ckeditor

Intro

The follow on to the fckeditor in Drupal, is the ckeditor.

Its has similar options to fck but it prettier (colours can be customised).

With marinelli based themes there is a bit of tuning to do though.

There is a quick reference for end-users.

Issues

After some initial tests:

• Format type is always plain text, has to be set manually on new content.
• The tool bar is very simple despite having selected "Druapl Full"
• I find myself with extra blank lines.
• I've not yet tested file /image upload, not to mention the (not expensive) commercial ckfinder tool which looks like its nice for image browsing.

Related Modules

Another related tip is to use the better formats module for handling what input format is used per role and content type.

[2010.03.16]: So it seems the wysiswyg module is the unified way to go for long term compatibility, will try that on the next few sites. Seems to work fine, but is less configurable. What is nice is that the configuration is linked to input formats, not roles.]