[ANN] Core Five Releases Open Source FileManager for CKEditor

[Jason Huck]

CINCINNATI, OH (11/04/2009) - Core Five Creative is pleased to
announce the availability of FileManager, an open source, web-based
file browsing utility designed to integrate with inline HTML editors
such as CKEditor (http://ckeditor.com/) and its predecessor,
FCKEditor.

Many users of FCKEditor have been stuck without an upgrade path to the
vastly improved CKEditor 3.0, since the new version ships without a
built-in file browser. The software's creators, CKSource, offer a
commercial add-on, CKFinder, but it only includes connectors for a
handful of server-side languages.

FileManager rectifies this by providing a simple javascript API for
which connectors can be written in your server-side language of
choice. For the initial release, an example connector is provided for
Lasso, with plans to include additional connectors in future releases.
Contributions are encouraged.

Complete details about the release, as well as installation
instructions and an API reference, are available from the Core Five
Labs blog:

http://labs.corefive.com/2009/10/30/an-open-file-manager-for-ckeditor-3-0/


About Core Five Creative
Core Five works with business and community leaders to heighten the
understanding, awareness, and image of their business - aligning both
customer perception and the organization's vision. Through reseach,
careful planning, and thoughtful exploration, Core Five provides a
rational basis to improve communication, utilizing design and
technology to help attain strategic goals. The firm has completed
projects for Shell Oil Products US, Procter & Gamble Corp., KAO
Brands, AOL/Time Warner, Great American Insurance Company, Washington
University at St. Louis, GBBN Architects, and The Seven Hills School.
For more information visit: <http://www.corefive.com/>.

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[Marc Pinnell-3]

Very Sweet! THanx Jason!

Marc


On Nov 4, 2009, at 12:39 PM, Jason Huck wrote:

> CINCINNATI, OH (11/04/2009) - Core Five Creative is pleased to
> announce the availability of FileManager, an open source, web-based
> file browsing utility designed to integrate with inline HTML editors
> such as CKEditor (http://ckeditor.com/) and its predecessor,
> FCKEditor.
>
> Many users of FCKEditor have been stuck without an upgrade path to the
> vastly improved CKEditor 3.0, since the new version ships without a
> built-in file browser. The software's creators, CKSource, offer a
> commercial add-on, CKFinder, but it only includes connectors for a
> handful of server-side languages.
>
> FileManager rectifies this by providing a simple javascript API for
> which connectors can be written in your server-side language of
> choice. For the initial release, an example connector is provided for
> Lasso, with plans to include additional connectors in future releases.
> Contributions are encouraged.
>
> Complete details about the release, as well as installation
> instructions and an API reference, are available from the Core Five
> Labs blog:
>
> http://labs.corefive.com/2009/10/30/an-open-file-manager-for-ckeditor-3-0/
>
>
> About Core Five Creative
> Core Five works with business and community leaders to heighten the
> understanding, awareness, and image of their business - aligning both
> customer perception and the organization's vision. Through reseach,
> careful planning, and thoughtful exploration, Core Five provides a
> rational basis to improve communication, utilizing design and
> technology to help attain strategic goals. The firm has completed
> projects for Shell Oil Products US, Procter & Gamble Corp., KAO
> Brands, AOL/Time Warner, Great American Insurance Company, Washington
> University at St. Louis, GBBN Architects, and The Seven Hills School.
> For more information visit: <http://www.corefive.com/>.
>
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[Steve Piercy]

Many thanks, Jason!

