Kentico CMS 6.0 Developer's Guide

Overview

Overview

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Kentico CMS comes with a built-in WYSIWYG editor. It is based on CKeditor, which is one of the best browser-based editors available on the market. However, it is possible to integrate your custom WYSIWYG editor instead of the built-in one.

 

Where the editor is available

 

You can come across the WYSIWYG editor in many parts of the system. However, its main use is related to the Editable text web part, which enables content editors to enter page content via the Page tab.

 

Another example of the use of the WYSIWYG editor is the HTML area form control that can be displayed e.g. on the Form tab of a document, as a part of Form or in web part properties dialogs of certain web parts (e.g. Static HTML or Silverlight application).

 

WYSIWYG editor toolbar

 

The default toolbar looks like this:

 

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As you can see, it provides functionality similar to Microsoft Word. Still, there are several icons that may require additional explanation:

 

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Paste as plain text - this command pastes the content of your clipboard while cleaning out all formatting.

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Paste from Word - this command allows you to clean-up content pasted from Microsoft Word. It cleans up the HTML code so that it does not contain extra code and fits your website design. You can find more details in the Copy & Paste from Microsoft Word topic.

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Insert/Edit link - creates a link from the selected text or inserts a link into the text. Please refer to the WYSIWYG editor -> Insert link subchapter for more details.

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Insert/Edit image or media - inserts an image or other media into the text. Please refer to the Insert image or media topic for more details.

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Quickly insert image or media - inserts an image, video, document or any other type of file from a disk in a quick way, without any additional settings when inserting. Please refer to the Quickly insert image or media topic for more details.

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Insert Form - inserts an on-line form into the text. You can find more details on forms in the Modules -> Forms chapter.

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Insert Poll - inserts a poll into the text. You can find more details on polls in the Modules -> Polls chapter.

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Insert/Edit YouTube video - inserts a YouTube video. Please refer to the Insert YouTube video topic for more details.

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Insert/Edit widget - inserts an inline widget into the text. You can find more details about widgets in the Development -> Widgets chapter.