In March last year RedDot released RedDot CMS version 7.5 and as part of that release they shipped a trial version of EditLive!.  It's not something that made it onto the press release, but if you dig through the release notes you'll find it there, along with instructions on how to use it.  Unfortunately though, the version of EditLive! that ships with RedDot CMS 7.5 is EditLive! 5.0.8, and if you've looked at the Ephox release blog any time recently, you'll know that that's a very old version of EditLive!.  

The good news is that here at Ephox we recently received a copy of RedDot CMS 7.5.  We can now provide support and instructions for those of you seeking to upgrade to the latest version of EditLive! in order to take advantage of functionality like track changes, improved styling capabilities and all those other features and bug fixes we've added in the last year or so.

If you're a RedDot user and would like to upgrade your EditLive! install all you need to do is follow these steps:

1. Download a copy of the latest release of EditLive! from http://www.ephox.com/products/editlive/download.html and extract it.
2. On your RedDot server go to the REDDOT_HOME/CMS/ASP/ephox/java directory where REDDOT_HOME is the location of your RedDot installation.
3. From the EditLive! distribution copy the contents webfolder/redistributables/editlivejava directory into the RedDot "java" directory opened in step 2.  Overwrite any files when prompted.

…and that's it, you're done.  Any users now editing rich text content in RedDot CMS will be automatically updated to the latest version of EditLive! you've just installed.

EditLive! Configuration File for RedDot

As an important aside the configuration file for EditLive! in the RedDot integration is the Configuration.xml file located in the REDDOT_HOME/CMS/ASP/ephox directory.  This is where you'll need to add any license key you receive from Ephox or make customizations to EditLive! (e.g. changes to the menu or toolbar configuration).

Want to Know What's New Since EditLive! 5.0.8?

If you're a RedDot user who has evaluated the packaged integration and want to know what's in EditLive! 6.3 and what's shortly to be released in EditLive! 6.4 please get in touch with us via the web site.  We'll be running a series of webinars throughout March and April with myself (Damien Fitzpatrick, Product Manager) and Adrian Sutton, Ephox CTO, that will talk through the features added throughout the EditLive! 6.x releases.  We'll also be previewing what's coming throughout this year and most importantly, taking your feedback and suggestions.