--steve


On 11/4/09 at 3:39 PM, jason.huck@... (Jason Huck) pronounced:

> CINCINNATI, OH (11/04/2009) - Core Five Creative is pleased to
> announce the availability of FileManager, an open source, web-based
> file browsing utility designed to integrate with inline HTML editors
> such as CKEditor (http://ckeditor.com/) and its predecessor,
> FCKEditor.
>
> Many users of FCKEditor have been stuck without an upgrade path to the
> vastly improved CKEditor 3.0, since the new version ships without a
> built-in file browser. The software's creators, CKSource, offer a
> commercial add-on, CKFinder, but it only includes connectors for a
> handful of server-side languages.
>
> FileManager rectifies this by providing a simple javascript API for
> which connectors can be written in your server-side language of
> choice. For the initial release, an example connector is provided for
> Lasso, with plans to include additional connectors in future releases.
> Contributions are encouraged.
>
> Complete details about the release, as well as installation
> instructions and an API reference, are available from the Core Five
> Labs blog:
>
> http://labs.corefive.com/2009/10/30/an-open-file-manager-for-ckeditor-3-0/
>
>
> About Core Five Creative
> Core Five works with business and community leaders to heighten the
> understanding, awareness, and image of their business - aligning both
> customer perception and the organization's vision. Through reseach,
> careful planning, and thoughtful exploration, Core Five provides a
> rational basis to improve communication, utilizing design and
> technology to help attain strategic goals. The firm has completed
> projects for Shell Oil Products US, Procter & Gamble Corp., KAO
> Brands, AOL/Time Warner, Great American Insurance Company, Washington
> University at St. Louis, GBBN Architects, and The Seven Hills School.
> For more information visit: <http://www.corefive.com/>.
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[Andre Hopkins-3]

looks great!

Questions - only need a Yes or No...

-- is this stable/secure enough to use on semi-public web pages (versus private client only admin pages)?

-- so apart from integrating with ckeditor - would this be a better/more stable solution then using the file upload functionality in lasso 8.5 - specifically for uploading image files ?

-- if both above are "Yes" - would this be a good option if we are using Lasso to do on the fly image conversion and resizing -- or would it not be easy to integrate?


thanks, andre


--- On Wed, 11/4/09, Jason Huck <jason.huck@...> wrote:

> From: Jason Huck <jason.huck@...>
> Subject: [ANN] Core Five Releases Open Source FileManager for CKEditor
> To: "Lasso Talk" <lasso@...>
> Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 12:39 PM
> CINCINNATI, OH (11/04/2009) - Core
> Five Creative is pleased to
> announce the availability of FileManager, an open source,
> web-based
> file browsing utility designed to integrate with inline
> HTML editors
> such as CKEditor (http://ckeditor.com/) and its
> predecessor,
> FCKEditor.
>
> Many users of FCKEditor have been stuck without an upgrade
> path to the
> vastly improved CKEditor 3.0, since the new version ships
> without a
> built-in file browser. The software's creators, CKSource,
> offer a
> commercial add-on, CKFinder, but it only includes
> connectors for a
> handful of server-side languages.
>
> FileManager rectifies this by providing a simple javascript
> API for
> which connectors can be written in your server-side
> language of
> choice. For the initial release, an example connector is
> provided for
> Lasso, with plans to include additional connectors in
> future releases.
> Contributions are encouraged.
>
> Complete details about the release, as well as
> installation
> instructions and an API reference, are available from the
> Core Five
> Labs blog:
>
> http://labs.corefive.com/2009/10/30/an-open-file-manager-for-ckeditor-3-0/
>
>
> About Core Five Creative
> Core Five works with business and community leaders to
> heighten the
> understanding, awareness, and image of their business -
> aligning both
> customer perception and the organization's vision. Through
> reseach,
> careful planning, and thoughtful exploration, Core Five
> provides a
> rational basis to improve communication, utilizing design
> and
> technology to help attain strategic goals. The firm has
> completed
> projects for Shell Oil Products US, Procter & Gamble
> Corp., KAO
> Brands, AOL/Time Warner, Great American Insurance Company,
> Washington
> University at St. Louis, GBBN Architects, and The Seven
> Hills School.
> For more information visit: <http://www.corefive.com/>.
>
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[Steve Piercy]

Jason has a strong rep and cred to release good stuff and fix it
if bugs are found and reported, so I would trust it.

CKEditor uses Lasso's file_upload tag.  Security is under your
control and how you manage file uploads.  There was a recent
thread on upload.type, with comments from Bil just about this
topic, and of course there is my guide.

