Plugins to broaden features of CMS-like content
WordPress can be successfully used as CMS but definitely more suitable for that is other open source software Joomla! I had chance (?) to get to know it pretty well. The only one ‘disadvantage’ of Joomla! is that it offers… too many possibilities
. When you just need simple website without extra functionalities you will probably have never chance to use… WordPress is fairly sufficient.
However Joomla! offers one feature that might be useful for almost every WordPress user. When displaying article on single page there are available options to convert article to PDF file, e-mail it or print it out. Just like here:
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It didn’t take much time to find plugins offering such features.
- WP – EMail by Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan; it is possible to put it in The_Loop to have it displayed in each post OR it can be added manually to only some posts with simple command [email_link]. It offers few more features like Most E-Mailed Posts, Total E-Mails Sent (with variables: Sent Succesfully and Unsuccessfully) and enables to create few e-mail templates
- WP – Print by Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan; just as WP –EMail it is possible to put it in The_Loop to have it displayed in each post OR it can be added manually to only some posts with simple command [ print_link ] (that’s the way I use it on my site -> only in posts with recipes
) - Post2PDF; it takes quite a lot of space (in comparison with other plugins) but is worth it (of course if you need such feature on your WordPress powered site ). This plugin works when function is placed in template so can’t be implemented in one post only. There are two versions available depending on your PHP version installed on server you use. It is possible to customize header, footer and body (font type, size, color, images, no. of pages)
For those who want to enable option of emailing posts in combination with bookmarks I can recommend ShareThis plugin.
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