I am trying to add a rich text editor in my web page where users can write reviews and format what they have written...something similar to the editor in which we write our posts on this site... can anyone point me to the right direction regarding this...any tutorial that would help me build such a component... Also i want a free product....(Forgot to mention earlier...)
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The editor used on Stack Overflow is the WMD Editor.
The current version used on the site has been updated by Jeff Attwood and other site users and you can read about it here and get a copy of the code for your own site.
I think you'd be better off using (and perhaps modifying) an existing component rather than writing your own from scratch.
Dave Webb
2009-03-09 11:05:54
WMD editor is a liscenced editor??
programmer
2009-03-09 11:12:14
No it isn't. You can get it for free. If you are going to use it I'd recommend following my "get a copy of the code" link so you can get a copy of the updated version.
Dave Webb
2009-03-09 11:22:26
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I've been using the Telerik r.a.d Editor, and been very happy with it.
Tor Haugen
2009-03-09 11:12:54
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after much research here is what i did...
i needed a control that was free and easy to use..all the editors that i went through came with a licence so i decided to make my own control!!!!
well..i couldnt do that on my own so i used the help of a few sites....
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/299577/javascript-rich-text-editors
http://aspalliance.com/1092_Rich_Text_Editor_Part_I
http://ws.aspalliance.com/1092_Rich_Text_Editor_Part_II and a few others too...
so the best option for me was to build my own control so that i could customize it according to my needs....
programmer
2009-03-16 05:06:00