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<title>Gossamer List - Help - Plugins</title>
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<td><span class="help_header">Help - Plug-ins</span></td>
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<div align="justify">
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<p>Plugins are files that can be installed into your copy
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of Gossamer List to extend the functionality of many aspects
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of the program. The tools in the plugin menu allow you to
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browse, download, install, uninstall and modify your plugins,
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as well as write your own plugins. </p>
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<p><font color="#CC0000"><b>Warning:</b></font> Plugins contain
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code that will be executed on and affect your system. Be
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careful while installing any plugins from a source of which
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you are unsure or do not trust.</p>
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<p><span class="helptitle">Plugin Manager</span><br>
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The Plugin Manager (which will be displayed by default when
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you view the Plugins menu) allows you to easily install,
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edit, uninstall and delete plugins that you have downloaded,
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and displays brief descriptions of those plugins. The plugin
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manager is divided into two menus, the "Installed Plugins"
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menu and the "Uninstalled Plugins" menu. Each plugin that
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you have downloaded is listed in one of these two menus
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(which menu each plugin is listed in is obviously dependant
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on whether or not the plugin is currently installed). To
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the right of the name of each plugin, the version number
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and author of the plugin are listed. The author's name may
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be linked to their web site or email address. To the right
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of the author's name you are given the options of installing,
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editing, or deleting the plugin. </p>
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<p class="body_bold">To install a plugin, click the "Install"
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link: </p>
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<p>- A screen describing the plugin and how to use it will
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be displayed. </p>
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<p>- Click the "Install" button at the bottom of the screen
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to confirm the installation. </p>
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<p>- If you are installing a newer version of a plugin already
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on your system, you will be given a prompt asking if you
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want to overwrite the pre-existing plugin with the newer
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version. </p>
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<p class="body_bold">To edit a plugin, click the "Edit" link:
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</p>
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<p>- A screen displaying the plugins options will appear.
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</p>
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<p>- Make any changes that you want, and click the "Edit"
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button to confirm them. </p>
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<p class="body_bold">To uninstall a plugin, click the "Uninstall"
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link: </p>
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<p>- A screen either describing the plugin or describing how
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the uninstall will affect Gossamer List will be displayed.
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</p>
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<p>- You can either completely uninstall the plugin and all
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of its files and records by clicking the "Full Uninstall"
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button, or only uninstall the plugin itself by clicking
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"Skip Plugin Uninstall". This option will leave any files
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or records created by the plugin untouched, and is useful
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if you are planning to reinstall the plugin at some point.
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</p>
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<p class="body_bold">To delete a plugin, click the "Delete"
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link: </p>
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<p>- You will be given the option of confirming or aborting
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the delete. </p>
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<p>- A plugin must be uninstalled before it can be deleted.
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</p>
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<p><span class="helptitle"><a name="download">Plugin Download</a></span><br>
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The Plugin Download menu allows you to download and install
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plugins in three ways: from the Gossamer Threads website,
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from another URL, or from a file. </p>
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<p>To download plugins from Gossamer Threads: </p>
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<p>- Click the "Show" button to see a list of plugins available
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for download direct from Gossamer Threads. If you have already
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installed any of these plugins, the version number of your
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copy of the plugin will be displayed next to the version
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number of the latest available version of the plugin, so
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you can easily identify plugins that have been updated since
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you last installed them. Note: You will not be able to download
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plugins from Gossamer Threads if you do not have a valid
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registration number entered in the "Misc Options" section
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of the Setup menu. </p>
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<p>- Click the "Download" link beside a plugin to begin downloading
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it. </p>
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<p class="body_bold">To install plugins from a URL:</p>
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<p>- Enter the URL location of the plugin you wish to download
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in the field provided. </p>
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<p>- Click the "Install" button. </p>
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<p class="body_bold">To Install plugins from a file:</p>
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<p>- Enter the file location of the plugin you wish to download
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in the field provided, or click the "Browse" button to search
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for the file. </p>
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<p>- Click the "Install" button when the correct file location
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has been entered. </p>
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<p><span class="helptitle"><a name="wizard">Plugin Wizard</a></span><br>
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The Plugin Wizard tool allows you to create your own plugins,
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or modify pre-existing ones. </p>
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<p>If you are creating a new plugin, enter its name in the
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"Create new plugin named:" field and click the "Next" button.
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If you are modifying a pre-existing plugin, select it from
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the drop-down menu and click the "Next" button. </p>
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<p>- The first plugin wizard menu allows you to specify basic
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information about your plugin: version number, author, licensing
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(freeware, shareware, commercial, etc), Gossamer List version
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requirements, and description. </p>
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<p>- The second plugin wizard menu allows you to create hooks
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for the plugin. </p>
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<p>- The third plugin wizard menu allows you to specify menu
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options. </p>
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<p>- The fourth plugin wizard menu allows you to specify user
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options. </p>
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<p>- If your plugin requires bundled files, the fifth plugin
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wizard menu allows you to configure those files. </p>
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<p>- The sixth plugin wizard menu allows you to configure
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the messages that will be displayed and the code that will
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be executed when the plugin is installed and uninstalled
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</p>
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<p><span class="helptitle">About Plugins</span><br>
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Clicking on "About Plugins" will give you a brief description
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of plugins and how they can be used in Gossamer List. </p><p>
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