[5] How to install unofficial plugins?

[Mike Wright]

Hi everybody,

I've copied a couple of plugins, Skeeve's "newtiddler" and Matabele's "mangletags", into my filesystem.

I created tiddlers with those names and cut and pasted the contents of those files into the text area without much results  i.e. <$newtiddler/> and <$mangletags/> remain undefined.  I saved and refreshed with the same results.

I tried "import" which seemed to work but didn't appear to do anything i.e. <$newtiddler/> and <$mangletags/> remain undefined.  I saved and refreshed with the same results.

So I tried "ControlPanel->Plugins" but that seems only to want ones from Official TiddlyWiki Plugin Library.

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

Mike Wright

[Mark S.]

The following is generic instructions that should work everywhere.

Open up the source plugin on the source site so that it becomes available from the "Open" sidebar menu. Drag the link to the plugin tiddler over to the tab of the target TiddlyWiki. Wait for a green bar to appear at the top of the TiddlyWiki indicating that it is OK to drop. Drop the tiddler. A tiddler with title $:/Import should appear offering you the chance to import the new tiddler. Click on the "Import" button to import the item. Repeat the process for any additional plugins or tiddlers that you want to import.

For many plugins, you will need to save and reload the target TiddlyWiki file in order to activate the actions of the plugins.

HTH
Mark

[Mike Wright]

On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 6:40:46 PM UTC-8, Mark S. wrote:

The following is generic instructions that should work everywhere.

Open up the source plugin on the source site so that it becomes available from the "Open" sidebar menu. Drag the link to the plugin tiddler over to the tab of the target TiddlyWiki. Wait for a green bar to appear at the top of the TiddlyWiki indicating that it is OK to drop. Drop the tiddler. A tiddler with title $:/Import should appear offering you the chance to import the new tiddler. Click on the "Import" button to import the item. Repeat the process for any additional plugins or tiddlers that you want to import.

For many plugins, you will need to save and reload the target TiddlyWiki file in order to activate the actions of the plugins.

Thanks Mark, that's what I needed.  I wasn't sure what tab you were talking about and then the bright green bar showed up at the top of the tiddlywiki page, et voilà. 

I'd mark this solved but I don't know how yet.