DevEdit Features
New Features in DevEdit NX
- Complete cross-browser support. DevEdit works with Internet Explorer or FireFox on Windows PC's, and with FireFox on non-Windows PC's, such as Mac's and Linux workstations.
- Support for custom tags, such as <MyTag>text</MyTag>
- Easily change the look of the DevEdit component using custom skins. Two are provided by default, and it's easy to create your own.
- Restrict content editing using Macromedia Dreamweaver ™ style editable region tags in your HTML content.
- Switch from simple to advanced editing mode with just one click.
- Define your own modes, to show different combinations of tool bar buttons to different users.
- Easily inspect document structure and move between tags using DevEdit's new HTML tag bar.
- DevEdit's CSS support has been greatly improved and all CSS related libraries have been rewritten from scratch.
- DevEdit's XHTML support has been greatly improved and all XHTML related libraries have been rewritten from scratch.
- Images, Flash movies and media files can all easily be uploaded and added to your content from DevEdit's new, tightly integrated media manager.
- Easily upload all types of office documents using DevEdit's new document/link manager.
- Advanced users will appreciate DevEdit's new keyboard shortcuts, with the ability to define your own.
- The "Paste from Word" function has been rewritten from scratch and now removes any and all unnecessary tags and non-visible formatting that MS Word applies to content. You can also now paste only as text.
- Includes a powerful JavaScript API to customize DevEdit to your liking, including creating keyboard shortcuts, defining your own modes, etc.
- Source code formatting has been greatly improved.
- Content formatting is accomplished using span tags, and no longer font tags.
General Product Features
- 100% DHTML, JavaScript and PHP code. There are no slow Java or ActiveX components to worry about and everything is handled in the browser!
- The perfect addition to any content management system! With just a couple of lines of code, you can let your clients edit their web pages or only specific areas of their web site, such as news items from a database. The included setup guides shows you everything you need to know!
- Edit, source and preview tabs. Preview your HTML content in real-time before saving it to a file or to a MySQL database!
- Easy to use API to hide buttons and tabs, set the image directory, set the controls width, disable image uploading and deleting, restrict access to the source/preview tabs, etc
- Integrated save button which automatically posts the form in which your DevEdit control is located. This can be hidden.
- Upload images directly into your content using the powerful DevEdit image manager. You can also disable image uploading and image deleting by calling the DisableImageUploading and DisableImageDeleting functions!
- Upload flash movies directly into your content using the powerful DevEdit flash manager. You can also disable flash uploading and flash deleting by calling the DisableFlashUploading and DisableFlashDeleting functions!
- If user is not using IE5.5 or above, a normal <TextArea> tag is shown instead
- Easy to integrate into any content management system
- Create/edit HTML content from your browser, anywhere, anytime!
- Produce XHTML-compliant output. Even if you load a non-compliant piece of HTML, DevEdit will convert it to XHTML. This can also be disabled
- Define your own custom HTML inserts for easy access to common HTML from the menu
- Context sensitive menus that change as you alter the font/style of your HTML
- No slow downloading applets or components
- Webdevelopers: DevEdit is easily re-brandable
- Webdevelopers: Easily hide buttons and lists that you don't want your clients to see or access
- Webdevelopers: Disable certain features, such as delete, upload or create new images
User Interface Features
- Simple to use
- Everything is point and click
- No programming skills required
- No technical knowledge required
WYSIWYG Editor Features
- 100% DHTML, JavaScript and PHP code
- Visual menus for font and style dropdowns. For example, all available styles (as defined in your stylesheet) will be rendered in the styles menu as they will appear in your content.
- Edit your HTML content using a simple point and click Interface
- Easy to use API to hide buttons, etc
- Multiple instances mean that you can include as many DevEdit controls on your web page as you like.
- Syntax highlighting in source mode makes it easier to edit your HTML directly
- 1 click to spell check your HTML. No extra work is required for the spell checker to function! Spell checking can also be performed inline, meaning that you simply click the spell check button and all incorrectly spelt words will be highlited. When a word is right-clicked, a list of suggestions will appear.
- Add custom words to the spell checker. If you create technical or industry specific content, you can define your own words with one click.
- Create and modify tables and table cells. Set their border color, alignment, cellspacing and more! Once you've created a table, simply right click inside of it and use the handy popup menu to change its attributes!
- Create and modify forms, text boxes, radio buttons, check boxes and buttons. Design your next contact or purchase form directly from your web browser!
- Complete support for stylesheets -- If your HTML code contains a <style> tag or links to a stylesheet, then those styles will automatically be available in the stylesheet drop down list on the tool bar!
- Right click popup menus inside the DevEdit control make it look and feel like a Windows-based HTML editor! You can right click to cut/copy/paste, modify table/link/image properties and more!
- Edit and source tabs
- Replacement for HTML <textarea> tag
- Web safe popup color picker
- Right click popup menus inside editor
- Upload images directly into your content
- Quickly enable/disable all buttons and lists
- Add hyperlinks, numbers and bulleted lists
- Modify width, height, initial value, etc
- If user is not using IE5.5 or above, a normal <TextArea> tag is shown instead
- What you edit is how your HTML content will look
- If you can use Microsoft Word, then you can use DevEdit
- Adjust font type, colour, size, formatting (bold, italic, underline, subscript, superscript)
- Paragraph formatting
- Insert numbered and ordered lists
- Cut & paste from Microsoft Word
- Add, edit or delete links
- Insert, resize and delete images
- Find/replace dialog for quick searches
- Modify image properties: width, height, border, alt text, alignment, etc
- Switch between WYSIWYG and source code mode
- Fullscreen mode button allows you to stretch the DevEdit control to the width and height of your browser window
Image Manager Features
- Upload your own images
- View, insert or delete images
- Easy to disable image uploading
- Easy to disable image deleting
Flash Manager Features
- Upload your own flash movies
- View, insert or delete flash movies
- Easy to disable flash uploading
- Easy to disable flash deleting