new blog editor
The new weblog editor has been pushed out to all of the bloghorn blogs. The WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) interface is available when using recent versions of either IE or Mozilla (or it's leaner alter-ego Firebird). A plain textarea is in the place where the WYSIWYG would be for those
browsers (such as Opera) that don't support designMode or MIDAS. Now, blogging is just as easy with Mozilla as it has always been with IE. We're now working on built-in spellchecking.
If you experience any problems using the new editor please email support@bloghorn.com or leave a comment here.
Click the picture for a look behind the scenes at the development of bloghorn.
Submitted by bumr
at 9/21/2003 7:35:46 PM- click the <> button to edit the html on the page
Submitted by Sedgwick
at 9/21/2003 7:48:58 PM- Thanks kindly. All's well with the world again ... when in doubt click the little chevrons.
Error message still happens in WYSIWYG though. (Not that will be of concern to me in the world of tags.)
Submitted by Christy
at 9/21/2003 10:02:15 PM- I like it--Lists will be so much fun from now on.
Submitted by Leesa
at 9/21/2003 10:30:46 PM- That kid is a genius, I tell you! Genius!
Submitted by Sedgwick
at 9/22/2003 3:50:54 PM- This particular genius kid is the FBI's prime suspect in the creation and propogation of the Lovebug, Nimda and Bugbear viruses. If found guilty the kid won't be out of jail until it's a very old teenager. I blame the parents!
Submitted by ben
at 10/29/2003 2:28:51 PM- You can now specify "Text" as your editor of choice rather than "WYSIWYG" under your account settings. "WYSIWYG" is the default choice when new user accounts are created though.
Submitted by dc
at 11/4/2003 4:57:40 AM- the big text area doesn't show links
that I choose by using the chain tool.
the chain tool (insert link ?) propmpt fo an url,
but never prompts for anchor text.
Submitted by blu13
at 11/12/2003 3:31:17 PM- I found a good solution for spell checking until you are able to implement one into the system. It only works with IE based browsers :( however. The web address is http://www.iespell.com/ and it's just a small program that lets you run spell check right in the browser window simply by right clicking in the window and choosing 'Check Spelling' from the pop-up menu. To bad it's only supports IE as of now, hopefully I'll find something a little less Microsoft Dependent.
Submitted by ben
at 11/12/2003 3:59:40 PM- Thanks.
Submitted by dc
at 11/17/2003 11:35:45 PM- the text area is inaccessible to me
when using Camino.
Can I set the editor to be a simple
text-only textarea box ?
Submitted by Tim
at 11/28/2003 9:57:18 PM- Spillchecker! Hoo kneads spellchicker?!
Submitted by ben
at 12/1/2003 11:56:02 AM- Go to the user settings and change the editor to "text".
Errrr ... does this mean there is no longer the option to use the HTML editor?
I tried editing a post to change text colour but when I click on the text icon I keep getting "an error on page" message and no dropdown box with the colour selections. (?!)