Markus installs like any Joomla extension: System → Install → Extensions, then drop the file plg_editors_markus-x.x.xxx.zip.
What you need
- Joomla 6.2 and PHP 8.3 at least. On an older version, the install stops with a message saying which version is needed.
- A Bootstrap template on the site. Markus writes Bootstrap's classes (columns, buttons, tables, colours): any template that loads Bootstrap draws them.
What the package installs
One plugin, Editor - Markus. Nothing else: no component, no dependency. Check in System → Manage → Plugins that it is enabled.
The welcome page
Open the plugin in System → Plugins → Editor - Markus. The first tab, Plugin, presents Markus: the installed version number, what it does, and links to this manual, to support and to the download. The settings are in the second tab, Settings.
Choosing Markus as the editor
For the whole site: System → Global Configuration → Site → Default Editor, choose Editor - Markus.
For one writer: Users → Manage, open the account, Basic Settings tab, Editor field. One person can keep TinyMCE while another tries Markus.
The settings
They can be set in two places:
- in the plugin's Settings tab (System → Plugins → Editor - Markus);
- from an article: at the top of the editor, you see the installed version number, then the Settings button. It opens the Settings tab straight away in a panel, without leaving the article.
They apply the next time the article is opened.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Spelling and grammar | LanguageTool's public service (default), The site's LanguageTool server, or Off. See the Spelling chapter. |
| Server address | Only for the site's own server: for example https://languagetool.mydomain.org. |
| Live underlining | Yes: mistakes are underlined while typing. No: only the Spelling button checks, on demand. |
Updating
Joomla offers new versions of Markus in System → Update → Extensions.
The Markus welcome page announces them too. When an update of a Joomanji product is waiting (Markus, Corpus, Iris, Opus...), a Joomanji updates available box appears above the presentation, with the installed and the available version of each. The Update all button installs them all at once; Joomla does the update and then shows its own report. With no update waiting, the box does not appear. Only accounts allowed to manage extensions see it, and never in the panel opened from an article, so as not to leave the text being written.
You can also drop the new zip as for the installation. Either way, your articles are not touched: they are saved as ordinary HTML.
Up to date for Markus 1.0.201.