| Attribute | Average |
|---|---|
| Features | 4.5 / 5 |
| Reliability | 4.75 / 5 |
| Ease Of Use | 4.75 / 5 |
| Documentation | 4.75 / 5 |
| Vote Count | 4 |
#D7CX pledge: There will be a BUEditor 7.x release on the day that Drupal 7 is released. A plain textarea editor aiming to facilitate code writing. Features Completely customizable editor interface Ability to create both image and text buttons Per role editor assignments Native support for html tags,... [More...]
| Maintainer: | ufku |
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| Version | Date | Files | Release notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-2.0 | 2010-Mar-17 | Download | Recommended |
| 7.x-1.0-alpha1 | 2010-Mar-17 | Download | Other |
| 6.x-1.4 | 2009-Sep-09 | Download | Other |
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A newbie to Drupal, I was looking for a way how to implement my own CSS into an editor. Before Drupal I used to hand-type everything via PSPad.
After I burned out with the promising WymeEditor (which has an unsolved bug at this time for 5.x), I chose BUEditor. I write my own styles, make icons and I´m not bothered by the fuzz the Wysiwygs make.
I think I´d use something else for the users though. (Perhaps FCK. I didn´t have luck with TinyMCE, it s not tiny at all!)
This is a great Drupal editor.
It's not WYSIWYG, but we all know that "what you see ISN'T always what you get" with WYSIWIG editors. BUEditor exposes the HTML, but in such a straightforward way that most users take right to it.
There's a one-click preview button, so it actually feels like WYSIWIG.
Total HTML-phobes may not be appropriate users for this editor, but my sense is that total HTML-phobes won't have total success with other editors, either. Hidden HTML gets a lot of people into trouble.
Developers can easily add buttons via a web interface. For instance, if you install the paging module you can add a pagebreak button to the editor in under 20 seconds. You can also add sophisticated buttons, complete with PHP, javascript, dropdowns, icons, selection awareness, and access keys.
The module integrates beautifully with the powerful IMCE module, written by the same author.
I wish the editor had an image alignment feature by default. I added a dropdown to do this.
You can get help on that here:
http://ufku.com/drupal/bueditor/tips
and here:
http://ufku.com/drupal/bueditor (I used the method in the comments on this page.)
You can set up multiple BUEditor profiles, for use by different roles and paths.
If you run the Secure Pages module, remember to add imce* to your list, per http://drupal.ro/imce-and-secure-pages-module
Head over to to the author's site, http://ufku.com/drupal/bueditor/index for more terrific functionality. Add-ons include a tool for creating HTML tables, a resource for making the editor look more like TinyMCE, and a search and replace that can even handle regular expressions.
(The author even has a TMCE module, that I'm guessing will be a great alternative module for TinyMCE. If I ever get a client who can't look at an tag, I will likely try that.)
I do wonder what the BU in BUEditor stands for. Until I know, I'll consider it to be Boost Up your Drupal Editor!
With its customization features, and solid reliable feature set, this text field editor will be a handy addition for sites that have html aware node editors. Integrates with imce, the image upload manager, and at 97K for the entire module, it takes up much less room than fckeditor at ~ 3.9 Meg.
This module has become a good companion on most of my sites. If used with IMCE, it can make your life much easier, unless you want your images as nodes.
You can easily add other buttons with a bit of reading, or modify the html that each produces, from the administration page directly. I think this shouldn't mean much of a hassle if you read the documentation they have on their site.
Creating different profiles for user roles with different filter access is easily done also.
In my opinion a nice solution to give to users in comments, and a handy tool for content creators. Very light weight too.
Last but not least, you can see it in action in this screencast
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