Hi all. Hope you are enjoying the summer despite the heat. The Commons has some new plugins, and I wanted to let people know. The first one (EasyRotator for WordPress) is really nice. Check it out. The other five are good utility plugins.

Here they are, each with a link to a short article in the Commons Codex to get you started quickly:

EasyRotator for WordPress – this plugin lets you create any number of sliders and put them on individual posts, pages, or in widget areas. Many templates let you customize appearance. A nice API is installed on your computer to help build the rotators. Easy to use and very powerful. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/14/sliders-made-simple/)

NextPage Buttons – this plugin makes it simple divide your content into pages so readers do not need to scroll down and lose your sidebar content. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/21/nextpage-buttons-wordpress-plugin/)

Page Excerpt – Create summaries for your pages to tease readers to explore. Works great with the List Pages Shortcode Plugin (see below). (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/20/page-excerpt/)

List Pages Shortcode – Got lots of pages? This plugin is great for managing them. You can add customized lists of your pages and optionally, excerpts. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/20/list-pages-shortcodes/)

WP Post to PDF – creates an icon on your posts and pages which, we clicked, downloads your content to a pdf. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/21/post-to-pdf-plugin/)

Column Shortcodes – provides an easy way to divide your content into columns and create interesting layouts. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/20/column-shortcodes/)

Let us know if you have any questions.

Hi all. Hope you are enjoying the summer despite the heat. The Commons has some new plugins, and I wanted to let people know. The first one (EasyRotator for WordPress) is really nice. Check it out. The other five are good utility plugins.

Here they are, each with a link to a short article in the Commons Codex to get you started quickly:

EasyRotator for WordPress – this plugin lets you create any number of sliders and put them on individual posts, pages, or in widget areas. Many templates let you customize appearance. A nice API is installed on your computer to help build the rotators. Easy to use and very powerful. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/14/sliders-made-simple/)

NextPage Buttons – this plugin makes it simple divide your content into pages so readers do not need to scroll down and lose your sidebar content. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/21/nextpage-buttons-wordpress-plugin/)

Page Excerpt – Create summaries for your pages to tease readers to explore. Works great with the List Pages Shortcode Plugin (see below). (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/20/page-excerpt/)

List Pages Shortcode – Got lots of pages? This plugin is great for managing them. You can add customized lists of your pages and optionally, excerpts. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/20/list-pages-shortcodes/)

WP Post to PDF – creates an icon on your posts and pages which, we clicked, downloads your content to a pdf. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/21/post-to-pdf-plugin/)

Column Shortcodes – provides an easy way to divide your content into columns and create interesting layouts. (http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/20/column-shortcodes/)

Let us know if you have any questions.