Sferyx Applet Editor for Melete Lesson Builder

Melete Lesson Builder - Sferyx Editor

Sferyx HTML Editor Applet Integrated with Melete

Sferyx Tool Bar

The Etudes-NG implementation of Melete includes the Sferyx JSyndrome HTMLEditor Applet Edition. The version of Melete that released to the higher education Sakai community includes FCK Editor, an open source JavaScript editor. The Etudes-NG bundle includes an editor preferences option in Melete, allowing instructors to choose between Sferyx Editor Applet and the simpler JavaScript FCK Editor.

If you are interested in running the Sferyx-enabled Melete version in your Sakai installation, you must purchase a license and get the binary source from Sferyx.

For licensing or pricing of the Sferyx Editor, contact sales at Sferyx. The OEM enterprise edition allows for unlimited use of sferyx in your Sakai implementation. The license fees are one-time.
See a summary of the editor's features below.
Browsers requirements for running the Sferyx editor the same as those running Sakai. The only additional requirement is that faculty authors download the Java plug-in. Not needed by students.
A MathML add-on will be released by Sferyx this summer for the applet. It is at additional cost.

Sferyx JSyndrome HTMLEditor Applet Edition is a Java TM applet intended for java developers who need advanced HTML authoring into their tools. Sferyx is located in Switzerland and has provided superb support to our developers at Foothill.

Enterprise Edition Features Matrix

Open, save HTML/XHTML files
Remote file browser dialog - permits easily browsing of files on the server side with minimum adapting of your server scripts - saves a lot of work for javascripts etc. Different remote browse locations for images and links
Two mode operation of the file browsing - local & remote - can be set easily via applet parameters.
Full Drag & Drop of formatted content directly into the edited document from external applications such as Word, Excel, Front Page etc.
Thawte signed applet provides full copy & paste operations from external applications such as Word, Excel, Front Page etc.
Loads & renders XHTML files, outputs transitional XHTML files.
Support for loading external CSS through the LINK tag, fixed the CSS behavior in the Professional versions.
Automatic detection of the page encoding and full rendering/editing both in WYSIWYG and HTML source modes of international char sets such as Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese etc.
Support for setting of default char set if the page or the fragments of pages does not contain the char set information - setDefaultCharset(String char set).
Insert symbol dialog - support for inserting of all possible symbols & special characters.
Font size, family and foreground color
Font style (plain, italic, bold)
Extended Font chooser for adding underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript font attributes.
Support for setting the page character encoding through the page properties dialog.
Improved image selection - the selected images are highlighted. Easy one click copy & paste
Improved table selection - through the CTRL + click - selecting/deselecting of table cells.
Insert hyperlink interface for inserting hyperlinks over the selected text through javascript.
Page properties: background color, background picture, title, text color, hyperlink color etc.
Tables design and properties: background color, background picture, size, alignment, border etc.
Tables cell design and properties: background color, background picture, size, alignment etc.
Support for nested tables.
Invisible tables (with border 0) are shown as dashed lines.
Insert table rows, insert table columns, split and merge table cells.
Insert images - from a remote location or using a file dialog.
Image properties: size, border, hyperlink, alternative text, alignment, spacing etc.
Copy, paste of all document elements.
Create and modify HTML Forms: insert new forms and form elements, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, text fields, select fields (dropdown menus and lists), text area, image buttons etc.
Form boundaries are shown as a dashed line.
Creation of hyperlinks in the text or images.
Bulleted lists.
Numbered lists.
Increase / decrease indent of paragraphs.
Paragraph alignment: left, right, centered.
Full undo/redo support.
Printing support.
Adaptable popup menu on the basis of the underlying element.
Built-in toolbars, main menu, status bar etc. which can be enabled or disabled.
Search and replace functionalities, preserving the document formatting.
Built-in HTML source editor with syntax highlighting.
Built-in preview section for previewing of the edited documents.
Automatic upload of all local images and hyperlink targets to the server as multipart form data
Full Internationalization support
Possibility to adjust the font rendering size
MS Word paste / improved rendering filter
Aligned images text wrapping
Ability to add javascript buttons to the editor toolbars to invoke javascript functions from the document
Heading selection for titles etc.
Copy formatting tool
Full backward compatibility with java 1.3 and all browsers on Mac OS X
Mixed mode Local & Remote Browsing and improved remote browsing
Full style sheet editing support - style classes can be applied through the property dialogs to each element - font, tables, images, all form elements etc.
Ability to specify external style sheet to be loaded through applet parameters
Spellchecker component
Replaceable dictionary functionality for the spellchecker
Custom dictionary functionality (add new words to dictionary) for each user
Possibility to mark sections/elements of the document as read-only and not editable

Browser Requirements & Plug-ins

NOTE: The WYSIWYG editor is a Java applet and takes a while to load the first time. Once loaded into memory, it loads quickly in all subsequent requests.

PC USERS:

IE 7.0 or Firefox (latest)

The WYSIWYG editor requires that you download: http://java.sun.com/getjava

You must accept the Sferyx certificate. Choose "grant always."

MAC USERS:

Firefox (latest)

MUST have 10.3 Operating System

The WYSIWYG editor requires that you download: http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/

You must accept the Sferyx certificate. Choose "grant always."