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How do I get plugin Y to run before plugin X?
It might be the case that you want plugin Y to run before plugin X, because of what X does with what Y is supposed to have already done. Blosxom loads plugins in filename order, so make sure the...
Why does my newly installed plugin not work, and not produce errors either?
It could be that the name of the plugin (from unpacking it) contains dashes or things like that. Blosxom only loads plugins whose names contain alphanumeric or underscore characters (i.e. A-Z, 0-9,...
How can I access the entire URL in my plugin?
Use the CGI.pm module in the plugin: use CGI qw/:standard/; $url = url(); $path_info = path_info() You, unfortunately, can’t get to the #entry bit since that’s never sent to the Web server. That’s...
Where do I have to put the Tiki.pm file for the tiki plugin to work?
The tiki plugin assumes you’ve placed Tiki.pm in a Text subdirectory of your...
How do I detect the presence of another plugin?
All installed plug-ins: keys %blosxom::plugins All “on” plug-ins: grep {$blosxom::plugins{$_} > 0} keys %blosxom::plugins And if you’re interested in the order: print join ', ',...
How can I turn off a plugin for a certain flavour?
Use the config plugin and create a config.flavour (for the flavour you’d like it off) containing: $blosxom::plugins{'smartypants'} =...
New Blosxom plugin 'submission'
I’ve just written a plugin ‘submission‘ which provides Blosxom with a mechanism for accepting content POSTed to it. I wrote it initially as a mechanism for people to submit plugin information to the...