# What's the latest on WYSIWYG editor integration with Rails? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 11, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-wysiwyg-editor-integration-with-rails/162609 "2009-03-11T22:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phallstrom)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-wysiwyg-editor-integration-with-rails/162609/1 "2009-03-11T22:25:27Z")
Hi all - For awhile now I’ve been using Fckeditor (and it’s rails plugin) but was wondering if there might be something new to take a look at. Mostly just curious. Ease of use and asset/integration are the most important issues. Thanks all! -philip ---
**Author:** ![phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phallstrom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-wysiwyg-editor-integration-with-rails/162609/2 "2009-03-12T04:30:42Z")
Everyone I know is still using fckeditor modded to do file uploading and stuff. I personally haven’t found anything better but I’d love to know if there is. ---
**Author:** ![phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phallstrom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-wysiwyg-editor-integration-with-rails/162609/3 "2009-03-12T05:10:26Z")
Hello Phillip, 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. I have just noticed the new TinyMCE 3.2.2 has been released though, so will be updating that sometime within the next 24 hours. Regards Kieran ---
**Author:** ![phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phallstrom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-wysiwyg-editor-integration-with-rails/162609/4 "2009-03-12T19:56:23Z")
Livepipe has a textarea control built on top of prototype…looks very configurable and easy on the eyes. [http://livepipe.net/control/textarea](http://livepipe.net/control/textarea) ---
**Author:** ![phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phallstrom)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-wysiwyg-editor-integration-with-rails/162609/5 "2009-04-02T11:00:53Z")
> **[WYMeditor - web-based XHTML editor - Home](http://www.wymeditor.org/)** > > WYMeditor is a web-based, standards compliant WYSIWYM XHTML editor. [http://jomz.gorilla-webdesign.be/blog/recent/2007/09/20/wym-on-rails/](http://jomz.gorilla-webdesign.be/blog/recent/2007/09/20/wym-on-rails/) This one definetly worth a look ---
**Author:** ![phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@phallstrom](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phallstrom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-wysiwyg-editor-integration-with-rails/162609/6 "2009-03-12T20:19:10Z")
That’s for markdown, not HTML, and it’s not “what you see is what you get”. It’s just a nice toolbar. neat though. I may use this on something else. Thanks for sharing! On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Lee S.