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Steven's Direct Plugin Manager Free v1.0

Steven's Direct Plugin Manager Free is the last free release of Direct Plugin Manager. Direct Plugin Manager has gone premium. The free version will be maintained only for bugfixes. Additional functionality will not be added.

As with many other forum software packages, you can upload plugins and modifications directly from the administration panel. With MyBB, you must upload the plugin and modifications via FTP. This can become a hassle, especially if you are constantly uploading new plugins. This thread posted on the MyBB Community Forums inspired me to write this plugin.

This plugin is the successor to Steven's Direct Plugin Upload.

Overview
Steven's Direct Plugin Manager adds an upload and delete form to the Plugin management page in the MyBB administration panel.

Uploading
The Manager will display a form that will upload a PHP file straight to the <forumroot>/inc/plugins directory. You can then immediately activate the plugin. Success and failure messages are displayed, giving you instant feedback if something went wrong.

Deleting
The Manager will also display a drop-down list of every available plugin file. Once you click "Delete Plugin," the plugin file will be deleted off your server. There will be no warning, so be careful! As with the upload form, success and failure messages are displayed.

Installation instructions are in the readme.

Features

• An easy-to-use management form displayed on the Plugin management page in the admin panel
  
• Uploads any PHP file directly to the <forumroot>/inc/plugins directory
  
• Deletes any PHP file in the plugins directory
  
• Eliminates the need to use FTP to manage plugins
  
• Version Check - get alerted when an update is available
  

Installation instructions are in the readme.

Also, if you find this plugin helpful in any way, please consider making a donation. I have to pay for hosting and development costs. A donation is a godsend for a broke student paying for hosting and scripting in his free time. Thanks!

Excellent Release steven

what about the 1.4 one? is it free? the release thread says it is

Yes its is FREE But the coming v2.0 is for paid ones

(2009-06-11, 12:29 PM)Pirata Nervo Wrote: [ -> ]what about the 1.4 one? is it free? the release thread says it is

This release effectively "replaces" previous versions (including 1.4). Version 2 will be a paid plugin that is capable of uploading ZIP archives (therefor other files for plugins like language files and such).

Installed, this is a very great release

Quote:Version 2 will be a paid plugin that is capable of uploading ZIP archives

oh okay, understood

One suggestion Steven: Some plugins as you know, contains admin/modules/config files, and some inc/tasks files,
Would this v2.0 that is capable of uploading through zip archives will upload those files in their respective places ?

Yeah that would be a nice addition

(2009-06-11, 03:26 PM)ghazal Wrote: [ -> ]One suggestion Steven: Some plugins as you know, contains admin/modules/config files, and some inc/tasks files,
Would this v2.0 that is capable of uploading through zip archives will upload those files in their respective places ?

I assume it will. In the following quote, he talks about language files (which have to be uploaded to the languages folder), so I can't see why the other files won't be uploaded to their respective places.

(2009-06-11, 01:28 PM)Steven Wrote: [ -> ]This release effectively "replaces" previous versions (including 1.4). Version 2 will be a paid plugin that is capable of uploading ZIP archives (therefor other files for plugins like language files and such).