Hi, i added an add-on to my plone site by the name of collective.easyslider. it added successfully i restarted my buildout but could not found it in the add-ons to install it or is there anyother place in the site where i can find it.
Have you add the AddOn in the egg Section and the zcml Section in the buildout?
yes sir. i did then i restarted the buildout.
the problem is that i can not find it in add-on installation section to install. If you can tell me any other location where i can find it and how can i place it on my front page
go to ZMI Portal Quickinstaller
im there but even there it is not available.
Check if the module is listed in the bin/instance script generated by buildout.
If yes, check if the situation changes if you add the module also to the zcml slug of your buildout configuration.
-aj
Not all add-ons need to be explicitely installed in the individual portals - for some it is sufficient that there code is available; others require code and import of their ZCML registrations; and some require in addition explicite installation in the individual portals. The last is usually required when the add-on wants to adapt the portal's configuration in the ZODB.
I do not know to what add-on class "collective.easyslider" belongs. Have you read (and followed) any available installation instructions?
If something is called easy be careful....
General checks by using github - easy to do:
- easyslider has a profile and is installable https://github.com/collective/collective.easyslider/tree/master/collective/easyslider/profiles
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easyslider does not need to be added to the
zcml =
of buildout, because its auto included https://github.com/collective/collective.easyslider/blob/master/setup.py#L44 - latest release is latest Plone 4/5 compatible? Maybe, but its from Jan. 2014, so needs more checks. https://github.com/collective/collective.easyslider/commit/5e3654fea7efa301de0a172ea849de9dc5d9b49e
- open issues: https://github.com/collective/collective.easyslider/issues/26 - one is installation related.
i had been through the documentation but still not clear. installed but still not available in addons section and ZMI Portal Quickinstaller. Plone has become a headache, more than that. A single add-on takes a complete day. pufff
I have installed it 100 times, I am pretty sure you are doing something wrong .
If you use Plone 5, it is not compatible yet.
Are you sure your buildout finished successfully ( my guess is that it stopped because of pinned versions)
If it really did not install , try using version 1.3.x or 1.4.0