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====== Plugins Guide ======

This is a guide on which plugins can be used for a specific functionality and their differences.
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's support topic and
  * the plugin author's home page


===== Blog, News =====

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/news-manager-updated/541/|News Manager]]
  * news/posts are stored separately from pages
  * archiving
  * tags
  * undo functionality

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n-special-pages/319/|I18N Special Pages]] + 
[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n-search/82/|I18N Search]]
  * News/blog entries are just special pages with custom fields and thus automatically indexed by I18N Search
  * To avoid cluttering your admin pages view with news/blog entries, put all news/blog entries under common parents, install [[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n/69/|I18N]] and hide these parents' children.
  * RSS feeds

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/pages-amp-comments/427/|Pages & Comments]]
  * posts are normal pages
  * comments system

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/gs-blog/462/|GS Blog]]
  * posts are stored separately from pages
  * archiving
  * categories
  * post thumbnails
  * custom fields
  * external comments (disqus)

[[http://get-simple.info/forums/showthread.php?tid=4911|Matrix Blog]]
  * requires The Matrix, I18N, I18N Search and Pagify plugins
  * template editing
  * categories
  * custom fields
  * I18N integration, I18N searchable
  * built-in comments system
  * gravatar support
===== Gallery =====

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/gsgallery-simple-image-gallery/85/|GSGallery]]
  * allows you to create multiple galleries of images with titles

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n-gallery/160/|I18N Gallery]]
  * multiple gallery types (e.g. slide show, pop up) with titles, tags and texts
  * multi-language aware ([[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n/69/|I18N]])
  * indexed by [[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n-search/82/|I18N Search]]

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/the-photo-gallery/151/|The Photo Gallery]]
  * 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


===== 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-search/82/|I18N Search]]
  * All items are stored as pages with additional input fields
  * pages are automatically indexed for I18N Search
  * custom display of these special pages


===== Multi-language Sites =====

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n/69/|I18N]]
  * multiple languages with custom admin pages view
  * language aware multi-level navigation
  * automatic thumb and image sizing


===== Multi-level Navigation =====

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/child-menu/40/|Child Menu]]
  * second level menu for your site

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n/69/|I18N]]
  * multi-language aware multi-level navigation 
  * breadcrumbs

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/nested-menus/256/|Nested Menus]]
  * navigation with two levels


===== Search =====

[[http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/i18n-search/82/|I18N Search]]
  * multi-language aware search
  * tag cloud, optional live search
  * 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/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
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