It is not a file editor, but a file manager that allows you to
select resources on the server and place them within the
CKEditor GUI interface (it just writes the HTML <img
src="/images/mypitchur.jpg">).  I imagine you could use it to
select a file and pass that onto your own editor interface.

--steve


On 11/4/09 at 3:22 PM, andremarigold@... (Andre Hopkins) pronounced:

>looks great!
>
>Questions - only need a Yes or No...
>
>-- is this stable/secure enough to use on semi-public web pages
>(versus private client only admin pages)?
>
>-- so apart from integrating with ckeditor - would this be a
>better/more stable solution then using the file upload
>functionality in lasso 8.5 - specifically for uploading image
>files ?
>-- if both above are "Yes" - would this be a good option if we
>are using Lasso to do on the fly image conversion and resizing
>-- or would it not be easy to integrate?
>
>thanks, andre
>
>
>--- On Wed, 11/4/09, Jason Huck <jason.huck@...> wrote:
>
>>From: Jason Huck <jason.huck@...>
>>Subject: [ANN] Core Five Releases Open Source FileManager for CKEditor
>>To: "Lasso Talk" <lasso@...>
>>Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 12:39 PM
>>CINCINNATI, OH (11/04/2009) - Core
>>Five Creative is pleased to
>>announce the availability of FileManager, an open source,
>>web-based
>>file browsing utility designed to integrate with inline
>>HTML editors
>>such as CKEditor (http://ckeditor.com/) and its
>>predecessor,
>>FCKEditor.
>>
>>Many users of FCKEditor have been stuck without an upgrade
>>path to the
>>vastly improved CKEditor 3.0, since the new version ships
>>without a
>>built-in file browser. The software's creators, CKSource,
>>offer a
>>commercial add-on, CKFinder, but it only includes
>>connectors for a
>>handful of server-side languages.
>>
>>FileManager rectifies this by providing a simple javascript
>>API for
>>which connectors can be written in your server-side
>>language of
>>choice. For the initial release, an example connector is
>>provided for
>>Lasso, with plans to include additional connectors in
>>future releases.
>>Contributions are encouraged.
>>
>>Complete details about the release, as well as
>>installation
>>instructions and an API reference, are available from the
>>Core Five
>>Labs blog:
>>
>>http://labs.corefive.com/2009/10/30/an-open-file-manager-for-ckeditor-3-0/
>>
>>
>>About Core Five Creative
>>Core Five works with business and community leaders to
>>heighten the
>>understanding, awareness, and image of their business -
>>aligning both
>>customer perception and the organization's vision. Through
>>reseach,
>>careful planning, and thoughtful exploration, Core Five
>>provides a
>>rational basis to improve communication, utilizing design
>>and
>>technology to help attain strategic goals. The firm has
>>completed
>>projects for Shell Oil Products US, Procter & Gamble
>>Corp., KAO
>>Brands, AOL/Time Warner, Great American Insurance Company,
>>Washington
>>University at St. Louis, GBBN Architects, and The Seven
>>Hills School.
>>For more information visit: <http://www.corefive.com/>.
>>
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[Jason Huck]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Andre Hopkins <andremarigold@...> wrote:

> -- is this stable/secure enough to use on semi-public web pages (versus private client only admin pages)?

I wouldn't recommend using it on public (semi- or otherwise) pages
unless you disable or severely cripple certain features. In
particular, uploading and deleting files.


> -- so apart from integrating with ckeditor - would this be a better/more stable solution then using the file upload functionality in lasso 8.5 - specifically for uploading image files ?

If you're using the Lasso connector (which is currently the only
included connector that is 100% complete), then you are using the
upload functionality of Lasso, because all server-side operations are
handled by the connector. Note also that although it is designed to
work with CKEditor or FCKEditor, there's actually no requirement that
you use either.


> -- if both above are "Yes" - would this be a good option if we are using Lasso to do on the fly image conversion and resizing -- or would it not be easy to integrate?

It's open source, so you are free to modify the included Lasso
connector or do whatever post processing suits your specific needs. I
would not consider it difficult to modify.


