Install Plugins - different structure of plugins

Hello,

I have trouble with plugins installation. When download plugin I see three different type of plugins structure.

1) Only plugin with whole structure (controllers,views and etc). This type is install easy. Only copy files in project and deploy.
or https://ibb.co/bAT8uk

2) Plugins with dll files.

or https://ibb.co/bwoV75

3) Only ddls files

or https://ibb.co/mjmHn5

Can you explain me 2 and 3 how to install, because I can`t find information about how to install this type of plugins structure.

Todorov wrote:

Hello,

Second option is plugin with source code. You have one directory with plugin ready to use in your store, second with dll you can use to modify plugin if you are familiar with ASP.NET.

Third option is only source code to plugin.

Where I need to add this dll to work proper?

Todorov wrote:

You need to have source code version of nopCommerce, then in "Plugins" directory of entire solution you need to create your plugin subfolder, e.g Nop.Plugin.YourPlugin, extract here the directory with dll.

After that you can compile plugins and install them in web version of nopCommerce.

Stll helpful can be this thread:
https://www.nopcommerce.com/boards/t/14647/installing-plugins.aspx

Best,
Patryk

Hmm.. On 2) I need to add only compiled version and on 3) I need to ask author to provide me whole compiled version?

If you have source code you can also compile it by yourself. Compiled version is a final product of plugin development. Source code are the most important in your plugin. But generally source code are intellectual property, the most of developers don't share source code to avoid stealing  code or solutions.

But how to install plugin where I have only dll files like point three?

As I said you, and as it's described in thread I wrote you above, you can't install them untill you compile the source code and get compiled files like in the option 1 and 2.

@Todorov

Tell us want you are really trying to do...
-  install an executable plugin in a site?
or
-  install the source code in a development environment (so that you can make changes, and recompile)?

Install the source code in a development environment