Using the HTML editor

MODx is bundled with a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editor. So resources can be edited and modified without having to know HTML. This section shows you how to use the editor.

To edit any resource, click on the corresponding resource in the leftmost pane, and then click on Edit. Scroll down until you see the section with the title Resource Content. Here, you can edit the document using any installed text editor, or you can edit it as plain HTML. You can toggle this option by selecting the appropriate method from the editor by using the drop-down box. With the default installation, you have two choices—TinyMCE for a WYSIWYG editor and None for editing plain HTML.

This section discusses the TinyMCE editor that we installed during the MODx installation process. TinyMCE is open source software provided by http://tinymce.moxiecode.com.

The TinyMCE editor comes with handy tools to make the editing of your resources easier. It has small buttons on the top that you can...