I've been thinking about writing a blog post on this topic for a while now, but Marcus Neto just posted his list which prompted me to finally do this. Many of the addons on my list are the same but there are a few differences.
CE Image $22 - On the fly image manipulation with nice features including being able to set where to crop from, set background colors/transparencies and more. Plus it's from Causing Effect the[…]Zoo Flexible Admin is a commercial add-on that will make client hand-off a breeze. It's available for purchase on Devot:ee for $22 where it also recieves official support.
Why you need to be using this add-on for your sites is that it allows you to set up custom navigation in the control panel on a per user group basis.Without the use of Zoo Flexible Admin (ZFA), you will have to create navigations for each individual member of the site.[…]
Low Title is a free add-on by @low who also makes the very popular Low Variables and Low Seg2Cat addons. Low Title has been around for some time, but I only learned about it a couple of months ago and it has revolutionized how I code <title> tags in the document head.
Previoiusly to using low title I would typically pass[…]
Backup Pro is an addon that will make keeping backups of your site and database an automated process. Backup Pro is a commercial addon ($30) by Eric Lamb that once installed will give you peice of mind. There is also a free version, called Backup Pro(ish), which you may want to try out before purchasing the full version. I haven't used the free version and am thus unaware of any of the differences.
Be sure to read the documentation, especially[…]