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This is the place to find documentation on all aspects of Elgg. If you would like to contribute your own documentation please do; we want this to be a real community effort!
Installing plugins
From Elgg Documentation
There are a series of plugins available for Elgg. You can check out the full list here.
To install a standards-compliant Elgg plugin, all you need to do is:
- Unwrap the distribution package
- Upload the contents into /mod/
- That is it.
There are plugins which have been submitted by users that may require some extra work - always read the install file.
[edit] Elgg v0.9 Plugin Compatibility
The following notes outline users experiences with various 3rd party plugins under Elgg v0.9 final. For the latest version of many plugins, please check the SVN nightly downloads: http://elgg.org/_download/plugins/
| Plugin | 0.9 Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Messages | Compatible | No known issues |
| Batch_Admin | Compatible | No known issues |
| Forum | Compatible | No know issues |
| Folio | Folio v.7 compatible | |
| MediaGallery | Compatible | No known issues |
| YUI | Compatible | No known issues |
| MediaWiki | - | No known issues |
| Newsletter | Update pending | Some minor issues |
| Maintenace mode | Compatible | No known issues |
| Photogallery | Compatible | No known issues |
| Suggest | Compatible | No known issues |
| Toogletiny | Compatible | Not known issues |
| Genericwidget | Compatible | No known issues |
| River | Compatible | No known issues |
| Status | Compatible version in SVN | Fixed version now in SVN |
| Joiner | - | Seems to work (questions added to page) |
| Access extension | Compatible version in SVN | Elgg 0.9 version called z_acsext |
| Draft posts | Incompatible | No draft access shown when creating new blog post |
| Tagsuggest | - | No known issues |
| Sitemembers | - | No known issues |
| Calendar | - | Not thoroughly tested, but it displays a calendar and allows events to be added. Note: Only working for admin user but not for regular user. (see http://elgg.org/mod/forum/forum_view_thread.php?post=613 for the updated Calendar plugin and fixes for 0.9) |
| Upcoming events | - | No knowm issues |
| Jmol Gallery | Compatible | No know issues |
| Visualization (visaviz using Prefuse applet) | Incompatible | |
| KiteCV | - | No known issues |
| Friend Map (using Graph Gear) | Compatible | Download from http://elgg.org/mod/forum/forum_view_thread.php?post=1378. Works, but needs minor refinement of page submenu |
| Friendicon | Compatible | Corrected version now in SVN. |
