Hiya Is there best practice for 3rd party plugins?
Recently a tiny site was upgraded, the fckeditor module was updated but the dev didn't re-add fckeditor. The owner didn't notice for ages and eventually I have to work backwards through backups to make sure I get the right (possibly customized) package. So I've started creating a sites/all/plugins folder for all the fckeditors / swfobject / jqueryplugins / pdfwriters / etc that I need for a job. I then use symlinks, so in the scramble the fix is simple. It's nice too I can put different versions of tools side by side, and the symlink just points to the desired one. In theory it would be great if modules expected a plugin folder. For non-professionals we put them under duress with install instructions that tell them to clutter their modules with plugins, making upgrades harder for them, and I think we send the message that altering modules is ok. Thoughts or guidance? Thanks Simon Hobbs / sime
