Scott,

 

Is it too soon to get your eval on cute editor?

 

I have pretty much given up on FTB for production and value your opinion.

Have you looked at FCKeditor.  Locopon has given us a provider for it.

Looks very nice.

 

 

I just upgraded the r.a.d. editor to the latest 5.0.3 provider and I must say, unbelievable.

 

The integration with DNN is now very comprehensive as you can specifiy tool bars by roles. This is still limited to the default dnn roles, but with the way the editor works with folder permissions you don't need much more.

 

Oliver Hine has done an excellent job on the provider and I'm confident it will continue to get better.

 

If anyone needs to know more, or would like to take it for a test drive contact me via PM and I'll get you set up.

Does anyone have opinions on the Cute Editor vs. the Rad editor (for use within DNN)?

 

I'm trying to make a purchasing decision and it seems that both these options are very capable (though I tend to lean a little towards Cute -- but not sure why).

 

Any comments, experiences or insights would be appreciated.

I own licenses for both, I can say without hesitation r.a.d.

 

I like the cute editor for one reason. The insert image and upload dialog is better than Teleriks.

 

Both editors are very good. Support with either is good as well.

 

The r.a.d. editor does integrate better with dnn because it will expose or hide the image, flash, docs, and media tools based on the users permissions set with the file manager.

 

If a users role has read permissions on the images folder they will see the image icon in the tool bar and be able to insert images from the folders. If they have write permissions they will also have access to the upload dialog. If they have neither, they won't see the tools.

 

You can now also customize the tool bars available based on Host, Admin, Registered and Unauthenticated roles. All this just by editing a few xml files. Other changes do require editing the webconfig, but nothing major.

 

There is a small bug in the current provider (5.0.3) for dnn that does not display tool tips from the format sweeper. I am confident it will be addressed quickly.

 

If you are running any 2.1.2 installs, then Cute for sure as that has a provider for 2.1.2 and I'm not sure the Telerik editor does, I may be wrong about that so you may want to look closer if you require it to work with 2.1.2.

Thanks very much for the feedback.

 

Seems RAD wins on the basis of better integration with DNN.

 

However, in my quick experimentations with the online demos of both products, the Cute editor seems to be a little more user-friendly and has more features that could be useful in some contexts (like the "Template" selector).  I also like the table editor and the overall functionality better in Cute.

 

But, I guess this is largely dependent on what the needs are for an individual DNN site.

 

 

Well I'll throw in an opposing few.  It seems to me that RAD has finally caught up with many of the features that Cutesoft has had for quite a while.

 

Toolbar customisation by role is available in Cute and has been for a few months now I think.

 

The latest integration of RAD with DNN file permissions (although only just implemented) is definitely a plus, however I'm sure Cute will match it quite soon.( I personaly think that DNN needs to be slightly redesigned to support features such as this as it presently os really just a hack)

Additionally you have the Cutesoft coders doing the DNN integration themselves, rather than having to rely on a third party to do the provider (Oliver has done a great job though!!)

Isn't great to see competition between third party providers to provide support for DNN.

Have RAD put in suport for templates yet? 

r.a.d. does support templates. And yes Scott, the load time is what really moved me towards r.a.d.

 

Andrew, I agree completly, the competition is great and is pushing both to develop a better product.

 

I had a most difficult time choosing.

OK, I have just purchased Cute Editor (decided that the simpler interface was appealing).  I'm prepared to change my mind if need be. 

 

If anyone (especially Scott) has a web.config they're willing to share, that would be great.  I'd just like samples of how to turn off many of the toolbar buttons.  For example, would be great to only show the buttons that are shown here on these forums.

 

Thanks.

 

-Dharmesh

The default webconfig looks like this:

 

<add name="CEHtmlEditorProvider"
        type="DotNetNuke.HtmlEditor.CEHtmlEditorProvider, DotNetNuke.CEHtmlEditorProvider"
        providerPath="~\Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\CEHtmlEditorProvider\CuteSoft_Client\CuteEditor\"
        UseDNNRootImageDirectory="true"
        RemoveServerNamesFromUrl="true"
        UseRelativeLinks="false"
     RenderRichDropDown="true"
     MaxHTMLLength="0"
     MaxTextLength="0"
     CustomCulture=""
     ThemeType=""
     DisableAutoFormatting="false"
     DisableClassList=""
     HelpUrl=""
     BreakElement="div"
     EditorBodyStyle=""
     Admin_AutoConfigure = "Full"
     Admin_SecurityPolicyFile = "admin.config"
     Admin_DisableItemList = ""
     Admin_AllowPasteHtml = "true"
     Admin_EditorOnPaste  = "default"
     Admin_ReadOnly = "false"
     Admin_ShowBottomBar ="true"
     Admin_ShowHtmlMode = "false"
     Admin_ShowPreviewMode = "true" 
     Registered_AutoConfigure = "Simple"
     Registered_SecurityPolicyFile = "default.config"
     Registered_DisableItemList = ""
     Registered_AllowPasteHtml = "true"
     Registered_EditorOnPaste  = "default"
     Registered_ReadOnly = "false"
     Registered_ShowBottomBar ="true"
     Registered_ShowHtmlMode = "false"
     Registered_ShowPreviewMode = "true"        
     Guest_AutoConfigure = "Minimal"
     Guest_SecurityPolicyFile = "guest.config"
     Guest_DisableItemList = "Save"
     Guest_AllowPasteHtml = "true"
     Guest_EditorOnPaste  = "default"
     Guest_ReadOnly = "false"
     Guest_ShowBottomBar ="true"
     Guest_ShowHtmlMode = "true"
     Guest_ShowPreviewMode = "true"
        />

 

As you can see config files are called out by role. Just edit the appropriate config file in the folder Andrew indicates to get the desired results.