Forum:Rich text editor upgrade

Good morning!

Today we are releasing an upgrade to the rich text editor. We've upgraded the core engine which has resulted in many improvements and an overall more stable editing experience.

Here are a few of the highlights:


 * Much faster loading of the edit window.
 * Images and videos will now use built-in browser drag and drop functionality which is much more reliable.
 * Reworked article parsing which results in fewer spacing and formatting changes in underlying wikitext.
 * Advanced code (e.g. templates and parser tags) will be represented by a puzzle icon in edit mode - hover over them to see more info.

We are excited to release this editor and are looking forward to hearing your feedback. If you come across a bug, strange behaviour or have a question please post it here or on the Central Wikia blog post. We will be working around the clock over the next week to ensure a smooth transition.

If you would like to sandbox test the editor, you can use my personal test wiki - kirkburn.wikia. (If you do, please use new pages, and play nice!)

Thanks,

Kirkburn (talk) 13:29, December 9, 2009 (UTC)