By looking at the various guides, forum comments, etc., it is apparent that ckeditor guidance and discussion is geared for developers, rather than someone like me. However, since CKEditor is such a cool application, which could benefit many people who are not necessarily developers, it makes sense to me to provide a step by step guide which is geared for them/us, not for people who already know a lot about web development, etc. Where I get stuck is getting the editor contents to a web page...not how to get the editor to appear on a page. Having an editor appear on a common web page mostly has no value to me in and of itself.
For example, in a similar way, I had to find someone who could assist me in creating a TinyMCE editor which would edit page sections on existing pages. It was not obvious with that editor, and it's not obvious with this editor. Without this person's help, I would never have been able to implement an editor. The same is true here. So I'm wondering...Why not? Why is a simple straight forward guide in step by step not available? (or if it is, why is it hidden away when it should be up front?)
What I'd like to see...
1. Installation guide from download to successful install (this is available).
2. How to place an instance of an editor on a web page (this is available, but could be improved, as it still requires one to go snooping at view source, etc.)
3. How to use that editor instance to edit text, images, etc. (this is available)
4. How to save that content...and how to place that saved content on a web page which does NOT have and will not have an editor instance. Bottom line is to have site admins with capability to edit page sections without web HTML and related experience, but not to have editors available to the public for the most part (although that could also be implemented for use with forms). I am able to do this with TinyMCE only because someone wrote up a basic editor setup for that purpose.
5. How to password protect editor instances which you do not want the general public to use. Also, how to password protect the functionality of inline editor on pages (not yet attempted).
So anyway...suggestions where I go from here? TinyMCE is okay but it seems CKEditor is more robust and stable, easier to use, etc.
It's hard to create a one
It's hard to create a one-size-fits-all guide because there are so many languages out there, and so many different ways to do stuff. Here's our guide on how to save data in CKEditor 4: http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/guide/dev_framed
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