Mercury Editor: Easy-to-Use, Drag-and-Drop Content Editing for Drupal

Justin Toupin

Mercury Editor is a suite of Drupal modules that combine drag-and-drop editing, Drupal core's layout API, and the Layout Paragraphs module to provide an accessible, easy-to-use authoring experience. Designed to empower marketing and editorial teams everywhere, Mercury Editor offers a WYSIWYG interface for publishing highly visual, long-form content.

Synopsis:
Learn how Mercury Editor has helped empower marketing and editorial staff in government to create highly visual, long form content – without relying on outside agencies or technical staff.

Objectives:
- Learn what Mercury Editor is and how it can help marketing and editorial staff more easily create visual, long-form content.
- Determine which types of content are best suited for component-based authoring and might benefit from Mercury Editor.
- Publish dynamic, long-form pages using Mercury Editor – without requiring developers or an outside agency.

Audience:
This session is for two specific audiences: first, marketers or editors who publish long-form digital content; second, developers serving the needs of online publishers.

Prerequisites:
Experience publishing content with Drupal -- creating pages, using Drupal's existing WYSIWYG editor, and interacting with Drupal's admin pages.

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