Is there a general guide on how to install plugins? (1 Viewer)

[GiocatoreDK]

This is true for some of the skins as well as the plugins.

Oddly enough, most of the text is already here in the forums, as people will post install instructions with the announcement that the plugin/skin is available. Why post in the forums instead of an install.txt? Maybe this forces people to read the forums (which is probably for the best, but not always the most convenient).

I read the forums daily anyway, but if I need information on a specific topic and do a search, I end up with many hits and often it’s too much to read threw. But I'm all around very very happy with the program itself and the forum in general. The forum consists of very skilled people who always seem to be ready to give a helping hand. It would just help me so very much if the plugins and - as you said - the skins came with a small install.txt. I've got computer knowledge, but I'm not skilled enough to figure out some of the installs on my own and I guess I'm not the only one.

 

[Marcusb]

Since plug-ins can be written by anyone then it's a little hard to enforce a standard. Generally if they are in a zip file then it's just a matter of extracting to the MP root directory and the files will be extracted to the correct folder.
Again, usually there is a txt file explaining this, but lately I haven't seen very many of these.

The very simple plugins jjust need a dll in either the plugins/windows directory (for plugins with their own screens) or the plugins/process directory for back ground plugins.

Windowed plugins also need their own sins entry for the screens.

If you are using a non standard skin (ie, not MCE or Blue Two) then you may need to extract the xml for that skin and place it in your skin's folder along with any skin media if needed. The calculator is a good example of this. Lots of new images and no (easy) way for the creator to know what folder your skin is in.

 

[deeps]

I can't even get the myrecipes one working properly

I put the dll file into the plugins directory, but where do i put the source file? How do i use it?

I know it can't be enforced, but if the people made a push for an 'install.txt' file, i'm sure most people owuld oblige