Aloha Editor is a HTML5 WYSIWYG Editor which offers a whole new way of editing. It's faster than existing technologies and offers unprecedented WYSIWYG functionalities (from the website).

There is a TYPO3 extension that can be downloaded and installed in a few steps:

  • Head to the Extension Manager in the BE and install the extension aloha. Notice the possible settings in the EM related to saving. By default the system on this site will behave as "demo" and therefore will not save modifications.
  • Include two TypoScript Templates. There are different ways of loading a Static Template (called for TS templates from third party extensions). Here I will load them by including some config in EXT:speciality/ext_localconf.php after line 12.  This method has the advantage of versioning if used in conjunction with a CSV.

'EXT:aloha/Configuration/TypoScript/Basic',
'EXT:aloha/Configuration/TypoScript/Modification',

  • Add configuration aloha = 1 in BE User or Group TSConfig section. User / Groups can be edited from a dedicated module in the BE under "Admin Tools".
  • Add into file EXT:speciality/speciality/Configuration/TypoScript/Config/config.ts following lines:

config.aloha = 1
config.admPanel=1

  • Open in a new window the website while logged in to the Back End. The Admin Panel should be at the bottom of the page where you may enable the Aloha editor.

While Aloha Editor is very promising, there is some more tweaking and polishing required for the Bootstrap Package in order to smooth the Usability for your Users. Contributions welcome!