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plugins:guide [2013/12/11 11:55]
Timbow [Admin] added Custom title
plugins:guide [2017/12/24 03:40]
Arugula [Migration]
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 ====== Plugins Guide ====== ====== Plugins Guide ======
- +===A Handy Guide to the Most Useful and Popular GS Plugins=== 
-This is a guide on which plugins can be used for a specific functionality and their differences. +This is a list of a small selection ​of plugins submitted by users as particularly useful ​for specific purposes. For full details ​of these and other GS Plugins please ​see the full [[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​all_plugins.php|Extend]] listings for:
-It is NOT a complete ​list of plugins, but rather ​a selection ​based on the most often asked for functionalities. +
- +
-For details see +
   * the plugin description,​   * the plugin description,​
   * the plugin'​s support topic and   * the plugin'​s support topic and
   * the plugin author'​s home page   * the plugin author'​s home page
  
 +===== Admin =====
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​multi-user/​133/​|Multi-User]]
 +  * Allows multiple Admin User Logins
 +  * Controls access to different parts of the Backend
  
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​custom-title/​240/​|Custom Title]]
 +  * Allows direct input of text between the <​title>​ tags in the html <​head>​ section.
 +  * Essential for SEO
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​page-edit-options/​185/​|Page edit options]]
 +  * Adds the following icon options to the "Pages Overview"​ page:
 +    - Ordered List Item
 +    - Edit Page
 +    - Create Child page 
 +    - Clone Page 
 +    - Menu Toggle
 +    - Private Toggle
 +    - View Page
 +    - Delete Page
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​updater/​403/​|Updater]]
 +  * Update GetSimple installation and plugins
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​gs-plugin-installer/​955/​|GS Plugin Installer]]
 +  * Easily install GetSimple plugins right from the admin area
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​sa-gs-admin-toolbar/​483/​|SA GS Admin Toolbar]]
 +  * Adds a Front-End (+ back-end) Administrative menu-toolbar
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​gs-custom-settings/​913/​|GS Custom Settings]]
 +  * Lets webmasters/ site managers, theme and plugin developers implement and use their own custom settings for output, configuration,​ and cross-plugin/​-theme communication.
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​pubdate-fix-publication-date/​318/​|PubDate Fix]]
 +  * Makes GetSimple pages' pubDate field fixed and editable. Date/​time-picker (optional)
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​markdown-editor/​919/​|Markdown Editor]]
 +   * Allows you to create and edit pages using the [[http://​get-simple.info/​forums/​safelink.php?​url=http://​daringfireball.net/​projects/​markdown/​|Markdown syntax]]. Existing pages created with the normal HTML editor will still use the default editor (CKeditor, raw HTML or whatever)
 ===== Blog, News ===== ===== Blog, News =====
  
-[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​news-manager-updated/​541/​|News Manager]]+[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​news-manager-updated/​541/​|News Manager ​(updated version)]]
   * news/posts are stored separately from pages   * news/posts are stored separately from pages
-  * archiving+  * archiving ​(monthly/​yearly)
   * tags   * tags
   * undo functionality   * undo functionality
 +  * featured images/post thumbnails
 +  * post authors (optional)
 +  * basic + custom settings (layout, page navigation...)
 +  * sitemap integration
 +  * template tags
 +  * many languages included
  
 [[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​i18n-special-pages/​319/​|I18N Special Pages]] +  [[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​i18n-special-pages/​319/​|I18N Special Pages]] + 
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   * comments system   * comments system
  
-[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​gs-blog/​462/|GS Blog]]+[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​gs-blog-v30/810/|GS Blog]]
   * posts are stored separately from pages   * posts are stored separately from pages
   * archiving   * archiving
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   * built-in comments system   * built-in comments system
   * gravatar support   * gravatar support
 +
 ===== Gallery ===== ===== Gallery =====
  
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   * the easiest way to present one folder of images, where the folder name is the gallery title and the file name is the image title   * the easiest way to present one folder of images, where the folder name is the gallery title and the file name is the image title
  
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​nanogallery4gs/​630/​|nanoGALLERY4GS]] 
 +  * for displaying images pulled from Flickr and Picasa/​Google+ photo albums. Mobile-friendly and responsive.
 ===== Item List, Product List, etc. ===== ===== Item List, Product List, etc. =====
- 
-[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​items-manager/​301/​|Items Manager]] 
-  * define item types as a collection of input fields 
-  * create and list items on your pages 
  
 [[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​i18n-special-pages/​319/​|I18N Special Pages]] +  [[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​i18n-special-pages/​319/​|I18N Special Pages]] + 
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   * custom display of these special pages   * custom display of these special pages
  
 +===== Migration =====
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​ts-fastreplacer/​799/​|Ts-fastreplacer]]
 +  * Search and replace anything in the sites xml files
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​ts-tempreplacer/​801/​|ts-tempreplacer]]
 +  * Same as Ts-fastreplacer,​ but on the fly, doesn'​t change the xml files
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​ts-linkchanger/​791/​|ts-linkchanger]]
 +  * Converts urls on the fly, doesn'​t change the xml files
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​migrate/​966/​|Migrate]]
 +  * Automates URLs modifying in cases when site changes the domain address
 +
 +**There are also plugins which change absolute urls to relative:**
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​gsckerelativeurls/​900/​|GSCkeRelativeUrls]]
 +  * Changes ckeditors local links from absolute host, to relative root urls
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​absolute-link-fixer/​743/​|Absolute-link-fixer]]
 +  * Replaces all occurencies of current site path string to specified string, while saving pages
  
 ===== Multi-language Sites ===== ===== Multi-language Sites =====
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   * navigation with two levels   * navigation with two levels
  
 +===== Multiple Content Areas =====
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​i18n-custom-fields/​100/​|I18N Custom Fields]]
 +  * GUI to add custom fields: text fields, dropdown boxes, check boxes and WYSIWYG textareas.
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​simple-input-tabs/​523/​|Simple input Tabs]]
 +  * Populating different number of content sections for different pages.
 +
 +[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​i18n-special-pages/​319/​|I18N Special pages]]
 +  * Define types of pages with custom fields, customized behaviour and customized display.
  
 ===== Search ===== ===== Search =====
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   * extensible to index other plugins'​ content   * extensible to index other plugins'​ content
  
-===== Admin ===== 
-[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​multi-user/​133/​|Multi-User]] 
-  * Allows multiple Admin User Logins 
-  * Controls access to different parts of the Backend 
- 
-[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​custom-title/​240/​|Custom Title]] 
-  * Allows Direct input of text for html page titles 
-  * Essential for SEO 
- 
-[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​page-edit-options/​185/​|Page edit options]] 
-  * Adds the following icon options to the "Pages Overview"​ page: 
-    - Ordered List Item 
-    - Edit Page 
-    - Create Child page  
-    - Clone Page  
-    - Menu Toggle 
-    - Private Toggle 
-    - View Page 
-    - Delete Page 
- 
-[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​updater/​403/​|Updater]] 
-  * Update GetSimple installation and plugins 
- 
-[[http://​get-simple.info/​extend/​plugin/​sa-gs-admin-toolbar/​483/​|SA GS Admin Toolbar]] 
-  * Adds a Front-End (+ back-end) Administrative menu-toolbar 
 ======Links====== ======Links======
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plugins/guide.txt · Last modified: 2018/03/03 09:08 by Carlos