Integrate TinyMCE with Strapi

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Integrating TinyMCE with Strapi can improve your content management, while providing advanced features and an easy-to-use interface that suits your needs.

Introduction to TinyMCE and Strapi

TinyMCE is a rich text editor that integrates with web applications, providing a familiar content creation experience. It offers tools for formatting text, inserting images, creating links, and embedding media, all within an intuitive interface.

How to Integrate TinyMCE with Strapi

Adding TinyMCE to Strapi combines Strapi's content management capabilities with TinyMCE's rich text editing features. By integrating TinyMCE, you can replace Strapi's default editor with a more advanced rich-text editor. This integration improves the content creation process by enabling users to edit rich text directly within the Strapi CMS.

Why Use Strapi with TinyMCE

Using TinyMCE with Strapi improves the content management experience by providing a strong rich text editor. TinyMCE offers more text editing features than Strapi's default editor, giving content creators a familiar and effective tool to format content. With the new Rich-Text Editor, users can enhance their content creation process even further.

TinyMCE supports a wide range of plugins and customization options, such as automatic hyperlink creation, HTML editing, and syntax highlighting. Additionally, Strapi supports self-hosted setups, offering full control over the server environment and enabling custom configurations and optimizations without the need for an API key, though it requires more maintenance and server management expertise compared to managed hosting.

Using TinyMCE with Strapi can improve productivity. The editor's user-friendly interface and extensive formatting tools streamline content creation. Plugins for spell checking, accessibility checking, and media embedding add functionality, making it easier to produce high-quality content within Strapi.

Key Features of TinyMCE

Rich Text Editing Capabilities

TinyMCE offers rich text editing, allowing users to format text, create lists, insert links, and embed media with standard formatting options like bold, italic, underline, and alignment tools.

Plugin Support

With a wide array of plugins, TinyMCE extends its functionality, including:

• Advlist: Advanced list options
• Autolink: Automatic hyperlink creation
• Lists: Bullet and numbered lists
• Link: Insert and edit hyperlinks
• Image: Insert and manage images
• Charmap: Access to special characters
• Code: View and edit HTML code
• Fullscreen: Toggle full-screen editing
• Table: Create and edit tables
• Media: Embed videos and audio

Customize the Toolbar and Appearance

TinyMCE allows customization of the toolbar to include relevant tools. You can adjust the editor's appearance, such as height and skin.

Edit Code with Syntax Highlighting

TinyMCE offers a code view with syntax highlighting for users editing HTML directly, useful for embedding code snippets or customizing content.

Opt for Self-Hosting

TinyMCE can be self-hosted within Strapi, allowing you to manage the editor directly from your servers. This setup enhances security and control over the deployment by eliminating the reliance on external APIs.

Best Practices of Integrating TinyMCE With Strapi

Verify Compatibility and Requirements

Ensure your Strapi version is compatible with the TinyMCE plugin. Confirm your environment meets all prerequisites, including Node.js versions and necessary dependencies.

Install and Configure Properly

Follow recommended installation steps when you change the WYSIWYG editor:

• Install the TinyMCE plugin via npm or yarn.
• Enable the plugin in your config/plugins.js file.
• Update config/middlewares.js to adjust contentSecurityPolicy directives.
• Rebuild the admin panel after changes.

Secure Your Configuration

Adjust security middleware to allow necessary resources for TinyMCE by configuring contentSecurityPolicy to permit required scripts, styles, and fonts, specifying trusted sources to maintain security.

Customize the Editor

Tailor TinyMCE to meet your content needs with relevant plugins and toolbar options, and configure editor settings like language, height, and appearance.

Handle API Keys Appropriately

If using TinyMCE premium features, obtain an API key and include it in your configuration, replacing placeholders with your actual key.

Test Thoroughly

After integration, test the editor to ensure functionality:

• Verify TinyMCE replaces the default editor in rich text fields.
• Check content saves and displays correctly.
• Monitor for any errors during use.

Getting Started With TinyMCE

Add TinyMCE to your Strapi project to improve rich text editing capabilities.

Prepare the Prerequisites

Ensure you have:

• A Strapi project
• Node.js installed
• A TinyMCE API key from tiny.cloud

Install the TinyMCE Plugin

Install the TinyMCE plugin for Strapi using npm:

1npm install @sklinet/strapi-plugin-tinymce

Or with Yarn:

1yarn add @sklinet/strapi-plugin-tinymce

Enable the plugin by adding it to your config/plugins.js file:

1module.exports = () => ({
2
3  tinymce: { enabled: true },
4
5});

Configure TinyMCE

To configure TinyMCE resources, you may need to consult the official Strapi documentation or community forums for guidance on setting contentSecurityPolicy directives in config/middlewares.js.

Rebuild the Admin Panel

Rebuild the admin panel to apply the changes:

1npm run build

Or with Yarn:

1yarn build

Adding Your TinyMCE API Key

To add your TinyMCE API key in Strapi, edit the file ./components/Tinymce/index.js and replace "API_KEY" with your actual TinyMCE API key.

Using TinyMCE in Your Content Types

Create or edit a content type with a rich text field to explore TinyMCE's features.