Wysiwyg Pro eases blogging

by Ted Wallingford Oct 8th 2007

If you blog, or use web-based discussion forums, or use any sort of web mail app, then you know just how frustrating it can be to compose rich content with the limited tools provided for word processing on the web . To go from writing in a feature-rich word processor like Word to composing in a stripped-down text box with very little formatting functionality. Forget about embedding pictures, and definitely forget about embedding YouTube videos.

But Wysiwyg Pro from ViziMetrics, now at version 3, makes life a little easier for those of us who spend plenty of time composing content for the web. This tool is a rich, web-based graphical editor that's compatible with Joomla, Wordpress, and Mambo, among other web content management systems. The editor provides full formatting capability, even allowing you to pre-program HTML code blocks as dockable toolbar buttons. This way, if you need to perform a repetitive task (say, put a blank floating table with room for a picture and caption in your posting), you needn't waste time typing code over and over. Wysiwyg Pro includes an editable, color-coded HTML source view as well as a draft preview.

Tags: blogging, joomla, web, wordpress, wysiwyg

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Claudio Miranda said 11:16PM on 10-08-2007

I think Xinha (Firefox plugin) does a good job in this area https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1449

squidjam said 12:29AM on 10-09-2007

Well, you could also integrate Xinha to your everyday blog... you just need to add a tag to your templates that calls the javascript needed... It's simple and best of all it's free.

michael said 1:41AM on 10-09-2007

Have you guys heard of Windows Live Writer? I can't believe you never heard of it.

It's one of the #1 things going on in the blogosphere.

Take a look : http://writer.live.com/

Featured Time Waster

Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

View more Time Wasters