JCE 
Version
2.3.2.4 (last update on May 6, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
436
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
5 March 2006
Uses Updater?
- Yes
Includes advanced Image/Media, File and Link handling, plugin support, and an Administration interface for editor configuration.
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I finally got this extension because everyone rants and raves about it. From the back end, it's very easy to install and work with. It's much nicer to work in than the other editors.
But then go to your front end and see how your articles have been trashed. I have slash marks and other weird formatting in content where none existed before. Every time I delete them, they re-appear in a few minutes.
Formatting from Word is completely ignored.
But worst of all, the plugins I was using (like tabs and slides in content or video streaming) in my articles are ignored and disabled and I'm spending my entire day uninstalling mambots and plugins, finding those zipped files again and reinstalling them after I've uninstalled JCE. All the while, my e-zine looks like crap on the front end, I keep getting visitors to my website.
This is taking all day, but I thought I'd pause to warn others . . . .don't waste your time with this extension.
But then go to your front end and see how your articles have been trashed. I have slash marks and other weird formatting in content where none existed before. Every time I delete them, they re-appear in a few minutes.
Formatting from Word is completely ignored.
But worst of all, the plugins I was using (like tabs and slides in content or video streaming) in my articles are ignored and disabled and I'm spending my entire day uninstalling mambots and plugins, finding those zipped files again and reinstalling them after I've uninstalled JCE. All the while, my e-zine looks like crap on the front end, I keep getting visitors to my website.
This is taking all day, but I thought I'd pause to warn others . . . .don't waste your time with this extension.
Owner's reply
Have you posted on in the forum about any of your problems?
This is the best free WYSIWYG editor out there. No other free editor will work in so many browsers. As a matter of fact for my configuration no other editor worked in Safari. His tutorials are top notch and its amazing configuration abilities are very expansive.
I would recommend that everyone try this program.
Keep up the good work!
I would recommend that everyone try this program.
Keep up the good work!
Even for non-techies using a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, things can be confusing.
Not so with JCE : It's a great editor, with easily-identifiable tool bar buttons, step-by-step options for adding links & many more user-friendly features.
I've been editing Mambo / Joomla for years - JCE is the best editor out there by far - and my clients can use it.
Both the free and commercial versions are great and well-worth checking out.
Not so with JCE : It's a great editor, with easily-identifiable tool bar buttons, step-by-step options for adding links & many more user-friendly features.
I've been editing Mambo / Joomla for years - JCE is the best editor out there by far - and my clients can use it.
Both the free and commercial versions are great and well-worth checking out.
JCE has really transformed my website. I have run mambo, joomla, php-nuke, and many other CMS websites and I really like JCE for joomla. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to use a third party WYSIWYG editor.
I am not going to just tell you it is good. But rather explain a few reasons WHY its good. For one, it is highly customizable. You can edit the layouts, colors, etc. Second, it is open source! Third, it allows for lots of coding directly through its text field which many WYSIWYG editors lack. And there are MANY other reasons, but those a few of the main ones I could think of off the top of my head.
I am a very experienced programmer and web designer.
Take it from me, if your looking for an open source and FREE WYSIWYG editor, this is hands down your best bet.
(PS. If I made any typos or misfacts, pardon me. I am not looking back and am typing very fast being a busy man)
But seriously, get this.
I am not going to just tell you it is good. But rather explain a few reasons WHY its good. For one, it is highly customizable. You can edit the layouts, colors, etc. Second, it is open source! Third, it allows for lots of coding directly through its text field which many WYSIWYG editors lack. And there are MANY other reasons, but those a few of the main ones I could think of off the top of my head.
I am a very experienced programmer and web designer.
Take it from me, if your looking for an open source and FREE WYSIWYG editor, this is hands down your best bet.
(PS. If I made any typos or misfacts, pardon me. I am not looking back and am typing very fast being a busy man)
But seriously, get this.
The editor is very practical because of the admin component: for each site I can easy choose which options are available to the users.
The plugins are great, it's so very easy too insert all kinds of content: images, movies, pdf, links etc.
The only minor point is that the developer works so hard :).There are many upgrades which aren't always properly tested. But his support is very good.
JCE runs on all my joomla! sites.
The plugins are great, it's so very easy too insert all kinds of content: images, movies, pdf, links etc.
The only minor point is that the developer works so hard :).There are many upgrades which aren't always properly tested. But his support is very good.
JCE runs on all my joomla! sites.
