Upgrading Kitchen Sink for Decor Theme (HTML WYSIWYG editor)

[JohnTx]

Can you recommend, a kitchen sink plugin (HTML WYSIWYG editor) that will work with Genesis and Decor theme that will give us enhanced formatting capabilities for our posts?  I want more control over fonts, and layout without rewriting the templates.  Thank you kindly.

[David Chu]

Hi,
There are bunches of plugins that you can try that are entirely independent of Genesis or that theme.  I hope one works for you.

This topic is a tricky one. No editor plugin, no matter how skillfully intended or written, can guarantee satisfaction with the incredibly complex process of WYSIWYG editing.  I have a designer partner who is super finicky about fonts, colors, etc.  She goes wild with WYSIWYG editing, and sometimes pulls it off.   But in every project, a block of my time is devoted to fixing weird things that she has accidentally done doing this, or writing CSS overrides to get what she wanted in the first place.

I use other methods for the finicky that can help, like Custom Fields that are CSS-styled, Custom Post Types, etc.  These can allow a person to get very granular and controlled, but geek required.

In this DIY world we're in, dissatisfaction with the appearance of web pages is almost universal.  The bottom line: WYSIWYG editing is not, and never will be, Photoshop.  🙂

Good luck!

Dave

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