Advice on language for editing page

[tomhumf]

Hi,

I'm writing an admin section for a writer with no knowledge of programming. I have a working login section for adding content using php and mysql.

I want to provide buttons for adding images, links and headings, without showing any of the code. It seems like Java or Ajax would be best suited for something like this? I only have experience of html, php so wondered if I should look into learning one one these, or maybe someone can suggest something else?

Thanks

[phranque]

tinymce?

[tomhumf]

Hi Phranque Thanks,

Tinymce is great, ive got a basic version working, just trying to work out how to edit some of the plugins. It has saved me a lot of time :)

[phranque]

i needed a configurable wysiwig editor for textareas in a cms i was developing and after many attempts tinymce was the closest to usable and robust i could find.
however we were dealing with additional issues because of template tags embedded in the html code.

[tomhumf]

Yes, I am working on a CMS too. I think I am having a similar problem, When adding a list, I would like it to use the class I have created for the rest of my site. I haven't really looked into their documentation properly yet though so it may be simple to do this.

[phranque]

i think you can replace any of those or create new functions.
the doc has examples of how to do that.
for example, you can create a button to insert a link or an image from a list in your db.