# Resource for creating a Text Editor (kinda like gmail or wordpress)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resource-for-creating-a-text-editor-kinda-like-gmail-or-wordpress/167833>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 13, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resource-for-creating-a-text-editor-kinda-like-gmail-or-wordpress/167833 "2009-05-13T03:28:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resource-for-creating-a-text-editor-kinda-like-gmail-or-wordpress/167833/1 "2009-05-13T03:28:19Z")

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I’m looking to create a textarea that you can edit (bold, create  
links, view html etc.), much like Wordpress or gmail.

Anyone know a good resource to learn how to do this?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resource-for-creating-a-text-editor-kinda-like-gmail-or-wordpress/167833/2 "2009-05-13T05:14:25Z")

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TinyMCE (which Wordpress uses) or FCKEditor would work fine for this.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resource-for-creating-a-text-editor-kinda-like-gmail-or-wordpress/167833/3 "2009-05-13T05:19:42Z")

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And of course there are some plugins or gems for easy integration of  
TinyMCE. Search for them.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/resource-for-creating-a-text-editor-kinda-like-gmail-or-wordpress/167833/4 "2009-05-14T06:18:59Z")

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Oh. Here it is

> **[GitHub - kete/tiny\_mce: A Ruby on Rails plugin (pre-Rails 3.1) that allows easy...](https://github.com/kete/tiny_mce/tree/master)**
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> master