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SPAW Editor 2 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the php-made-easier dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Solmetra has released a stable version of SPAW Editor PHP Edition version 2 — one of the best web-based open source WYSIWYG editors on the market. Version 2 adds tabbed multi-document interface, floating/shared toolbars, a resize-able editing area, Opera support, and many other exciting new features. One of the most exciting news in version 2 is its modular architecture allowing for virtually unlimited possibilities in extending core functionality."

24 comments

  1. Slashvertisements suck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Especially when the 'product' is this lame.

    1. Re:Slashvertisements suck by 1010110010 · · Score: 1

      Agreed.

    2. Re:Slashvertisements suck by JShadow · · Score: 1

      While it's true that some of these are not good... through the comments I've come to know of many great softwares and real user experiences which have helped me to find much better. So while it's true, I take the "Slashvertisements" with a shaker of salt, I do like seeing the insightful comments and real people who actually make it worthwhile.

      So... thank you slashdot readers! :)

  2. Exciting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    When someone talks about an editor and uses "exciting" twice in the submission, either they're legitimately enthusiastic about the product or they have something to gain from promoting it. My apologies that the intarbew has made me so cynical.

  3. Dear cowboyneil by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    This submission is proof positive that the abilities displayed in your role as poll option far outway your ability as a slashdot editor.

  4. Slashvertisment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I've been writing PHP apps for four years, I've never heard of this almighty "SPAW" even once.

    1. Re:Slashvertisment by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Informative

      SPAW Editor v.2 is a web based in-browser WYSIWYG HTML editor control. It is a replacement for standard HTML textarea fields for rich text content editing.

      It's not a stand alone editor for writing PHP files. That's why you might not have heard of it.

  5. uhhhh by master_kaos · · Score: 0

    I would have to say that TextPad seems like a great notepad type editor. Sure might not by WYSIWYG editor, but who needs that? Funny how this is "Worlds best" but I don't think I have ever heard of it before...

    1. Re:uhhhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Uhhh, RTFA. its not an editor like emacs, its an editor like the thing you typed that comment into.

      But how this gets onto the frontpage is indeed an "uhhh".

  6. TinyMCE by Nycto · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been using TinyMCE for about a year now and haven't found anything better. For anyone looking to integrate a WYSIWYG editor in to their site, it is the route I recommend; Certainly over this product.

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    --Nycto

    1. Re:TinyMCE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I dont have a website, but that is indeed quite impressive. I like their demo better than the spaw one.

    2. Re:TinyMCE by Kickasso · · Score: 3, Insightful

      They, too, insist on using popup windows in some of their plugins. This is simply not acceptable.

    3. Re:TinyMCE by nacturation · · Score: 1

      That it uses LGPL is more favorable for TinyMCE, but from a functionality standpoint what do you find better about it? I'm looking at implementing one of them for commercial use (as a hosted service) and would appreciate your thoughts on it.

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    4. Re:TinyMCE by aitan · · Score: 2, Informative

      Another nice editor is FCKeditor. At least for me it worked better than all the rest that I had to test and it was all of it available under the LGPL. If I remember properly, some parts (plugins) for TinyMCE were only under a commercial license.

  7. Dear anonymous reader. by Kickasso · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Could you please refrain from writing to Slashdot editors in the future? Especially about little broken lame crappy pieces of software? Thank you.

  8. Confused? by Aladrin · · Score: 3, Informative

    Either this company is confused, or I have lost the ability to read English.

    http://spaweditor.com/en/disp.php/en_products/en_s paw/en_spaw_purchase

    "Unlimited" to "Enterprise" license
    EUR 100,-
    For unlimited use in projects and applications you own or develop. Includes all updates to versions 2.x and downgrade right to version 1.x.

    "Single server/application" to "Enterprise" license
    EUR 175,-
    For unlimited use in projects and applications you own or develop. Includes all updates to versions 2.x and downgrade right to version 1.x. Applicable for upgrades from single server/application license for SPAW Editor 1.x and 2.x

    Unless I'm reading that wrong, you can buy the full 'unlimited' version for 100 euros. Or you can upgrade from the single server version to the unlimited version for 175 euros.

    WTF? Hard to trust a company that can't even price their own products.

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    1. Re:Confused? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      These are upgrade prices. You can upgrade from 1.x "unlimited" (which was renamed to enterprise) to 2.x enterprise for 100 euros (not buy it)

    2. Re:Confused? by ctr2sprt · · Score: 1

      The first price is upgrading from "unlimited" to "enterprise" and costs 100 euros. The second price is upgrading from "single server" to "enterprise" and costs 175 euros.

      That said... +4, really? I can understand how someone can misread the pricing structure since it's a little confusing. But how can at least two people mod this up when simply reading the post they're moderating would show them he just misread the stuff he quoted? You don't even have to follow any links, the information's all there.

      Well, I've made my gripe, carry on. To make this a little more on-topic: I use Kupu because it comes with Plone and is pretty nice.

    3. Re:Confused? by Aladrin · · Score: 1

      Slashdot is freaking out again and I can't reply to the reply.

      You are correct, I was looking at the upgrade pricing instead of the regular pricing.

      The fact that there is no 'unlimited' version is still odd. I suppose it must only have existed in 1.x...

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      "If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
  9. Hey, that's cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...I've always wanted to add BattleMechs to SP:WAW. No, wait...

  10. code output by XO · · Score: 1

    Exactly what does this output? I can't believe that it outputs well formed HTML, of a modern version, with CSS formatting, and all that happy stuff. Well, I guess I COULD believe it, but i'm not going to until someone confirms otherwise.

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  11. How does it compare to Quanta+? by chris_sawtell · · Score: 1

    Because I'd be very interested to know.

  12. PHP IDE by zduchene · · Score: 1

    Its about time PHP had a decent editor. Has anyone tried this thing?

    1. Re:PHP IDE by jo42 · · Score: 1

      This won't help you write POOP (PHP Object Oriented Programming) code - it's not an IDE...

      You want one of the Zend Studio by-products for that: http://www.zend.com/products/zend_studio