What is spartacus and how to install

[rsantifort]

I read about Spartacus, but still don't know what it is within serendepity and how to install or activate it.

Can somebody please state clear what to do to use spartacus after a fresh install of S1.0!

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

After installation, you go to your serendipity admin interface.

There you click on "Configure Plugins". Then go down to the page and locate the link "Click here to install event plugins". Click that link.

You will now see a list of default Serendipity Event Plugins you can install. Locate the Plugin called "Spartacus" and click on the install button next to it.

After you have done that you will see the configuration screen of that plugin. You can leave all settings as-is. If you later have any troubles with download you might want to play with the settings offered there.

Now the spartacus plugin is activated and will fetch a list of plugins the next time you choose to install a plugin. So go to the plugin manager again, click on the "Click here to install event plugins" link again. Now Spartacus should fetch plugins from the remote repository and display them to you.

If you get any network errors or download failures, either the repository mirror servers (SourceForge.Net or Netmirror.org) are down. Or your server might be firewalled and does not allow outgoing connections, in which case you'll need to talk with your provider about this.

Now you can click on any plugin to fetch it; Spartacus plugins are indicated by a plugin with an additional arrow.

HTH,
Garvin