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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
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)
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
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.
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#18 2008-09-27 18:59:34
- masa
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
Indispensable especially for larger sites: lam_browse_by
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#19 2008-09-27 22:32:28
- gomedia
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
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 ….!
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#20 2008-09-28 12:58:07
- kevinpotts
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
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)
Kevin
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#21 2008-09-28 13:02:23
- kevinpotts
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
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.
Kevin
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
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 ;-).
Last edited by joebaich (2008-09-28 14:44:38)
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#23 2008-09-28 17:27:27
- masa
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
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.
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#24 2008-10-08 21:02:57
- Dandruff
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
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” |
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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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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
Wow, what an interesting list!
- Definitely rss_show_advanced_opts – simple but essential for me
- Related is sed_section fields – show certain custom fields per section
- zem_contact_reborn is indispensible
- asy_wondertag is awesome! Makes the impossible possible
- chh_if_data is very handy
- upm_image can really help customize image display
I agree this is a useful resource to see which plugins are really being used by other TXP developers and to what end.
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
Bumping a (very) old thread after a search, this thread seems to be the most complete.
rss_show_advanced_opts
jnm_audio
mg_setheader
rah_replace
rah_sitemap
rss_admin_db_manager
rss_admin_show_adv_opts
Thank you to the previous posters for making me aware of some plugins I had no idea even existed!
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Re: What are your "Top 10" Textpattern plugins and why?
A few more good ones:
ebl-image-edit / Advanced Image Editing Plugin for Textpattern
pap_contact_cleaner / Prevent Spam through Zem Contact
act_if_mobile / This plugin adds conditional tag to determine, if user is browsing from mobile device, or not > very cool conditional tag that allows you to provide alternative code/content for mobile browsers such as phones or pads
wet_if_page / Conditionally tests for the current page number being member of a list. > very nice to be used with soo_page_numbers. Lets you set conditionals based on the page number you’re on, for example display a certain header only on page 1 of the paginated list…
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