
== Creating an mt editor plugin by example ( FCKeditor ) ==

* Stop here if you are not a developer.  The installation instructions are above.

* Create a directory for your plugin under the plugins directory in your mt root:

  mkdir plugins/FCKeditor


* Add a config file for the plugin.

  See file: plugins/FCKeditor/config.yaml

  Note that 'fckeditor' under richtext_editors, will pair with the mt-config.cgi setting 'RichTextEditor'.


* Create a tmpl directory and the editor template file within it, maching the template line from config.yaml

  See file: plugins/FCKeditor/tmpl/fck_editor.tmpl

  The 'js_include', 'html_head', and 'editor_content' blocks are added to the edit entry page.
  FckEditor will attach to the textarea in 'editor_content'


* Add a few files to the static directory.

  See file: mt-static/plugins/FCKeditor/js/fck_editor.js

  fck_editor.js is included within the 'js_include' block.  It subclasses MT.App and overrides several methods.
  ( When creating your plugin, Use fck_editor.js as a template )


* Downoad FCK from the FCKeditor site and unzip or untar into mt-static/plugins/FCKeditor/fckeditor/

  The version currently used is 2.5beta ( safari support )

* Add a config directive that tells MT to use the FCKeditor plugin

  mt-config.cgi (add this line)
  ----8<----cut----8<----
  RichTextEditor FCKeditor
  ----8<----cut----8<----

  The config setting 'RichTextEditor' determines which editor plugin is loaded.  This setting is case insensitive.

 
