Contents

Building Your First Jot Plugin

Plugin Overview

Creating a Plugin Page

Adding a User Option

Putting it All Together!

Download the Code

Building Your First JotSpot Plugin!

Plugins are snippets of code that extend JotSpot by adding UI elements to all wiki pages. Since anything you can create in Jotspot-supported code can be turned into a plugin, plugins provide a powerful mechanism for customzing your wiki and implementing new features.

This tutorial will show you how to build your first Jot plugin in about 5 minutes. When you're done, you'll have a custom plugin that displays the page author and creation date at the bottom of the sidebar.

When the plugin is installed, it will look like this:

Ready? Let's Get Started!