LocalHero RTE is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor replacement for textarea fields. It uses a browser based WYSIWYG interface for the non-HTML user to create contents for CMS applications or any web applications with publishing requirement.

The LocalHero RTE rich-text editor is a complete re-write of the Cross-Browser Rich Text Editor written by Kevin Roth. And the Conceptuel RTE: http://www.conceptuel.co.uk/conceptRTE/

Their work was the best option for LocalHero, but had a number of major shortcomings.
Additional features and fixes:

  • Reinstated HTML code view (ridiculously removed in Conceptuel.
  • Removed multi-language support
  • Removed non semantic html elements (ie fonts and font sizes). Tag soup is not HTML!
  • Unobtrusive JavaScript implementation. Content (HTML) is not mixed with logic (JavaScript). Therefore when JavaScript is not enabled the RTE will gracefully degrade to a conventional form.