TinyMCE

An instance of TinyMCE with the full version of the "advanced" skin.
Developer(s)	Moxiecode Systems AB
Stable release	3.5.0.1 / May 10, 2012; 48 days ago  (2012-05-10)
Development status	Active
Written in	JavaScript
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	HTML editor
License	LGPL
Website	http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/

TinyMCE, also known as the Tiny Moxiecode Content Editor, is a platform-independent web-based JavaScript/HTML WYSIWYG editor control, released as open source software under the LGPL by Moxiecode Systems AB. It has the ability to convert HTML textarea fields or other HTML elements to editor instances. TinyMCE is designed to easily integrate with content management systems.

TinyMCE integrates with many different open source systems, such as ProcessWire, Mambo, Joomla!, Drupal, Plone, WordPress, eZ Publish, b2evolution, Concrete5, e107, phpWebSite, ePages, Umbraco, Contao, and Freedomeditor.

Core features[link]

It offers HTML formatting tools, like bold, italic, underline, both ordered and unordered lists, different types of alignments, in-line placement of images and videos, etc. It is highly useful for those who want to allow their users to edit HTML documents online. The different options can be configured at the time of integration with a project, which improves the flexibility of a project.

Browser compatibility[link]

TinyMCE is compatible with multiple browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome, across multiple operating systems.^[1]

API[link]

TinyMCE v3.0 includes an extensive API for custom integration.^[2]

Plugins[link]

TinyMCE ships with an assortment of plugins.^[3] Because TinyMCE is meant to be a client side application, it does not include native file managers for various server technologies. Several file manager solutions exist, including several proprietary projects developed by Moxiecode Systems AB, as well as a handful of open source file manager solutions.

Proprietary[link]

• MCFileManager
• MCImageManager

Open source[link]

• After the Deadline — A spelling, style, and grammar checking software service with a TinyMCE plugin.
• Ajax File & image Manager — An ajax tool to manage remote files and images.
• Ajax File Manager — Full, free ajax file manager for ASP.NET.
• Image Manager — Ajax image and file manager with multiupload (PHP and Python).
• imgLib — Image manager with simple editor (PHP/GD).
• TinyBrowser — File manager featuring simple multiple file upload support (uploader is Adobe Flash based).
• TinyCIMM — TinyMCE CodeIgniter Media Manager.
• IMCE — Image/file uploader and browser.
• A&R FileManager — Image/file manager with multiupload.
• PDW Media Browser — Windows-7-type media browser.
• PDW Toggle Toolbars — Show and hide toolbars with a click on a button.

Language support[link]

• 44 different translations are available for TinyMCE 2.x.x.^[4]
• 46 different translations are available for TinyMCE 3.x.x.^[5]

Product support[link]

The Moxiecode community support for TinyMCE has been officially discontinued as mentioned in one of its forum threads^[6] by developer, Afraithe. However, it gives the option for premium product support, which requires purchasing a support account. All related bugs can be reported at the SourceForge website mentioned below in the external links.

For minor support related queries, the user may refer to the wiki, FAQ, or the "Tips, Tricks & How To's" forum thread.

Themes and skins[link]

TinyMCE offers various ways to customize the look and feel of the editor. TinyMCE is packaged with two themes, simple and advanced, as well as 2 skins for each theme, default and o2k7. A third silver theme based on the o2k7 theme is available for download from the TinyMCE SourceForge.^[7]

Compressor[link]

TinyMCE also has an optional compressor pack to reduce the overall script download footprint, in the time it takes the script to initialize. The compressor pack is available for PHP, ASPX, JSP, and CFM. A third-party Ruby on Rails compressor pack is also available.^[8]

See also[link]

Free software portal

• Kupu

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• TinyMCE official forum
• TinyMCE official documentation web site
• Sourceforge project site
• Comparison table - open source and commercial WYSIWYG web-based editors
• 2006, 2007 WYSIWYG web-based editor evaluation