what am i doing wrong ?

[quantum9]

what am i doing wrong ?


Hi
I am very new to this. I'm trying to install a plugin on my wordpress blog It doesnt show up on my plug in manager. Heres what I did. I hope someone here can tell me what I should do.
I downloaded plugin slashdiilicious
Went on unlimited FTP on my blue host control panel
uploaded slashdiilicious to wp-contents/plugins folder as per wordpress instructions
Went to my site plug in manager all that is there is hello dolly and akismet

I also phoned bluehost they said go to publichtml/wp-contents/plugins folder and do it there.
Still no joy

Also I have been doing it in ASCII if that matters.

Any help regarding this is totally appreciated.

Cheers

[charlesp]

Extract the plugin FILES and try creating a folder to public_html/wp-contents/plugins/slashdiilicious or whatever, then upload the plugin FILES to the slashdiilicious folder. Don't upload the zip file. I don't use BH's ftp program so I am not sure how it works but most ftp programs are basically the same. I use WS-FTP95 LE to upload my plugins and I haven't had any problems.
Also, use Binary instead of ASCII.

[mfoley]

You should be using a client that knows how to set the proper transfer type (i.e. Text vs. Binary) so that you don't have to worry about it. If you are transferring HTML, TXT, TPL files, then you probably shouldn't be forcing BINARY as the type.

If you are transferring the ZIP file, then most likely, that's not going to work. As Charlesp suggested, the plugins probably expect that you have transferred the structure already "expanded" from the ZIP archive.

It's kind of like putting an oil can in the back seat of your car. That doesn't change/install the oil. You will need to put it in the proper place and "pour it"/extract it out in order for the Wordpress software to properly recognize and use it. Hope the analogy helps here.

For FTP programs, I use SmartFTP myself. WinSCP is also a great (free) option.