{"id":1549,"date":"2012-07-05T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T13:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/07\/05\/change-default-editor\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:39:38","slug":"change-default-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/change-default-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the default editor in Joomla 2.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert\">Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\/Joomla!_CMS_versions\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In our last tutorial, we <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/download-install-jce\/\">downloaded and installed the JCE editor for Joomla 2.5<\/a>. Before we can begin using the JCE editor, we must first set it as our default editor. In this tutorial, we\u2019ll show you how to enable the JCE editor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Changing the default editor in Joomla 2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Log into your Joomla 2.5 admin dashboard<\/li>\n<li>In the top menu, hover over <strong>Site<\/strong> and click <strong>Global Configuration<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>On the <strong>Site<\/strong> tab, under <strong>Site Settings<\/strong> find the <strong>Default Editor<\/strong>. From the drop down list, select <strong>Editor \u2013 JCE<\/strong> and then click <strong>Save<\/strong> in the top right menu.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla25_jce_set-default-editor-in-joomla-25.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla25_jce_set-default-editor-in-joomla-25.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"set-default-editor-in-joomla-25\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>JCE is now the default editor for Joomla 2.5! To make sure everything is working correctly, open any article for editing. You can see below the visual differences between JCE and the default TinyMCE editor below:<\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>TinyMCE Editor<\/th>\n<th>JCE Editor<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla25_jce_tinymce-editor.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tinymce-editor\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla25_jce_tinymce-editor.gif\" style=\"max-width: 240px;\" width=\"892\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla25_jce_jce-editor.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"jce-editor\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla25_jce_jce-editor.gif\" style=\"max-width: 240px;\" width=\"901\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our last tutorial, we downloaded and installed the JCE editor for Joomla 2.5. 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