Installing Plug-ins in Lotus Symphony 1.3 is easy and fast :
- Launch Lotus Symphony.
- Choose File > Preferences and click on Widgets.
- Select the option to "Show Widget Toolbar and the My Widgets Sidebar panel."
- Click OK to exit preference page.
- Open the My Widgets sidebar from the right panel.
- Launch a web browser to visit the Plug-ins Page on the Symphony website :
http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/plugin.nsf/home.
- For the plug-ins that are available for Symphony 1.3, there is a drag-to-install icon and a URL link. Drag and drop the icon or the link to the My Widgets sidebar panel since IBM Lotus Symphony 1.3. If this icon is not available, please follow the installation instructions in the next section.
- Release mouse button when the the icon is within My Widgets sidebar panel.
- The License agreement window will pop up. Choose "I accept the terms..." in the license agreement and click Finish.
- After the installation is finished, restart Lotus Symphony.
As an alternative, the installation method from previous releases continues to work.
Installing Plug-ins Lotus Symphony 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1 and 1.3 :
- Launch Lotus Symphony.
- From the main menu, click File->Application->Install.
Result: The Install/Update wizard is displayed.
- Select Search for new features to install, and click Next.
- In the Application Locations window, click Add Zip/Jar Location.
- Select the update site file (a zipped file, which contains features , plug-in folders and a site.xml file), then click Finish.
- In the Search Results window, select the feature, and click Next.
- In the Feature License window, choose I accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
- Click Finish to start the installation.
- After the installation is finished, exit and restart Lotus Symphony.
If you need additional help installing or uninstalling plug-ins, refer to the IBM® technotes for screenshots and detailed steps on the following topics:
How to install plug-ins into Lotus Symphony
How to uninstall plug-ins from IBM Lotus Symphony