This editor has really come of age with the last update. The subscribed version has some fantastic plugins with my favorite being the Template manager. For $20 it is really worth it.

Great work!

Berend

For a long time i've used the 1.04 version but this version has more options like image caption, tooltips and a better interface. Just out of the box it's working great, thanks Ryan

This tool is the most customizable and usefull addition to any joomla site. It allows a user to set permissions for all areas, has a built in spellchecker, and best of all allows you to upload files, photos, videos, etc strait from the edit window. I will not build a site without it.

The editor is without competitors. Stable, smooth, simple to understand and use, nice features. Nice job on this one!

But $20? I did pay, and is absolutely satisfied with the product, but maybe 10$ for the extended version would be enough? The most expensive "software" I ever bought.

Unfortunately I deleted the installfiles of the old version I had downloaded last year, who had all the function I needed (pop-up picture, upload/compressing/resizing of pictures). Could have saved me a 20...

This extension was promising, but the new version is less useful than TinyMCE that comes with the Joomla package. It's also quite buggy.

The plugins might make the installation worth while, but they are only available if you pay 20$ for a membership. The core component is not that good, so I'm not willing to pay to review the plugins.

In my opinion this extension should no longer be presented as GNU GPL, as the earlier free versions are removed, and the free download of JCE 1.1.x is not much of a WYSIWYG editor.

the latest version doesn't have media manager plugin. i hope u will upload it soon..

Not only that, but It Works Great!

I particularly enjoy the SHOW/HIDE feature for quick markup editing when the interface is cumbersome and I know the code. ;)

Thanks for a great joomla! extension release!

Easy to install, easy to use. If you have a lot of people using your Joomla site you really need to install this editor. The user friendly interface makes editing a pleasure instead of work.

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This editor is far better than TinyMCE (you can edit font colours etc. easily) and I'd love to be using it, but there's one major problem with it - it appears to have been developed in Firefox and not properly tested in IE, which is a bit of a problem because all of my clients use IE. Anyway, to date I've found 2 problems with JCE using IE6, both of which are detailed by other users in the user forum and both of which remain unanswered. Firstly, the Image Manager - when you select an image it gets stuck with a message that says "Retrieving data" but it never retrieves so you can't insert the image. Secondly, the Joomlaboard Plugin pops up a box asking you which forum you want to point the content article to, but there is no Insert button. Both of these issues do not occur in Firefox so as a developer I can get around it, but trying to explain it to a client with limited user knowledge isn't a great option. Because of this I would question the Editor's Pick tag, seeing as it doesn't seem to work 100% correctly on over 90% of the world's browsers - although I suppose if you don't want to insert images or link to a forum then it's fine! :-)

Owner's reply:
I will be attending to both these issues in the nest update, most likely available this weekend (05/05/07 - 06/05/07)

I installed this editor, and it works fine in Firefox, but in IE, i get the error message "internet explorer cannot open the Internet site ..... Operation Aborted", which is no good for the users of my site, as most of them use IE. If anyone can advise why this would be happening, that would be greatly appreciated, as i found this editor to be great in Firefox

I install JCE on every Joomla site I create.

The features I appreciate:
1) Easy image upload and file management compared to the default editor.
2) Better image options when placing it into text.
3) Easy inserting of video/flash.
4) More options for cleaning up HTML or not than the default editor.

I recommend it for sure!

Installed it and worked like a charm! Thanks a lot...

Except from the popup window sizes in firefox everything is fine with this editor.

I've looked at all the free ones - JCE is the best open source Joomla Editor out there.

However, that doesn't mean it is an effective, bug-free editor.

Pros:
* The flash tutorials are great, but very basic.
* Great plug-ins, and lots of control over button layout, and who gets to see them.
* The advanced (member-only, payment required) plug-ins are really nice.
* New Show/Hide HTML link is quick and handy/

Needs Improving:
* Install is fragmented. Follow the note above. (the nice 1.0.4 Flash tutorial has the install order wrong, so it won't help 1.1.0 users)

Cons:
* Documentation is pitiful.
* Current 1.1.0 version is beta, so don't expect stability.
* This version breaks compatibility with older plug-ins. This really hurts the product, because you are forced to give up useful plug-ins when you upgrade.

TinyMCE -- The Biggest Drawback:
TinyMCE wound up wasting LOTS of time for us in our last two Joomla projects.
* It doesn't predictably handle structured content based on divs and spans.
* It doesn't handle embedded flash or forms.
* It inconsistently applies named styles from your CSS: maybe you get the tag you wanted, or you might get spans or divs. No rhyme or reason.
* In general, TinyMCE likes to clutter up it's HTML, even with the Clean HTML option set.

Conclusion:
If the author of JCE can document the project adequately, and get rid of the bugs, he will have half of a great product. Sadly, all that greatness will still be neutralized by the inadequacies of the TinyMCE editor.
Still, JCE is the best WYSIWYG editor that the Joomla community has.

-Ken

Great, the Beta version might sound scary, but is actually very solid.
This is a great plugin, thumbs up to the developer(s).
I'd love to see more community support and more add-ons for it.
Remember that if you unistall and install again, you have to pick the WYSIWYG editor on the site configuration again. i lost about 1 hour of my life figuring that out.