Ruby on Rails: Editor for backend of the web application

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What editor can you suggest to integrate with the backend of the web app I'm currently developing? I want to allow my trusted users to add articles that would be visible on the frontend. It should have some kind of markup language (to make basic customisation - lists, bold...) and if possible also the option to upload images.

Ben Hughes · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-06 15:34:07Z

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look into restful_authentication (authentication), RedCloth (textile markup language), Hobo (admin interface), and paperclip (file uploads/attachments). You can piece together something with those.

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answered Jul 6, 2009 at 14:46

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Barry Gallagher Over a year ago

acts_as_authenticated is deprecated so I would strongly recommend using restful_authentication (its successor) instead.

Ben Hughes Over a year ago

that's what I meant to say/too early in the morning. editing.

Olex Ponomarenko · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-06 15:16:17Z

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If the editors of your site are not so technical, you might want to look into a Javascript markup editor instead, such as TinyMCE for editing articles - it looks similar to the gmail editor or the one here on S/O (bold / italics / etc), and you don't have to use textile markup.

You can also try routing to, say, admin/modelname, and create administrative controllers there. Hobo might be a way of doing it, but it is usually done manually.

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Barry Gallagher · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-06 14:47:02Z

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I suggest using RedCloth for adding a textile style mark-up language to your articles.
- I also suggest Paperclip for uploading & attaching images to your articles.

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Ethan · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-06 18:58:49Z

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Do you mean "editor" in the sense of a component you present to end users in the browser, embedded in the Web page?

Stackoverflow uses the WMD editor. It's good. I'm using it in a current project. It took me about 20 minutes to read the docs and set it up. It's fast, lightweight, works in most browsers, and is easy to use both for you and the end users.

It uses the "Markdown" markup language.

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Terry G Lorber · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-06 16:22:03Z

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Try Radiant CMS for a complete solution.

answered Jul 6, 2009 at 16:22

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Jakub Troszok Over a year ago

I'm not looking for CMS as it's not cms what i'm developing even if i have to give some users (the staff members) the possibility to publish articles.

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