I use the JCE editor on 5 sites, and in every case, it has helped my clients. The image upload/insert and article linking feature are tremendous. And even though I haven't used it, the image popup feature looks great.
I highly recommend this product with one reservation: it can be difficult to get it working correctly depending on your server configuration. Luckily, the developer is VERY responsive and helpful.
I highly recommend this product with one reservation: it can be difficult to get it working correctly depending on your server configuration. Luckily, the developer is VERY responsive and helpful.
I like this extension very much and I use it on different sites. That is why I translated it in italian.
I cannot understand why I sent a complete language package in italian and nobody answered to me, nor contacted me.
Moreover, I know that now somebody posted a complete italian pack on joomla.it site, but it is not included in JCE language packages... I think that it could be useful to have on official site instead of looking for it...
I cannot understand why I sent a complete language package in italian and nobody answered to me, nor contacted me.
Moreover, I know that now somebody posted a complete italian pack on joomla.it site, but it is not included in JCE language packages... I think that it could be useful to have on official site instead of looking for it...
I was looking for a better way to edit pages and inserting pictures. the standard joomla way to insert first a tag called {mosimage} and select it from a list (where the picture must be already present, uploaded externally) was really too ugly.
With JCE uploading and inserting images is a piece of cake.
Anther improvement compared to the default TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor shipped with Joomla: nice HTML formatting (and word wrap).
What else? It's just the TinyMCE
With JCE uploading and inserting images is a piece of cake.
Anther improvement compared to the default TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor shipped with Joomla: nice HTML formatting (and word wrap).
What else? It's just the TinyMCE
I was a prior user of versions of JCE and was discouraged to see the Ryan had moved his Pop-up Image features behind a $20 membership charge to his site. Doing a bit of Googling around, it appears that I'm not the only one dismayed by this. I have elected to use another editor for all my Joomla sites.
I loved this editor for all its features until I hit one rather annoying snag.
When I use the Image Upload/Inserter the pop-out is somehow logging me out of the backend. Its the strangest thing but I've tried it on two different systems and on fresh Joomla! installs and I can consistently repeat the error.
I'm going to go explore and see if I can find something with more consistent functionality.
When I use the Image Upload/Inserter the pop-out is somehow logging me out of the backend. Its the strangest thing but I've tried it on two different systems and on fresh Joomla! installs and I can consistently repeat the error.
I'm going to go explore and see if I can find something with more consistent functionality.
This is a nice component, although Im not totally sure what funcionality it hase over TinyMCE. I installed it because you can edit the layout of the toolbar, which is nice, because the default layout of JCE and TinyMCE caused formatting problems for the profile edit section on Commuity builder. One thing I would tell everyone is make SURE to look at the default settings for the image editor. As installed, JCE gives ALL registered users read/write access to Joomla's core images. I found out when I was doing some last minute testing on my test user account and was suprised to find out that as a simple registered user, I could delete all site images...wake up call!! To change the setting, just go do JCE backend/JCE Plugins/Image Manager and set to administrator, or who know, your Joomla head might get replaced by some beautiful banner add.
This editor is a vast improvement over tinyMCE.
And I really liked the lightbox utility, that makes my front page look sooo snazzy. The little magnifying glasses are so cute and I like the way they adjust to the padding around the image.
I had the issue with smoothgallery but I selected jquery in the jce mambot parameters and that fixed it.
I had to install the editor mambot manually but the instructions at the cellardoor site are very clear.
Well done and thanks.
gardengal
And I really liked the lightbox utility, that makes my front page look sooo snazzy. The little magnifying glasses are so cute and I like the way they adjust to the padding around the image.
I had the issue with smoothgallery but I selected jquery in the jce mambot parameters and that fixed it.
I had to install the editor mambot manually but the instructions at the cellardoor site are very clear.
Well done and thanks.
gardengal
I have used this software for some time and was always happy with it. Sadly, I have to agree with the previous reviewer. The latest release (V1.16) is full of bugs, unpredicatable and in all, virtually unusable. My posts on the JCE Forum and those of others are left unanaswered by the developer I could provide a list of around 12 areas where basic functionality is seriously flawed. My advise go back to V1.1 or use another editor.
This is my favourite editor. I really like the way of inserting images. I tried other ones but this one is the best. I also like that you can decide which buttons show in the editor, that's excellent if you don't want people to start adding an html formating for font for example... you just disable all the buttons for that, just use css instead. :o)
Thank you, great job!
Thank you, great job!
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
Great work!
Berend
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