I am the Director of Products at Ephox and I want to clarify some of your statements regarding our editor...
We are indeed Java-based - and we find this to be an advantage for clients who want to deploy our solution across multiple browsers and operating systems. The JavaScript browsers on the market all rely on the JavaScript processing engine of the browser itself. As such the same editing commands may result in different outcomes based on the browser and operating system you are using. With Java that is not the case - an editing activity results in the same outcome on Windows / Mac / Linux and across IE / FF / Safari. Clients with the need to support a broad array of Operating Systems and Browsers find Java to be an advantage. With regards to customization, we offer an incredibly flexible configuration capability as well as the ability to extend the editor's feature set via our JavaScript and Java APIs. We have a variety of free code examples on http://liveworks.ephox.com that people can use to build customizations. In looking at your setup page (referenced in your post) I am very impressed with the code you have created to get FCK to work properly within RedDot. However, that work is entirely unnecessary with our integration. RedDot and Ephox engineers have already done the work needed to get the editor working in the CMS. If you want to change/ extend the integration's behavior you can certainly update the ASP files of the integration, but there is no need to do any coding at all to get the editor working. As RedDot (Open Text) and/or Ephox update their product the integration will continue to be updated as well to ensure a smooth integration. I certainly understand your budgetary concerns -- especially in this economy -- but with regard to our platform and customization capabilities I feel we offer more than implied from your comments. On Jan 22, 10:33 am, "Killingsworth, Chad" <chadkillingswo...@missouristate.edu> wrote: > The Ephox editor has been available for some time. It has 2 major > downfalls: > > 1. It's Java Based > > 2. It has a separate licensing fee > > Both issues were deal breakers for us. > > I have not had a chance to look at the new Telerik editor yet. While I > have no doubt it will be an improvement, I prefer being able to make > customizations to the editing experience easily and I'm not sure I can > do that. > > After you get familiar developing for RedDot, integrating a new editor > isn't that much work. I went looking for editors and chose to work with > TinyMCE. The other editor that came to my attention at the same time was > CuteSoft's .NET editor - but I was afraid that since I didn't have > access to the source code I wouldn't be able to make the changes > necessary for a full integration. > > Chad Killingsworth > > Assistant Director of Web & New Media > > Missouri State University > > From: RedDot-CMS-Users@googlegroups.com > [mailto:reddot-cms-us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Jack > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:18 AM > To: RedDot-CMS-Users@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Alternative Editor > > Their demos just produce lots of javascript errors for me :-( > > 2009/1/22 toddddot <li...@tc.gc.ca> > > Hello Chad. > > Have you heard of the Ephox editor. It replace the default RedDot > editor and has a word like interface. We are purchasing the editor and > will be implementing soon. > > http://www.ephox.com/products/editlive/ > > Todd. > > On Jan 20, 3:34 pm, "Henry Lu, Sun Certified Java Programmer" > > > > <javah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for sharing Chad. Great info. > > > Henry Lu > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Chad Killingsworth < > > > chadkillingswo...@missouristate.edu> wrote: > > > > For several years I have been working on the FCKEditor within RedDot > > > CMS. This fall, for multiple reasons, I officially abandoned that > > > project. In it's place, I have been working on integrating the > TinyMCE > > > editor for use in CMS 7.5. Last week, the editor officially went > live > > > in all of our projects. > > > > The integration of the editor is much more complete than the > FCKEditor > > > ever was and it has a very robust code cleanup engine. > > > > TinyMCE RedDot Site:http://webpress.missouristate.edu/tinymce.htm > > > > Keep in mind that this editor integration is still in it's infancy, > > > but it promises a much improved end-user experience. > > > > Chad Killingsworth > > > Missouri State University. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to RedDot-CMS-Users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to reddot-cms-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/RedDot-CMS-Users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
