FCKeditor Plugin

This plugin can be used to integrate rich web editing functionality in Grails applications.

The plugin is written in Groovy/Grails without any dependencies on external libraries.

The FCKeditor plugin is based on the great FCKeditor http://www.fckeditor.net Web Rich Text Editor.

Current version

Current plugin version is 0.8

Based on FCKeditor (http://www.fckeditor.net) version 2.6.3

Installation

The plugin can be installed with the following command:

grails install-plugin fckeditor

Usage

To use the wysiwyg editor in your page simply put the following code in your .gsp page:

<fckeditor:editor
    name="text"
    width="100%"
    height="400"
    toolbar="Standard"
    fileBrowser="default">
Initial text
</fckeditor:editor>

where:

Configuration

The plugin can be configured with the standard Config.groovy file.

The following options are available:

Sample config

fckeditor {
	upload {
		basedir = "/uploads/"
		overwrite = false
		link {
			browser = true
			upload = false
			allowed = []
			denied = ['html', 'htm', 'php', 'php2', 'php3', 'php4', 'php5', 'phtml', 'pwml', 'inc', 'asp', 'aspx', 'ascx', 'jsp',
 'cfm', 'cfc', 'pl', 'bat', 'exe', 'com', 'dll', 'vbs', 'js', 'reg', 
'cgi', 'htaccess', 'asis', 'sh', 'shtml', 'shtm', 'phtm']
		}
		image {
			browser = true
			upload = true
			allowed = ['jpg', 'gif', 'jpeg', 'png'] 
			denied = []
		}
		flash {
			browser = false
			upload = false
			allowed = ['swf']
			denied = []
		}
		media {
			browser = false
			upload = false
			allowed = ['mpg','mpeg','avi','wmv','asf','mov']
			denied = []
		}
	}
}

Security note

For security reasons is important to define allowed/denied extensions.

Version history

0.8

• Upgrade to FCKeditor version 2.6.3 final

0.7

• Upgrade to FCKeditor version 2.6.0 final

0.6

• This version correct an installation problem on windows XP (and maybe on other platforms) due to a missing respect of plugins naming conventions. Many thanks to Markus Samuelsson that first pointed out the problem and to Brian Bonner who sent me a patch.
• This version include a modified file browser with the support for delete/rename files and folders. To use it simple add fileBrowser="extended" to the editor tag attributes.
• Added youtube FCKeditor plugin http://sourceforge.net/projects/youtubepluginfo/
• Added embedmovies FCKeditor plugin http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=75348&atid=737639&file_id=182612&aid=1510783
• Added two toolbars ('Standard' and 'Multimedia', the last one with the above plugins included)

0.5

• First public release