# Does anybody have simple example of Tiny\_MCE working?

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**Created:** [March 12, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anybody-have-simple-example-of-tiny-mce-working/162695 "2009-03-12T21:14:56Z")\
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I’ve gotten my hopes up a few times and have gone through the many  
Rails Tiny\_MCE tutorials only to bomb out.  
All of these tutorials are significantly different which leads me to  
ask if anyone has a very simple Rails app they might share that  
demonstrates this feature.

Some frustrations I’ve found are;

1. They suggest loading many lines of javascript tags and yields in  
the application.html.erb …what about the current :yield?
2. The instructions for the rake plugin don’t seem to work the same  
anymore
3. There’s no examples of using the form\_for approach with  
form.text\_area etc.

I am grateful for any help in this endeavor and happy to share my  
results.  
David

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> I’ve gotten my hopes up a few times and have gone through the many  
> Rails Tiny\_MCE tutorials only to bomb out.  
> All of these tutorials are significantly different which leads me to  
> ask if anyone has a very simple Rails app they might share that  
> demonstrates this feature.

I’ve used the tinymce rails plugin. You just drop it in to your app, and  
it works like a charm. Unfortunately, I don’t have any code I can post,  
though.

SH

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**Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anybody-have-simple-example-of-tiny-mce-working/162695/3 "2009-03-13T03:16:24Z")

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Hey David,

I maintain a plugin for TinyMCE in Rails. You can find it at:

> **[GitHub - kete/tiny\_mce: A Ruby on Rails plugin (pre-Rails 3.1) that allows...](https://github.com/kete/tiny_mce)**
>
> A Ruby on Rails plugin (pre-Rails 3.1) that allows easy implementation of the TinyMCE editor into your applications. - GitHub - kete/tiny\_mce: A Ruby on Rails plugin (pre-Rails 3.1) that allows eas...

It’s pretty easy to install and setup. See the README on the link  
above.

Should only take 2-3 minutes to install, and doesn’t need any complex  
yields or special form methods.

Regards  
Kieran

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anybody-have-simple-example-of-tiny-mce-working/162695/4 "2009-03-14T15:35:05Z")

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Hello,

I use tiny\_mce without any plugin. You have a very clear explanation  
on how to doit here :  
[http://www.ricroberts.com/articles/2008/06/16/tinymce-wysiwyg-text-editor-on-rails](http://www.ricroberts.com/articles/2008/06/16/tinymce-wysiwyg-text-editor-on-rails)

Hope this can help

Nicols