Ever since DotNetNuke (DNN) began shipping with Teleriks RadEditor, there have been short-comings and issues to say the least. Some of the major issues are with the image manager and file manager. Some other include Style Sheet not available through the editor, no template support, etc..

Enter dnnWerk's RadEditor Provider, it is a simple yet full featured Rich Text Editor provider for DNN v5.2.3+. The Provider gives the administrative account the ability to configure the editors powerful feature set without having to access the config files on the server.  Toolbars can be added, edited or removed, separate configurations can be set based on a users role, portal and even portal tab.

Configuration Settings

Features Include:

• All toolbar configuraton done through toolbar config, no permission checks on editor load
• content provider to handle the explorer like file selection dialog. All permission checks are done here on dialog load
• ability to set start folders for each file selection dialog (images, documents, media, templates, etc...)
• UI module to configure the editor (configuration and toolbars)
• UI module to switch providers (edits the web.config)
• ability to edit the paragraphs dropdownlist directly from with the config module
• ability to load a css file for the editor from your skin directory - easy WYSIWYG!
• bypasses handler configuration in the web.config by providing the corresponding files
• overrides default css styles that would break the editor UI
• ability to have dedicated configurations per user role. You may have a configuration for hosts, admins, users and guests. Each of them may also be portal or tab specific.
• ability to link text directly to portal pages without the need of opening a dialog

And as an added bonus, if you use the Document Exchange module, it can now be integrated into the Editor, allowing you to link to file within DMX directly from the editor. A welcomed and useful feature.

If you using the dnnWerk's Provider, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.