Thanks for the interest,
Jason



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[Marc Pinnell-3]

Jason, this statement gives me reason to pause and ask exactly what  
you mean. In comparison to the build in file browser in FCK does  
FileManager give you greater system access? From what I can tell FCK's  
built-in file browser locks you in to the folder programmatically.

Marc


On Nov 4, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Jason Huck wrote:

> I wouldn't recommend using it on public (semi- or otherwise) pages
> unless you disable or severely cripple certain features. In
> particular, uploading and deleting files.

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[Jolle Carlestam-3]

Way to go, Jason!

Now if only CKEditor would reinstate the shared toolbar possibility  
that FCKEditor has I could start contemplating an upgrade.

HDB
Jolle

5 nov 2009 kl. 06.39 skrev Jason Huck:

> CINCINNATI, OH (11/04/2009) - Core Five Creative is pleased to
> announce the availability of FileManager, an open source, web-based
> file browsing utility designed to integrate with inline HTML editors
> such as CKEditor (http://ckeditor.com/) and its predecessor,
> FCKEditor.
>
> Many users of FCKEditor have been stuck without an upgrade path to the
> vastly improved CKEditor 3.0, since the new version ships without a
> built-in file browser. The software's creators, CKSource, offer a
> commercial add-on, CKFinder, but it only includes connectors for a
> handful of server-side languages.
>
> FileManager rectifies this by providing a simple javascript API for
> which connectors can be written in your server-side language of
> choice. For the initial release, an example connector is provided for
> Lasso, with plans to include additional connectors in future releases.
> Contributions are encouraged.
>
> Complete details about the release, as well as installation
> instructions and an API reference, are available from the Core Five
> Labs blog:
>
> http://labs.corefive.com/2009/10/30/an-open-file-manager-for-ckeditor-3-0/
>
>
> About Core Five Creative
> Core Five works with business and community leaders to heighten the
> understanding, awareness, and image of their business - aligning both
> customer perception and the organization's vision. Through reseach,
> careful planning, and thoughtful exploration, Core Five provides a
> rational basis to improve communication, utilizing design and
> technology to help attain strategic goals. The firm has completed
> projects for Shell Oil Products US, Procter & Gamble Corp., KAO
> Brands, AOL/Time Warner, Great American Insurance Company, Washington
> University at St. Louis, GBBN Architects, and The Seven Hills School.
> For more information visit: <http://www.corefive.com/>.
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[Jason Huck]

The security paradigm is essentially the same. Meaning, I wouldn't use
the old FCKEditor filemanager on a public page (i.e. accessible by
anonymous users) either, but that's just me.

If this type of interface is something you actually want to use in
that scenario, then you should take extra precautions to limit the
damage a user can do by deleting files within the given directory
(something FCKEditor's browser does not do), and uploading files (all
kinds of potential issues).

- jason



On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Marc Pinnell
<lassolist@...> wrote:

> Jason, this statement gives me reason to pause and ask exactly what you
> mean. In comparison to the build in file browser in FCK does FileManager
> give you greater system access? From what I can tell FCK's built-in file
> browser locks you in to the folder programmatically.
>
> Marc
>
>
> On Nov 4, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Jason Huck wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't recommend using it on public (semi- or otherwise) pages
>> unless you disable or severely cripple certain features. In
>> particular, uploading and deleting files.
>
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[Jason Huck]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Steve Piercy - Web Site Builder
<Web@...> wrote:
> It is not a file editor, but a file manager that allows you to select
> resources on the server and place them within the CKEditor GUI interface (it
> just writes the HTML <img src="/images/mypitchur.jpg">).  I imagine you
> could use it to select a file and pass that onto your own editor interface.

Actually it just passes back the path and a few bits of metadata about
the selected file. In typical usage, (F)CKEditor inserts the
appropriate markup depending on which function made the request. It
could be image tags, download links, embedded media, flash movies,
etc., but you could just as easily invoke the FileManager from your
own custom function and do whatever you want with the result. There's
no requirement that you use it with (F)CKEditor.

- jason


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