Your Weekly Devot:ee - May 5, 2011

I’ve been a bit inconsistent lately due to a new baby boy and a move to a new office, so I’m trying to get back on track this week with a heaping helping of EE add-ons. The most interesting one, in my opinion, is Low’s “Low Search”, which is one we’re going to try as we convert devot:ee to EE2 (we use Super Search right now, but there’s no harm in trying something new, especially if it can help speed up or give more relevant searches in any way). If you have a site that relies on having a search, you might also look at Low’s new offering.

• morePreview (for EE2) by moresoda
  ExpressionEngine 2 accessory that allows you to preview newly published content from the control panel immediately after publishing (even if entry is closed).
• Beanstalk Web Hook (for EE2) by moresoda
  Allows ExpressionEngine cache to be emptied after Beanstalk deployments by using the Beanstalk Web Hooks feature.
• moreMatrixRelations (for EE2) by moresoda
  Provides a lightweight relationship fieldtype for use with Pixel & Tonic Matrix.
• moreGeocoder (for EE2) by moresoda
  Provides an ExpressionEngine 2 publish form text field that is geocoded (converted to Latitude and Longitude) for use in Google Maps.
• CRZ Keyboard Shortcuts ($, for EE2) by Chris Ruzin
  Allows you to create keyboard shortcuts for the EE2 control panel.
• Publish Bar (for EE2) by Ryan J. Bonnell
  Streamlines publishing by adding a subtle overlay bar at the bottom of the ExpressionEngine entry editing screen, freeing you from having to scroll to the top of the page to save your changes.
• Tally (for EE1 & EE2) by Derek Hogue (Amphibian Design)
  Tally is a simple plugin which allows you to calculate totals for numeric values in an entries loop. A common use for this would be calculating order totals for the month from your e-commerce orders channel, or adding other financial data spreadsheet-style.
• ThEEditor (for EE2) by Visible
  ThEEditor adds EE Tag Syntax Highlighting, shift-tab reverse indent, line numbering, and intelligent javascript error-checking to the built-in template editor.
• Low Search ($, for EE2) by Lodewijk Schutte (Low)
  Low Search is a simple yet powerful search tool that uses search collections based on channels to create an index, which is searched and returns channel entries. Per search collection, you can apply weight to each searchable field, adding importance to that field. Once an index is built, it is kept up to date automatically. Search results are sorted by relevance which is calculated through the use of MySQL’s native full-text functions.
• Page Type Switcher ($, for EE1) by Laisvunas
  A dropdown fieldtype displaying list of page types; selecting different page type shows/hides relevant fields.
• Encaf ReeMember ($, for EE2) by Chad Crowell (Encaffeinated)
  ReeMember allows you to automate membership activation reminders and pending member pruning in ExpressionEngine 2.x membership sites.
• DT Plugin (for EE2) by Vim Interactive, Inc.
  The DT, or date and time, plugin displays dates with formatting and allows you to add days, months, years to the current date or a static date you set.
• Google Maps for ExpressionEngine (for EE2) by Objectivehtml
  This plugin combines the familiar syntax of the exp:channel:entries tag (all of the parameters are available) combined with all the properties used to initialize Google Maps, thus making the process very familiar. You can plot locations using custom fields from your channels, or just a static address within your EE templates.
• Rewrite Link (for EE2) by Lee Hilton
  Attempts to rewrite HTML links to set target=“_blank” for any link that is outside the configured site_url value.