CKEditor for rails asset pipeline

CKEditor is a library for WYSIWYG editor to be used inside web pages.

The ckeditor_rails gem integrates the CKEditor with the Rails asset pipeline.

Usage

Install ckeditor_rails gem

Include ckeditor_rails in Gemefile

gem 'ckeditor_rails'

Then run bundle install

Include CKEditor javascript assets

Add to your app/assets/javascripts/application.js after //= require jquery_ujs to work with jQuery

//= require ckeditor-jquery

Modify form field for CKEditor

Add ckeditor class to text area tag

<%= f.text_area :content, :class => 'ckeditor' %>

Include customized configuration javascript for CKEditor

Add your app/assets/javascripts/ckeditor/config.js.coffee like

CKEDITOR.editorConfig = (config) ->
  config.language = "zh"
  config.uiColor = "#AADC6E"
  true

Include customized stylesheet for contents of CKEditor

Add your app/assets/stylesheets/ckeditor/contents.css.scss like

body {
  font-size: 14px;
  color: gray;
  background-color: yellow;
}
ol,ul,dl {
  *margin-right:0px;
  padding:4 20px;
}

Gem maintenance

Maintain ckeditor_rails gem with Rake commands.

Update origin CKEditor source files.

rake update_ckeditor VERSION=4.0.1

Publish gem.

rake release

License

CKEditor use CKEditor license.

Other parts of gem use MIT license.