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Editors

1. Introduction

2. WYSIWYG editors
2.1 English manuals
2.1.1 CKEditor
2.1.2 FCKEditor
2.2 Spanish manual
2.3 Dutch manual

3. Plain HTML editor

4. Collaborative editor

1. Introduction

Website@School has five built in editors. Three WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors, a plain HTML editor and a collaborative remote editor:

CKEditor: (version 3.6.6.2 and 4.4.5). The latter is the default WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editor, also the best choice for blind and visually impared. A quote from the CKEditor site:
"CKEditor satisfies all Section 508 requirements as well as the WCAG 2.0 Level A principles". Source: http://ckeditor.com/blog/CKEditor_and_WAI-ARIA_means_Usable_Accessibility. This page also provides tips in accessibility usage.
Below we provide links to this comprehensive manual and the keyboard shortcuts.
FCK editor: (version 2.6.5 Build 23959). A WYSIWYG editor for older browsers. Many schools do not use the latest and the greatest browsers. We provide links to the comprehensive manual and the keyboard shortcuts.
Plain HTML editor (Text Area): This editor is excellent for learning HTML. No manual is needed.
Workshop (CREW): Collaborative Remote Editor Workshop. Please see chapter CREW.

Except CREW, the preferred editor for the specific user can be set in her basic user properties. Please see chapter Account Manager, paragraph 3. Users.

There is no need to redo what is already perfectly done by Frederico Caldera Knabben, the creator of the (F)CKEditor(s), and others who have created manuals in several languages. Please see the lnks below.

2.1 English manuals

2.1.1 CKEditor

Two links are available, the first to the full manual and the second to the keyboard shortcuts.

http://docs.cksource.com/CKEditor_3.x/Users_Guide
http://docs.cksource.com/CKEditor_3.x/Users_Guide/Keyboard_Shortcuts

2.1.2 FCKEditor

Two links are available, the first to the full manual and the second to the keyboard shortcuts.

http://docs.cksource.com/FCKeditor_2.x/Users_Guide
http://docs.cksource.com/FCKeditor_2.x/Users_Guide/Keyboard_Keystrokes

2.2 Spanish manual

A Spanish manual (for the FCkEditor only) can be found at:

http://wyxs.net/web/was_es/editors/. It was found on http://www.templatesaga.com/nav/documentacion/editores/manualFCKEditor.html.

2.3 Dutch manual

Dutch manuals can be found at: http://wyxs.net/web/was_nl/editors/,

3. Plain HTML editor

The plain HTML editor is ideal for learning HTML.

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When you create pages with the HTML editor, do not use the opening tags <html>, <head>, <title> and <body>tags, nor their closing tags. These are set with the theme. This can be observed when viewing the page source in the web browser.

NOTE: both the CKEdior and the FCKeditor use the <p> tag to start a page. It's a good idea to also use this tag at the beginning of your plain HTML page.

There is no manual for this editor. Numerous links can be found on the Internet on how to learn HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). It's a simple laanguage with endless markup possibilities. One of the best links is http://www.w3schools.com/.

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4. Collaborative editor

This editor is dicussed in chapter Workshop (CREW)

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Author: Dirk Schouten <dirk (at) websiteatschool (dot) eu>

Last updated: 2014-11-07

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