up close and technical: how to extend the new features of equella aaron holland development team...

Up Close and Technical:How to Extend the New Features of EQUELLAAaron HollandDevelopment Team Leader

Nicholas ReadSoftware Architect

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HTML Editor Enhancements

• Delivered in 6.1

• Toolbar customisation

• Custom style sheet inclusions

• Advanced TinyMCE configuration

• User plug-ins

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Editor Customisation

• Drag and drop toolbar customisation

• Style configuration

• Advanced configuration

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User plug-ins

• Extend the product with functionality that we don't ship

• Provide example plug-ins○Wiris○After the deadline○ Ice

• API is supported by Pearson, but not the plug-ins themselves.

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Writing your own

• Take an existing TinyMCE plug-in

• Create a manifest

• Zip it up and upload to EQUELLA

• Configure on the toolbar

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The Possible Future

• Further options and configuration?

• Configuration per user?

• Configuration per placement?

• Supported extensions?

• TinyMCE 4?

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QUESTIONS?