In this post, I will introduce you to three simple Elgg plugins. Just because they are simple, don’t consider them as useless or under powered. These plugins are simple because they are using only less number of code lines but they provide you with major features for your Elgg sites. Here they are:
1] Gravatar
Simple plugin with only a single page of code released by Elgg core team. This plugin will remove all those grey default user profile icons from your site and will add gravatar support for elgg sites. If the user has got a gravatar, this will be pulled in and displayed instead of the grey profile icon.
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2] Users Online
Released by Team Webgalli, this plugin will show the online status of user next to their profile icon. By overriding only a single file (the user profile icon view), this plugin provides an important feature for your Elgg powered site. This feature is a must for any social networking site.
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3] User profile URL
Released by Matt Beckett, this plugin will help you to create short URLs for all the user profiles in your Elgg site like http://elggsite.com/username . Simple plugin with only 35 lines of code including white spaces. Provides a most user requested plugin for Elgg.
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4] GDocs file viewer plugin for Elgg
Give your users the option to see an inline preview of the files they have uploaded to the Files section of your Elgg site. The plugin works by using the Google Docs Viewer. You are only limited by whatever file formats and mime types Google Docs Viewer supports. Released by Thomus Yung. Though the plugin contains a few little extra lines and pages basically they are all overriding of default Elgg views.
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5] Ajax comments for Elgg 1.8.X
This plugin is an attempt to make the comment posting action in your elgg site contents butter smooth without a page refresh. Released by Team Webgalli.
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Please remind me in comments if I missed out any plugins
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