Use plugins

The DITA Open Toolkit is a publishing engine built with plugins. A plugin can add support for publishing DITA content as a new format or for customizing an existing output format. Publish Server includes a DITA Open Toolkit that already has plugins pre-installed, but you can also upload other plugins or create your own.

You can't rename or update a plugin after you upload it. If you need to make changes, you must:

  1. Download the plugin.
  2. Uninstall the plugin.
  3. Make changes to the plugin on your computer.
  4. Upload the plugin again.

Tips and tricks

  • To open the Plugin tab, on the left side of the dashboard, click DITA-OT Plugin
  • To see if plugins have already been uploaded, you MUST:
    • In Domain Key, select your organization's domain. For example, mycompany.vasont.com.
    • In Toolkit Version, select which DITA standard is used in your plug-in.
  • If you want to contact the last user who updated the plugin, look in:
    • To see the email address of the user, look in Uploaded By
    • To see when the user made updates, look in Updated Date
  • If your list of plugins is long, to find the one you need you can:
    • Use Search

    • Scroll to other pages using the controls at the bottom of the screen

    • At the bottom of the screen, change the number of items shown per page

  • If you can't find the one you need:
    • Try changing the Domain key if there are multiple choices
    • Try changing the Toolkit Version
    • Try updating the list by clicking Refresh
  • To download a plugin and customize or update it, click Download