By bg1 on

I am a Drupal newbie trying to set up a framework of modules for a number of sites I will be building (I am an experienced developer but new to Drupal/PHP world).

I am trying to set up a content editing capability for the non-technical content managers of these sites. I want them to be able to enter text and images as they need them.

As I was getting started, it seemed most recommendations were to use FCKEditor/CKEditor. At the same time I saw many cautions to not use that editor in conjunction with WYSIWYG (I am willing to switch editors, but I had heard CKEditor is the best).

I am now trying to work on providing my users with the ability to insert and manipulate inline images in the textarea body of the pages. I am trying to use the default page contenttype that comes with Drupal (bad idea?).

My main questions are:

  1. whether I should use WYSIWYG API, whether there are any compatibility issues in using it simultaneously with CKEditor (I have CKEditor module in xx/sites/all/modules and the CKEditor itself in xx/sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor/ckeditor)?

  2. What do I need to install (and how configure) to enable my users to easily manipulate images in their content text?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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cmsquickstart commented

CK Editor is still in beta so for production sites I've been using WYSIWYG with FCK Editor and IMCE for images. Also the Better Formats module for more control over input formats.

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bg1 commented

Thanks for the input, but I understand IMCE does not work out of the box with CKEditor.

How do I get the two to work together? I am a Drupal newbie so if you could provide exact instructions or point me to soemplace that has exact instructions I would be thankful.

Thanks for any further input.

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bg1 commented

I tried installing the IMCE module and clicked around in the configuration for CKEditor and found some references to IMCE. It seems to be working now. I will have to try to find some documentation to see if what I have is all it is supposed to do.