Developer(s)Gentics Software GmbH
Initial release15 July 2010 (2010-07-15)
Stable release
0.23.9 / 29 May 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-29)
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeHTML editor, text editor
LicenseGPLv2[1]
Websitewww.aloha-editor.org

Aloha Editor is an open source WYSIWYG editor that can be used in web pages. Aloha Editor aims to be easy to use and fast in editing,[2] and allows advanced inline editing.[3][4] The first version was released 15 July 2010.

Description

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Aloha Editor is built to facilitate editing of content within the same layout that is shown to readers. In this respect, it is different from most other web-based wysiwyg editors. Aloha features a floating contextual toolbar that hovers over content that the user is actively editing. Aloha Editor tries to implement its functionality respecting the HTML5 Specification Draft.[5]

Aloha Editor includes a plugin API[6] for extensions.

Browser compatibility

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Aloha editor does not require browser specific editing. It is compatible across multiple browsers and Operating Systems including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera.

Implementations

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The following content management systems work with Aloha Editor either natively or through modules:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Aloha Editor license
  2. ^ Aloha Editor usability benchmarks[dead link]
  3. ^ Aloha Editor inline Editing description[dead link]
  4. ^ "Aloha Editor inline editing demo". Aloha-editor.org. 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  5. ^ "W3C HTML5 Spec draft". Dev.w3.org. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  6. ^ Aloha Editor API
  7. ^ "Gentics Enterprise CMS - Aloha Editor, simple editing". Gentics.com. 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  8. ^ "TYPO3 Phoenix". News.typo3.org. 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  9. ^ "Aloha Drupal 7 project". Drupal.org. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  10. ^ "Aloha Editor Helsinki Hackathon". Bergie.iki.fi. 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  11. ^ "IKS project". Iks-project.eu. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  12. ^ "Aloha Editor semantic plugin". Bergie.iki.fi. 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  13. ^ "Front-end Editor". Scribu.net. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  14. ^ KaraCos
  15. ^ "AlohaX". Alohax.butter.com.hk. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  16. ^ "Calipso-Aloha". Github.com. Retrieved 2012-06-20.