electricputty/gist:3313806

## gistfile1.txt
Base add-ons:
SnippetsSync [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/snippetssync/] - Free, enables snippets and global variables to be saved as flat files
Switchee [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/switchee/] - Free, duplicates and extends on php’s switch statement using simple EE code
Expresso/Wygwam [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/expresso/ or http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/wygwam/] - Paid, WYSIWYG editors
EE Hive Hacksaw [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/hacksaw/] - Free, text truncating plugin
CE Image [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/ce-image/] - Paid, Image resizing plugin
Better Workflow [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/better-workflow/] - Paid, workflow and entry preview

Situational:
Matrix [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/matrix/] - Paid, fieldtype that enables tabular data rows to be inputted. E.G. photo gallery
Playa [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/playa/] - Paid, extends and improves on the built in relationship system in EE
P&T Field Pack [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/pt-field-pack/] - Free, A collection of fieldtypes that improve on EE’s basic set.
Assets [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/assets/] - Paid, A better file manager that allows for the easy creation of subdirectories.
GWCode Categories [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/gwcode-categories/] - If we are doing anything with categories, we use this, extends the normal categories tags with lots more variables.
Low Title - Creates title tags based on URL segments etc.
Low Seg2Cat - Fetches category data from URL segements
Freeform [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/freeform] - If we are using any forms, this is a great form add-on.
Structure [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/structure/] - Paid, Changes EE’s URL structure to a more classic one, useful for editorial based sites, also creates breadcrumbs, navigation and title tags. Situational, but fits into most of the work we do. If we use Structure, we also would install Freebie [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/freebie/] for breaking out of Structure’s URLs (structure tries to parse all segments, freebie can tell structure to ignore a segment). The use of Structure on a project is situational, but a great time saver and v. powerful.
	Base add-ons:
	SnippetsSync [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/snippetssync/] - Free, enables snippets and global variables to be saved as flat files
	Switchee [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/switchee/] - Free, duplicates and extends on php’s switch statement using simple EE code
	Expresso/Wygwam [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/expresso/ or http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/wygwam/] - Paid, WYSIWYG editors
	EE Hive Hacksaw [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/hacksaw/] - Free, text truncating plugin
	CE Image [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/ce-image/] - Paid, Image resizing plugin
	Better Workflow [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/better-workflow/] - Paid, workflow and entry preview

	Situational:
	Matrix [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/matrix/] - Paid, fieldtype that enables tabular data rows to be inputted. E.G. photo gallery
	Playa [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/playa/] - Paid, extends and improves on the built in relationship system in EE
	P&T Field Pack [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/pt-field-pack/] - Free, A collection of fieldtypes that improve on EE’s basic set.
	Assets [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/assets/] - Paid, A better file manager that allows for the easy creation of subdirectories.
	GWCode Categories [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/gwcode-categories/] - If we are doing anything with categories, we use this, extends the normal categories tags with lots more variables.
	Low Title - Creates title tags based on URL segments etc.
	Low Seg2Cat - Fetches category data from URL segements
	Freeform [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/freeform] - If we are using any forms, this is a great form add-on.
	Structure [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/structure/] - Paid, Changes EE’s URL structure to a more classic one, useful for editorial based sites, also creates breadcrumbs, navigation and title tags. Situational, but fits into most of the work we do. If we use Structure, we also would install Freebie [http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/freebie/] for breaking out of Structure’s URLs (structure tries to parse all segments, freebie can tell structure to ignore a segment). The use of Structure on a project is situational, but a great time saver and v. powerful.