Photobox Plug-in Installation

Installation

IMPORTANT: Before you begin the installation be sure to have the Lightroom application closed.

The ZIP archive you have downloaded contains PhotoboxExport.lrdevplugin folder with a bunch of various files inside. This folder is the plug-in.

You can keep the plug-in anywhere on your hard drive, you will just have to tell Lightroom where it is, so it can load the script files when the application starts. I recommend creating a designated folder for all of your Lightroom plug-ins and keep them there. This way it’s going to be easier to manage your plug-ins and install updates. Here are my suggestions:

Windows Installation

We are going to install the plug-in by extracting the PhotoboxExport.lrdevplugin folder contained in the zipped package to %APPDATA%\Adobe\Lightroom\Plugins.

The screenshots below the installation process on Windows Vista.

After extracting the files, your installation folder should look like this:

Installation on Mac OS

1. Double click the downloaded ZIP archive to “unzip” the file. A PhotoboxExport.lrdevplugin folder will appear on the desktop.
2. Copy this folder to ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Plugins/If this is your first plug-in you are installing, you would need to create the Plugins folder in your home directory | Library | Application Support | Adobe | Lightroom
   
3. Drag or copy the entire “PhotoboxExport.lrdevplugin” folder from your desktop inside the Plugins folder.

The following two screenshots illustrate how the folder contents should look like in Finder after the installation:

Adding the plug-in to Lightroom

1. Start Lightroom and bring up the Plug-in Manager (File | Plug-in Manager…).
2. Click Add
3. Navigate to and select the PhotoboxExport.lrdevplugin folder. Click OK.
4. The plug-in will need to add a metadata fields to your catalog, so you will be prompted for permissions to update the catalog. Click Update.

Now the plug-in is ready for use. Photobox should appear in the list of installed plug-ins in the Plug-in Manager, with a green ball next to it.

Activation

Now that files have been extracted, we are going to launch Lightroom and activate the plug-in.

You can go directly to the Lightroom Plug-In Manager by choosing File | Plug-in Manager… from the main menu or by pressing the arcane key combination Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. Photobox should appear in the list of installed plug-ins on the left hand side – click it so the Plug-in Manager displays the plug-in details in its main panel on the right hand side:

Click the Activate Plug-in… button, the Plug-in Activation window comes up.

Enter your first name, last name, and the serial number exactly as they appear in the registration e-mail from alloyphoto@alloyphoto.com. Then click Activate…

Once your information has been validated, Lightroom will display a confirmation message:

Now you can click Done to close the Plug-in Manager and start uploading your pictures. The process of exporting pictures to Photobox is explained in detail on the Photob Plug-in Usage page.