Forum:Rich text editor sitewide release

Good morning!

We plan to roll out the new Rich Text Editor early next week (15th June onwards) to be available for use on all English-language Wikia wikis (with a few exceptions*) for users who edit using the Monaco skin.

The editor will be available to all users, and can be switched on and off via user preferences. If you are an established editor, you will only see the Rich Text Editor if you have previously edited on a wiki where it was already enabled. Once the change goes live, new editors will see it enabled by default. In most cases, if you previously used the new editor, you should continue to see it; if you didn't use the new editor, this should also stay the same.

If you spot any issues with the new editor, please let us know in the Central Wikia forums. We are dedicated to making wikis easier to understand and edit, and we welcome all suggestions and feedback.

Thanks!

19:30, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

* The exceptions are wikis which heavily use HTML comments or especially complex code, where the new editor would rarely show even if enabled - I have posted notes on these wikis.

Marvel?
Hey there, I was under the impression that Marvel and DC Database wasn't going to get this editor. Was I misinformed?

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 20:28, 11 June 2009 (UTC)


 * If thoses wikis are not on the exception list, the thing was not that any wiki wasn't going to have this since Wikia tech made this specially to be used Wikia wide and if some wikis got it early, it was only for testing purpose.
 * Otherwise said, they wanted to test things out before giving it to many wikis.
 * — TulipVorlax 01:40, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Where is the exception list?
 * &mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 14:24, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Marvel is indeed on the exception list, as noted on (perhaps I should have chosen a better word than to say you've been "excepted" ... sounds rather like "accepted" I guess!). DC can be as well if required!  16:19, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Let's see how bad DC breaks before we '(ac/ex)cept' them. ;)
 * Thanks for the link!
 * &mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 19:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Inserting headings
The new editor will be nice to use for both experienced and inexperienced editors, but the number one complaint I would have about it is the fact that it only lets you insert two types of headings. Why can't we have at least one more button for headings, or even a drop down menu for the type of heading? Wjxhuang, the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 04:53, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * At the moment, this is because we want as little complexity in the editor as possible - a previous release had this, but it made for a rather complex menu. Having said that, I do agree with a reasonable need for at least an H4 heading, and it's something we're looking into. 16:21, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 06:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Setting it as the non-default editor?
Is there a way that admins can set this to not be default editor. My experiance is that most newcomers are confused by it. If not, might I suggest this as a feature for future versions. --EightyOne (talk) 18:20, 14 June 2009 (UTC)


 * That's a possibility we may consider after the rollout is completed - however, I find it surprising to hear newcomers to your wiki are more confused by the new editor than by wikitext. Is the topic of the wiki in question fairly technical? 10:29, 15 June 2009 (UTC)