Joomla TinyMCE editor: extended editing options

Joomla 1.5′s standard editor, which is called TinyMCE, by default supports only few features. The toolbar of the editor looks like this:

Joomla TinyMCE standard editor toolbar

The toolbar is quite poor. There is no way, for example, to insert and edit tables, set element attributes, setting colors to the text, background, and many others. However, there is a possibility to have many more useful buttons on the toolbar in standard installation of Joomla.

To take this advantage, go to Extensions → Plugin Manager and click on the Editor – TinyMCE plugin in the list. On the right side bar in Plugin Parameters section, change Functionality dropdown-box to Extended. Click Save and enjoy extended editing possibilities .

Joomla TinyMCE extended editor toolbar

TinyMCE is not the only WYSIWYG-editor for Joomla. JCE, which is based on TinyMCE, is a configurable and plugin-extensible editor for Joomla. JCE supports code-highlighting, file and links handling, Joomla content item linking, advanced image/media embedding and many more.