Installing the text editor

To get started using the text editor, navigate to the CKEditor project page at http://drupal.org/project/ckeditor.

Uploading and enabling CKEditor

To use the CKEditor module, we need to follow these steps:

1. As described in Chapter 3, Getting Started, download the module, extract the code, and then upload it into the sites/all/modules directory.

   Note

   In this site, we are using CKEditor for the text editor. The support for CKEditor within the Drupal community is solid, which is one of the factors to consider when selecting a module. With that said, other options that can be used include the WYMeditor, TinyMCE, and BUI editors.

2. Unlike most modules, installing the CKEditor has one additional step: you need to download the text editor from the CKEditor site http://ckeditor.com/download. You want to get the current release, which will be listed as shown in the following screenshot:

   

3. Download the files from the CKEditor site and extract them. Then, as shown in the following screenshot...