Installation and Configuration of the Metadata plugin - Author-it On-Premises

Author-it Plugins Guide

  • Installation

  1. Contact Author-it to obtain the MetadataPlugin.zip file.

  2. Unzip MetadataPlugin.zip and copy the unzipped folder into the required Plugins folder.

  • Library Configuration

  1. Launch Author.

  2. Create all the variables that you want to add to the topics.

    If the plugin configuration uses a variable that is not present in the library, you'll receive an error.

  3. Add all possible values to the variables.

    If the plugin configuration uses a variable value that is not available in the library, the metadata plugin will not be able to save that value. Make sure that the variables contain all values mentioned in the configuration file.

  4. Restart Author.

  • Plugin Configuration

  1. Go to your Plugins folder.

  2. Open the Metadata plugin configuration file: AitMetadataConfiguration.xml

    If there's no AitMetadataConfiguration.xml file, create and upload one by using the example configuration.

  3. Edit the configuration file.

  4. Close all instances of Author.

  5. Launch Author.

    The plugin loads with the new configuration.

  6. Open one of the topic templates you created a Metadata panel for, and test your changes.