# WYSIWYG web based web page editor

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wysiwyg-web-based-web-page-editor/405689 "2007-05-27T06:26:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wysiwyg-web-based-web-page-editor/405689/1 "2007-05-27T06:26:12Z")

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I got a call asking if I would be interested in having a package installed on my web hosting account that would enable me to modify my pages in a graphical click drag etc environment from any browser just like making a word document. In addition it provides handling for user logins/accounts supposedly all with a fairly simple interface,

He wants to meet with me…blah blah…I get the feeling that this package is pricey.

Is there something out there that does this that may be a free/low cost package of PHP/java that this guy may be selling at a massive markup.

I’m a pretty good hardware guy, but not a web guy, just wondering if there is something out there that can A: help me out, this sounds pretty cool. B: If it is this simple/kick ass of a package, I would like to have it and would probably make my life much easier being able to do quick edits from any pc.

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**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wysiwyg-web-based-web-page-editor/405689/2 "2007-05-27T06:40:02Z")

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Chances are that guy is selling a content management system(cms) integrated with a wsywig editor…There are quite a free versions of both, and also quite a few not-free ones.

Two free content management systems are [drupal](http://drupal.org/), and [radiantcms](http://radiantcms.org/). Or you can look [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems) for others.

Two free wsywig editors are [tinyMCE](http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/) and [FCKeditor](http://www.fckeditor.net/). Look for javascript wsywig editors to find the rest. These don’t do much of anything without a script (to save it to a db to be served later, or some such thing) on the server to process the html they create.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wysiwyg-web-based-web-page-editor/405689/3 "2007-05-27T06:41:14Z")

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[QUOTE=drachillix]  
I would like to have it and would probably make my life much easier being able to do quick edits from any pc.  
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> **[Interspire Discontinued Products - Interspire](https://www.interspire.com/interspire-discontinued-products/)**
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> Interspire Shopping Cart, Website Publisher and Knowledge Manager have been discontinued since July 1st, 2012.

This sounds kinda like what the guy is talking about but I do not have a brand/software vendor name. I am a little leary of being sold a pirated or freebie package.