Control Panel - Plugin Manager
From Jomres v4 manual
Control Panel - Plugin Manager
If you cannot see the plugin manager button then please ensure that CURL is enabled on your server.
The Plugin Manager is new for Jomres 3.1+. It's purpose is to allow users to download and install all optional plugins currently available to Jomres right in the component's control panel. This makes it easier for me to introduce new plugins and deploy upgrades, and for you to find new and upgraded plugins. The manager can download and install four different types of plugins:
- Internal plugins
- Minicomponents
- Modules
- Mambots (aka Plugins in Joomla 1.5)
Plugins are installed by clicking the Install link.
The Plugin Manager will list all currently available plugins. You can use it then to install/upgrade or remove the plugins of your choice, however some plugins like Modules, Mambots and Minicomponents can only be configured and uninstalled via the standard Joomla configuration tools, however if you uninstall a module/mambot via the Joomla uninstaller tool note that the plugin manager will still show the tool as installed, so you'll still need to click the uninstall link to clear it out of the list of installed plugins.
All plugins can be upgraded direct from the Plugin Manager.
To understand Minicomponents and how they're different from Internal plugins, you need a little history lesson:
Since version 2 Jomres has the ability to upload and install plugins that modified the way Jomres worked as Joomla/Mambo components. These would be picked up by Jomres and used in place of/as well as the standard Jomres functionality. The were called minicomponents because they used the Joomla/Mambo component installer for the upload/unzipping/placing stage. Since then the Plugin Manager has been developed and most of the old Minicomponents have been/will be converted to internal plugins.
A new feature was added in Version 4 whereby you can install your own plugins via the third party installer feature of the plugin manager. For guidance on creating your own plugins, please see the Creating plugins page.
