I know this might not be your area but i will give it a try. Is there a turtorial or an easy way to add a custom button to tinymce or JCE editor to add your geshibot tags. this would be an excellent addition.

thanks

shoulders

The readmore button is a good example.

/plugins/editors-xtd/

<?php
/**
 * @version		$Id: readmore.php 10571 2008-07-21 01:27:35Z pasamio $
 * @package		Joomla
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 2005 - 2008 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
 * @license		GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
 * Joomla! is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
 * to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
 * is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
 * other free or open source software licenses.
 * See COPYRIGHT.php for copyright notices and details.
 */

// no direct access
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );

jimport( 'joomla.plugin.plugin' );

/**
 * Editor Readmore buton
 *
 * @author Johan Janssens <johan.janssens @ joomla.org>
 * @package Editors-xtd
 * @since 1.5
 */
class plgButtonReadmore extends JPlugin
{
	/**
	 * Constructor
	 *
	 * For php4 compatability we must not use the __constructor as a constructor for plugins
	 * because func_get_args ( void ) returns a copy of all passed arguments NOT references.
	 * This causes problems with cross-referencing necessary for the observer design pattern.
	 *
	 * @param 	object $subject The object to observe
	 * @param 	array  $config  An array that holds the plugin configuration
	 * @since 1.5
	 */
	function plgButtonReadmore(& $subject, $config)
	{
		parent::__construct($subject, $config);
	}

	/**
	 * readmore button
	 * @return array A two element array of ( imageName, textToInsert )
	 */
	function onDisplay($name)
	{
		global $mainframe;

		$doc 		=& JFactory::getDocument();
		$template 	= $mainframe->getTemplate();

		// button is not active in specific content components

		$getContent = $this->_subject->getContent($name);
		$present = JText::_('ALREADY EXISTS', true) ;
		$js = "
			function insertReadmore(editor) {
				var content = $getContent
				if (content.match(/<hr\s+id=(\"|')system-readmore(\"|')\s*\/*>/i)) {
					alert('$present');
					return false;
				} else {
					jInsertEditorText('<hr id=\"system-readmore\" />', editor);
				}
			}
			";

		$doc->addScriptDeclaration($js);

		$button = new JObject();
		$button->set('modal', false);
		$button->set('onclick', 'insertReadmore(\''.$name.'\');return false;');
		$button->set('text', JText::_('Readmore'));
		$button->set('name', 'readmore');
		// TODO: The button writer needs to take into account the javascript directive
		//$button->set('link', 'javascript:void(0)');
		$button->set('link', '#');

		return $button;
	}
}

Thanks for this, i am not a programmer but will look into it. It will give me something to do. lol

I assume i can just edit this button and then upload the changed files to the folder you mentioned. I did not even think about the buttons at the bottom of the editor, the joomla ones. This means the buttons when setup will work cross editor.

I have looked at easytemplate. this is a plugin that adds one button on to the bottom of the editor and allows you to pick from multiple snippets you have installed.
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,4301/Itemid,35/

it will do just for now.

cheers