What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?

visualpeople · 2008-09-07 07:10:04

mrdale —

Can you shed some more light on jmd_image_select — both Google search and forum search turn up only this thread…

redbot · 2008-09-07 09:02:27

visualpeople wrote:

Can you shed some more light on jmd_image_select — both Google search and forum search turn up only this thread…

txp_userguy · 2008-09-27 14:05:17

Great thread. Some of these things probably could’ve been achieved with a little of my own php, and some others might even be available somewhere in Textpattern’s functionality, but they’ve all been decidedly helpful to this lazy web master. My list goes to 11:

cab_social – social bookmarking
rah_metas – meta tag management
rss_auto_excerpt – detailed excerpting of articles
rss_suparchive – assists in creating article listings
rss_unlimited_categories – expands Textpattern’s categories
rvm_css – cache’s css files for faster load time
smd_random_banner – helpful rotating banner plugin
upm_datetime – txp-based date and time display
upm_img_popper – convenient image placement tool
wyn_recent_comments – a helpful ‘recent comments’ list generator
zem_event – I use version 0.3.5 of this plugin for calendar listings

kemie · 2008-09-27 16:19:07

These make into almost all of my txp installs:

gbp_permanent_links (for custom permalinks)
hcg_templates (for exporting and importing pages, forms, styles)
rss_admin_show_adv_opts (to have the “advanced” portion of the write page open always)
zem_contact_reborn
upm_image (images any way you want them)
lam_image_uploader (upload images from the write tab)
chh_related_articles (enhances the related articles functionality)
jk_neighbour (prev/next with more options)
rah_textile_bar (quick textile buttons)
glz_custom_fields (unlimited and customizable custom fields)

joebaich · 2008-09-27 17:08:42

All my frequently used plug-ins have already been mentioned except for:

tjh_listfilter – persistent filter on ‘Content/Articles’ page that filters article list by Section, Category, author and Status. Invaluable timesaver.

masa · 2008-09-27 18:59:34

Indispensable especially for larger sites: lam_browse_by

gomedia · 2008-09-27 22:32:28

In my vast output of, er, three live TXP-based client sites I’ve used:

jcb_columnize – newspaper columns
rss_admin_db_manager – database backup & restore
upm_insert_tab – too hard to indent without it
upm_savenew – useful during the developement phase
zem_ir – easy peasy image replacement
adi_link – enhanced links
adi_menu – section menu
adi_notes – make notes for future generations
adi_title – meaningful titles in article list, stripped down titles on web pages

I have to declare an interest in the last four – but, after all, I did write them for a reason ….!

kevinpotts · 2008-09-28 12:58:07

In no particular order …

rss_admin_db_manager (indispensable db tool … makes moving sites from host to host easy … always the very first thing I install)
zem_contact_reborn (duh)
cbs_navigation_menu (section-based menu creator; could be done manually, but this is a sweet shortcut that works flawlessly)
glz_custom_fields + sed_section_fields (in tandem, a fairly solid solution to custom schemas … just need glz_custom_fields to support textareas)
lam_article_info (adds article ID and work count to the Write page … so simple, and so useful … should be added to core)
jmd_sitemap (i lobbied for this one months ago and i fished my wish … love it)
lam_accordion_section (keeps the Section tab nice and tidy)
rss_thumbpop (i do not build galleries that often, but when i do, this plugin is money)
gbp_permanent_links (don’t need it often, but when i do, there is no substitute; it’s a love/hate relationship with this plugin, but love tends to win the day)
glx_hl_current (a cheap hack for determining the current article … will be obsolete with 4.0.7, but for now it works great)

kevinpotts · 2008-09-28 13:02:23

gomedia wrote:

adi_title – meaningful titles in article list, stripped down titles on web pages

I’ve never heard of this one until now. Nice work; I could use this in a lot of more complicated projects.

joebaich · 2008-09-28 14:40:54

Masa said

Indispensable especially for larger sites: lam_browse_by

tjh_listfilter does the same thing but has the added advantage of being persistent. The filter is still applied when one returns to the article list. I find that to be very useful because I often find myself having to carry out the same action to more than one article in a section or category. Probably wouldn’t be so useful if I always got things right first time ;-).

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masa · 2008-09-28 17:27:27

joebaich wrote:

tjh_listfilter does the same thing but has the added advantage of being persistent. The filter is still applied when one returns to the article list.

Thanks for that, very useful indeed.
However lam_browse_by does the same for the images’ listing.

Would be great if this functionality would be integrated into the core.

Dandruff · 2008-10-08 21:02:57

I could not think of more than seven right now, the more I use textpattern, the more the core system seems enough for most things.

Here we go, with star ratings and all.

upm_image	*****	the only way to deal with images in multiple ways
tru_tags	****	been using this more and more
asy_wondertag	***	still waiting for 4.0.7! :)
asy_jpcache	**	still really handy for page caching
zem_contact_reborn	**	obviously
wdm_update_url	*	a plugin you feed to a fresh install, more like a TXP fix
rvm_if_this_article	*	thinking outside the “Article Form”

.

and on an unrelated note, I love formatting tables with textile. ;)

Last edited by Dandruff (2008-10-08 21:05:24)

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