Content Creation with a WYSIWYG Editor

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Content Creation with a WYSIWYG Editor

A WYSIWYG editor ("What You See Is What You Get") content creation allows users to edit text, images, videos, and more without needing programming skills. With a user-friendly interface, you can easily add, remove, and reformat content, giving you full control over the appearance of your text. 

Why Use a WYSIWYG Editor?

  • Ease of Use: You don't need to know HTML or CSS to create visually appealing content.  
  • Efficiency:  Quickly format text, insert images, and embedded videos, and create links without switching between codes.
  • Consistency: Maintain consistent formatting and style across all your content, ensuring a professional appearance.
  • Customizable: Many WYSIWYG editors, like TinyMCE, allow for extensive customization through plugins and configurations.

Setting Up TinyMCE WYSIWYG Editor
It's open-source, and highly customizable,  and easy to integrate into your web applications.

Step 1: Download TinyMCE
Download the necessary files from the official website. You can also explore additional plugins and features there. Visit Following URL:
https://www.tiny.cloud/get-tiny/

Step 2: Include TinyMCE in Your HTML/VIew file

 You will need to add the following elements to your HTML or View file.

<body>
    <textarea id="post_description"></textarea>
</body>

<!-- Include TinyMCE script file -->
<script src="{{ asset('tinymce/js/tinymce.min.js') }}"></script>

<!-- Initialize TinyMCE plugin -->
<script>
    tinymce.remove('textarea#post_description');  // Ensure no previous instance is active
    tinymce.init({
        plugins: 'link image code lists',  // Added more plugins for enhanced functionality
        selector: 'textarea#post_description',
        toolbar: 'undo redo | formatselect| blocks fontfamily fontsize  | bold italic underline backcolor 
        | link image | alignleft aligncenter alignright alignjustify | checklist bullist numlist outdent indent 
        | print | removeformat ',  // Expanded toolbar with more options
        height: 400,  // Set a custom height for the editor
    });
</script>

Step 3: Customize TinyMCE to Fit Your Needs 

You can add additional plugins and configure the toolbar to include only the options you need.

  • Additional Plugins
  • Custom Toolbar
  • Styling

TinyMCE offers the flexibility and features needed to bring your content to life.

The output from TinyMCE is as shown below:

Thanks for reading :)


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