WYMeditor is an open-source

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written in the

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programming language for editing content on web pages. It is based on the

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. It differs from other embeddable text editors such as

FCKeditor CKEditor (formerly known as FCKeditor) is a WYSIWYG rich text editor which enables writing content directly inside of web pages or online applications. Its core code is written in JavaScript and it is developed by CKSource. CKEditor is available ...

and TinyMCE in that it concentrates on the semantics and meaning of content leaving out visual details. Unlike

WYSIWYG In computing, WYSIWYG ( ), an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, is a system in which editing software allows content to be edited in a form that resembles its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, such as a printed d ...

editors, it explicitly shows the

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structure of content to the user. Presentation and visual coherence is added using CSS which is either provided prepackaged, or can be customized. WYMeditor is web server agnostic meaning it can be integrated into web pages built with any server side language. Although lacking in some areas, WYMeditor statedly has more readable and cleaner source code. The opposite is often said about its competitors.

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