Beginner's Guide

Joomla core comes with two editors (Figure 4). In Global Conﬁguration - Site you can7 set the default

editor for your website. Additionally, you can assign a different editor to every user account (User -

Manager).

Figure 4: Editor Plug-ins

CodeMirror

is a JavaScript library that can be used to create a relatively pleasant editor interface

for code-like content ― computer programs, HTML markup, and the like. This plug-in has to be

activated if you want to offer textarea ﬁelds with the CodeMirror editor. You can conﬁgure the behavior

of the editor in Basic Settings.

None

This plug-in has to be activated if you want to offer textarea ﬁelds without an editor.

TinyMCE

is a platform-independent web-based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control. It is

the default editor in Joomla

EDITORS-XTD

The four editors-xtd plug-ins generate the buttons below the editor window (Figure 5).

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