Note: this functionality is only available in versions > v2.2.

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This document contains information on how to customize the Nucleus install script. It can be customized in two ways:

1. Automatically install skins
2. Automatically install plugins

Configurations

Open up the install.php script and locate the following piece of code:

    // array with names of plugins to install. Plugin files must be present in the nucleus/plugin/
    // directory.
    //
    // example:
    //     array('NP_TrackBack', 'NP_MemberGoodies')
    $aConfPlugsToInstall = array();


    // array with skins to install. skins must be present under the skins/ directory with
    // a subdirectory having the same name that contains a skinbackup.xml file
    //
    // example:
    //     array('base','rsd')
    $aConfSkinsToImport = array();

This code is all you need to change: list the names of the plugins and skins you want to auto-install in the arrays.

Including the files

Next to changing the configuration, you'll need to add the files to the zipfile distribution.

Plugins

For plugins, place the files in the nucleus/plugins/ directory. Just as when you would install a plugin manually.

For skins, place them as directories under skins/, just as you would do when importing a skin manually. Don't forget to put the skinimport.xml file in there.

Don't forget

Don't forget to test your customized install script before distributing it.