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concrete5 Beginner's Guide

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concrete5 Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
concrete5
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – manually installing an add-on


Carry out the following steps to install an add-on manually:

  1. Go to http://www.concrete5.org and click on Marketplace at the top.

  2. Find the add-on that you want to install.

  3. Click on the Download button at the bottom.

  4. On the next screen, click on Download Now.

  5. Extract the downloaded ZIP file into the packages folder of your concrete5 site. If you're working with a default XAMPP setup, the folder is c:\xampplite\htdocs\packages.

  6. Go back to your site's dashboard.

  7. Click on Add Functionality.

  8. In the right column underneath Downloaded and Ready to Install should be the add-on you've downloaded. Click on Install and it will be ready to use.

What just happened?

By manually downloading and extracting the add-on, you've avoided the need for a few PHP modules which aren't installed on every host.

Every add-on from the marketplace is wrapped into a package, no matter whether it's a theme, block, or just a template. This means you don't have to worry about the add...