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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.

<blockquote data-quote="Marcusb" data-source="post: 61303" data-attributes="member: 11550">Since plug-ins can be written by anyone then it's a little hard to enforce a standard.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; The calculator is a good example of this.&nbsp; Lots of new images and no (easy) way for the creator to know what folder your skin is in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcusb, post: 61303, member: 11550"] 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. [/QUOTE]