still missing (that should be about a day's work
> left
> > to do).
> >
> > I really like the approach of this editor - it lets you edit your content
> in
> > place. Just today, I made a longish post on my blog and when it was
> > published, I spotted a typo. So I had to get back into the editor, scroll
> > down to locate the typo, fix it, save, and re-read. With Aloha, I could
> > simply have clicked into the article, right on the word with the typo,
> and
> > would have been able to fix it there.
> >
> > This is, of course, quite a different approach than what we have right
> now
> > and would require a couple of changes all over the place. I talked things
> > through with Norbert Pomaroli (one of the Aloha authors) and I think I
> have
> > a pretty good idea of what we would have to do for a proper integration.
> >
> > The only downside right now: Image uploading is not yet possible with
> Aloha
> > (but it's being worked on). Since it would be a while before we would
> have
> > finished an integration anyway, it may be ready just in time. I realize
> > image upload is probably the most popular use case for FCKeditor in
> Geeklog.
> >
> > As everybody knows, I'm not exactly a fan of FCKeditor ;-) The
> alternatives
> > I have seen so far didn't really convince me either. The approach that
> Aloha
> > uses differs from all those other editors and I have to say that I like
> it.
> >
> > I could imagine using it when it's integrated into Geeklog. That's
> probably
> > saying something ;-)
> >
> > Comments, impressions, likes / dislikes?
> >
> > bye, Dirk
> >
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