Using simple markup language - applying it

Question

I want to allow my users to add content. For making it easy i am going to use Textile or PHP Markdown.

I want to allow only the following formatting:

• bold or strong
• underline
• bullet list
• color of text

Nothing else. I can create a simple editor using jquery to surround with formatting tags.

So my questions:

• how to make Textile or Markdown allow only certain formatting(above listed formatting only i need) ?
• is it good to use textile or markdown? Or i should use free editors like tinyMCE? Which is best free editor(to use in my page) and also allows only formatting that i set?

Answer 1

As far as markdown or an editor, I would say it depends on your visitors. If they are not too tech-savvy then go with TinyMCE. From the documentation, I cannot see anything about white listing or black listing.

Sanitize PHP:

Use:

htmLawed

or

Html Purifier

Answer 2

I think you can use ckeditor its free editor and his look and fill is very good and easy to setup.

Demo url :-

http://ckeditor.com/demo/ou

and you want to minimal editor tool you can see custom toolbar in demo

Download:-

http://ckeditor.com/download