I’m trying to add a text editor on my web page where users can write reviews and format what they’ve written ... something similar to the editor in which we write our posts on this site ... can someone tell me the right direction regarding this ... any tutorial that will help me build such a component ... I also want a free product ... (Forgot to mention earlier ...)
after much research, this is what i did ...
I needed a control that was free and easy to use. All the editors I went with got a license, so I decided to make my own control !!!!
well .. I could not do it myself, so I used the help of several sites ....
javascript rich text editors
http://aspalliance.com/1092_Rich_Text_Editor_Part_I
http://ws.aspalliance.com/1092_Rich_Text_Editor_Part_II and several others ...
therefore, the best option for me was to create my own control so that I could customize it according to my needs ....
Something like TinyMCE or FCKeditor , maybe.
They are quite complete and customizable.
The editor used in Stack Overflow is the WMD Editor .
The current version used on the site has been updated by Jeff Attwood and other users of the site, and you can read about it here and get a copy of the code for your own site.
I think you better use (and possibly modify) an existing component, rather than writing your own from scratch.
I used Telerik rad Editor and was very pleased with it.
http://freetextbox.com/
here's another one: NicEdit