Extension:FCKeditor (Official)

FCKeditor extension enables a more intuitive WYSIWYG editor when editing pages on a MediaWiki-based site. It uses a special version of the FCKeditor WYSIWYG editor that outputs wiki text rather than the usual HTML that caused problems for MediaWiki integrations in the past.

Download the extension
First of all, you need to download and install the MediaWiki extension. Currently you can download this through SVN or get it from: http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/nightly/svn/mediawiki_fckeditor_ext_N.zip (Size: 1,2 MB). The extension does not contain the editor itself. If you are a UNIX user, you must install the Subversion package unless it's already installed. If you are a Windows user, read the SVN_Instructions for more details.

On UNIX, in your $IP/extensions directory, you can type the following command to install the FCKeditor extension:

svn checkout http://svn.fckeditor.net/MediaWiki/trunk FCKeditor

You will also need to download the actual editor. It can be downloaded from SourceForge. See FCKeditor's download page for more details.

Verify/Rename Configuration Files
Verify the files fckeditor_config.js and /plugins/mediawiki/fckplugin.js exist. In case they come with .txt extension, rename the files to .js extension.

Modify configuration file
After you've downloaded the extension and actual editor, add this line at the end of LocalSettings.php:

Also make sure $wgUseAjax is turned on (it is by default on newer MediaWikis).

Manual modifications

 * See Manual modifications for more info.

More information
For more information please refer to the official site of the project