BrightAuthor plugins are supported in BrightAuthor:connected.
To Upload a Plugin through Content Cloud
In BrightAuthor:connected and go to the Content drop down bar (this is only be available if you are a Content Cloud subscriber).
Under Content > New Component select Upload Script.
Select the plugin script from your files to add it to the Content Library. The plugin script can now be uploaded to a BrightAuthor:connected presentation.
To Add a Plugin to a Presentation
See https://github.com/brightsign/BrightAuthor-Plugins for a repository of custom BrightScript plugins that extend the functionality of BrightAuthor:connected and BrightAuthor.
Open a new or existing presentation.
Go to Presentation Settings > Support Content.
Under Support Content click Click the + beside Script Plugin or Parser Plugin, depending on which type of script you want to upload.
Enter the script name of the script in the Script Plugin Name or Parser Plugin Name fields. To locate find the object name that will be returned by of a script plugin (for script plugins only):
Open the plugin with a text editor and find the initialization function at the beginning of the script. It will begin with the line
Function [plugin]_Initialize(...) As Object. See the highlighted text in the example image below.Find the "return" call at the end of this function. The returned object name must match the text in the Script Plugin Name field. See the example Again, see the highlighted text in the image below.
Add the plugin:
If you uploaded are a bsn.Content (Content Cloud) subscriber, upload the plugin through the Content Cloud, under Content > New Component > Upload Script and add it to a presentation by going your Content Library. Then go to Script Plugin Source > BSN Scripts (for Script Plugin) or Parser Plugin Source > BSN Parsers (for Parser Plugin) to add it to the presentation.
If you don't have access to bsn.Content Cloud, go to Script Plugin Source > Local Script Plugin (for Script Plugin) or Parser Plugin Source > Local Parser Plugin (for Parser plugin) to add a plugin locally. If the plugin source isn't available, confirm that the BrightScript site is uploaded to the BrightAuthor:connected the Content Library under Components > Scripts.
