Rich Text Editor - RTE - WYSIWYG User Interface

Hot Banana comes with an easy-to-use WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor (RTE) designed for non-technical content users and administrators. No knowledge of HTML is required to use the editor to publish content to Web sites. Both WYSIWYG and HTML editors are standard with Hot Banana and provide flexibility for both non-technical users and advanced IT users.

WYSIWYG Editing
Hot Banana's WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor is XHTML compliant and meets with W3C Standards. Content administrators and users can use Hot Banana's standard Microsoft Word-like formatting options when entering text. They're very easy-to-use and can also cut, copy and paste rich text into the editor and all formatting will be preserved.

XHTML Editing
More technically sophisticated content administrators and users can switch the WYSIWYG Editor over to XHTML code-mode to enter code directly or copy and paste it from an offline editor such as Macromedia Dreamweaver. References to support file images will be updated automatically when the editor is switched back to WYSIWYG mode.

WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor Features:

The WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor is the location where administrators and users add content to Web pages by aligning text, selecting font styles, adding images, bullets, tables, links, characters/symbols, use the spell checker and edit in HTML mode. Style The option allows administrators and users to select font styles from a list of styles that were created by authorized designers by means of the Styles module. This is also were H1, H2, H3 headlines are set and selected. Cut This feature is used in conjunction with the Paste option. The Cut function removes or "cuts" the selected content (text, images, etc.) from one location and the Paste option places the content in the selected location. Copy This function is used in conjunction with the Paste option. The Copy feature creates an identical replica of the selected content and the Paste option is used to place the material in the selected location. Paste This option allows administrators and users to place cut or copied content in a selected location. Undo This feature reverses an administrator's most recent actions or modifications in the Rich Text Editor. Redo This is used to revert Undoes. For example if the Undo option was selected after a word was bolded, the word would no longer be bolded. However, if the Redo feature was clicked the word would become bolded again. The function will remove Undoes. Bold Bolds the selected text. Italics Italicizes the selected content. Underline Underlines the selected content. Align Left Left aligns the highlighted material. Center Center aligns the highlighted material. Align Right Right aligns the highlighted material. Bullets Creates a bulleted list. Numbering Generates a numbered list Decrease Indent Decreases the indent of the highlighted text. Increase Indent Increases the indent of the highlighted text. Character This feature allows administrators and users to add symbols and characters to a Web page. Link Allows administrators and users to create links to internal Web pages, resources and external Web sites. Image Allows administrators and users to add images to Web site content and specify each image's width, height, alignment and alt tag. Table The feature creates a table based on an administrator's row, column, border and width specifications. Spell Check Checks the correctness of words and offers suggestions for incorrectly spelled words. New words may also be added to the dictionary. XHTML Code View This function displays the XHTML code behind a web page. Administrators may manipulate the XHTML code to create complex table structures, and manipulate images and text in unique and complex manners. Advanced administrators and Webmasters, not content users, are the only individuals that should possess access to the Code View feature.

WYSIWYG - Definition: Pronounced WIZ-zee-wig. Short for what you see is what you get. A WYSIWYG application is one that enables you to see on the display screen exactly what will appear when the document is printed.

XHTML - Definition: Short for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, a hybrid between HTML and XML. XHTML is a markup language written in XML; therefore, it is an XML application. XHTML uses three XML namespaces (used to qualify element and attributes names by associating them with namespaces identified by URI references. Namespaces prevent identically custom-named tags that may be used in different XML documents from being read the same way), which correspond to three HTML 4.0 DTDs: Strict, Transitional, and Frameset. XHTML markup must conform to the markup standards defined in a HTML DTD.