Muffin Builder WYSIWYG editor does not perform as expected.

irishmark · June 2016

I decided to breakaway form my usual go-to themes as I'd heard a lot of good things about the BeTheme.

A really important feature of WordPress is it's ease-of-use.

A really important factor in deciding a theme is the ease-of-use for the client.

Sadly I am really disappointed in the Muffin Builder WYSIWYG editor.

When editing a column block users are presented with the muffin builders popup editing panel. This panel has a wysiwyg editor of sorts but it is not user friendly for clients as it forces clients into using code:

The result is a UI that many clients, who do not know how to code, will not be able to use this.

It leaves me wondering why the muffin builder does not use the WP wysiwyg editor? It would be easy to hook into the WP editor and you could give your users the choice to use the WP WYSIWYG editor and the Muffin Builder's one.

Not doing so means that users loose out on:

the latest features of the WordPress experience such as inline linking and formatting shortcuts.
Its easier and faster to add images
Its easier and faster to add basic formatting
Its easier and faster to add links
It's easy to switch between visual and text modes if needed (which would allow for html editing)

So here's what I'd recommend.

Use the appropriate hooks to call the WP Content Editor which will allow users to use both "visual" and "text" modes.

Albert · June 2016

Hi,

this is how Column item looks like. And because most of our customers need this item and use it for their sites as it's more flexible than WYSIWYG editor it's number one. If you want to use WYSIWYG editor, just use Visual Editor item instead.

Thanks!

irishmark · June 2016

I just discovered the Visual Editor today so it renders my comments above mute.

However I the Visual Editor is buggy and will not scroll.

Albert · June 2016

http://forum.muffingroup.com/betheme/discussion/1007/fixed-visual-editor-text-area-not-scrolling#latest

creativei · April 2020

Why not include a WYSIWYG capabilities inside the muffin builder? is that too much to ask for. Life would be easy, I have 7 Licenses for my clients, and now they started bother me that they can do simple editing. I guess high time you include a editors inside the column item instead of suggesting to use visual editor

Pablo · April 2020

creativei,

It's a lot of work to change the builder to WYSIWYG, we are thinking about it but we have a lot of work about other functionalities which must be added in the betheme, to make the theme more 'fresh'

Thanks

creativei · April 2020

I understand,.... and i appreciate... but its one thing driving away people, now two of my client asked me to change the theme, as its hard for them to maintain the website.