I think that if I had to pick only one thing that would help people understand the character of Drupal, it would be the WYSIWYG editor that comes standard with an out-of-the-box Drupal installation. That would be NONE. There is no standard WYSIWYG editor that comes with Drupal. You have to figure out how to find one, and install and configure it yourself.
So if you want to start adding content to your new site, and you need a little formatting, or a picture, etc., well, unless you know a bit of HTML, you are S.O.L.
On the other hand, this is actually, from my perspective, a really good thing (can you tell I’m becoming a Drupalista?) There are several to choose from, and they differ both in difficulty to get installed and working, as well as features. Want something barebones? There’s one for you. Want something with all of the bells and whistles? There’s one for you, too.
There is a great review of five of the major ones.
I’ve been getting to know a few of them (and, yes, they can be a pain to install, and they depend, generally, on other libraries that you have to install as well.) I don’t have a favorite yet, but I’m thinking I don’t need to have one – just to know which ones are well-maintained, and what the differences are in feature set. Then I can choose the one that makes the most sense.
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I agree that the lack of a WYSIWYG editor for Drupal is a drawback. I’ve played with several of the ones mentioned in the review you link to, but ultimately ended up going with BUEditor, which is not reviewed. The crazy thing is that besides XStandard (which I didn’t particularly like), it was the only one I could actually coax into working completed with IMCE.
And I too, have quickly come to love Drupal.
@KL, it’s a drawback, but it’s also a plus. It does sort of nix Drupal as an out-of-the-box CMS for people who are not tech savvy. But I guess then there is Joomla for that.
But it does mean a lot of flexibility.
Thanks for mentioning BUEditor – didn’t know about that one.