Re: wysiwyg wiki?

by Adam Marshall :: Rate this Message:

Sean DeMonner wrote:

> Ken,
>
> I'm not sure of the version of Sakai you're using but our 2.5 instance
> has a set of icons along the top of the page (when in edit mode) that
> provide the most common wysiwyg applications (bold, italic, tables,
> etc). See attached screen shot:
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> [see attachment: "FirefoxScreenSnapz001.png", size: 16751 bytes]
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> It's not true wysiwyg but it's closer than pure text...
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> SMD.
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> On Jul 3, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Ken Masters wrote:
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>> Hi All
>>
>> I'm trying to encourage a staff member to become a little more
>> sophisticated than the old "lecture material / discussion board /
>> assignment and quiz" usage, and see the huge gap to be filled by a wiki.
>> I have hit, however, a block that was raised some time ago - the wiki
>> in Sakai still requires coding (it's not html, but it's still coding).
>> At the time that it was raised, there was (if memory serves me
>> correctly) a possibility that a wysiwyg wiki was on the horizon. Has
>> there been any move on this?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Ken
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yes there is a wysiwyg editor (it looks like FCK) - we have installed it
and are using it in anger. It generally works fine but is slightly
flakey. We downloaded the patch from Sakai JIRA.

I agree that without this add-on the wiki is not really usable by every
user. It makes such a difference.

adam
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