Add Plugins to Presentations

this page / section pertains to {{brightauthorconnected}} , our latest app for authoring and managing content and players for the legacy {{brightauthor classic}} app, refer to these links brightauthor classic docid\ av0cxmxbpmvcj7er4quvu , brightauthor classic docid\ d4ccoy1cpixccg5squceu , brightauthor classic docid\ yo5o7hck2ydata03vaahd see https //github com/brightsign/brightauthor plugins https //github com/brightsign/brightauthor plugins for a repository of custom brightscript plugins that extend the functionality of brightauthor\ connected as well as {{brightauthor classic}} open a new or existing presentation go to presentation settings > support content click the + beside script plugin or parser plugin , depending on which type of script you want to upload enter the script name in the script plugin name or parser plugin name fields to find the object name of a script plugin 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 again, see the highlighted text in the image below screenshot 2024 05 01 at 10 37 10 am png add the plugin if you are a bsn content docid 7sqjdlzkp5fqzdp4hnsxv subscriber, upload the plugin under content > new component > upload script and add it to 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, 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 content library under components > scripts