Joe, I've had success using the buildout method on Win 7 (not so much on Win Server 2008 just yet). The overview here is pretty good IMO:
http://plone.org/documentation/kb/installing-add-ons-quick-how-to 1. Make sure that you have buildout looking for packages out at dist.plone.org for your version. To set this, open buildout.cfg (in the location where you installed Plone) with a good text editor (Notepad++ works well). To be safe, go to the start menu, right-click on the text editor entry and hit "Run as Administrator). Look for the following in the file: extends = and make sure it looks like this: extends = base.cfg versions.cfg http://dist.plone.org/release/4.0.2/versions.cfg 2. Also in the buildout.cfg file, look for "Eggs=" and then add this (under Plone): collective.contacts 3. Go to Start - Accessories - Windows PowerShell, and then right-click on PowerShell and hit "Run as Administrator." 4. Use "cd" to go to the folder where you installed Plone. For example, this would change directory if you installed Plone in C:\Program Files\Plone: cd C:\Program Files\Plone 5. Run the following command after you run the cd command above: ./bin/buildout -Nv 7. Buildout will then go to dist.plone.org and download the packages required to install collective.contacts. 8. Once that completes (might take a few minutes), keep PowerShell open. Stop Plone by running: ./bin/plonectl stop 9. Then start Plone in debug mode: ./bin/instance.exe fg 10. Then navigate your way on the site setup in Plone control panel (usually http://localhost:8080/plone/). You should see the new add-on in the add-ons list. If the add-on does not appear to the list or if Plone site fails to start in debug mode, the most probably cause is that the add-on is not compatible with your Plone version. More info on troubleshooting addon installs is available at: http://plone.org/documentation/kb/diagnosing-third-party-product-installation-problems Hope this helps. Neil Gibbs -- View this message in context: http://plone.293351.n2.nabble.com/Installing-collective-contacts-tp6088915p6099855.html Sent from the Installation, Setup, Upgrades mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list Setup@lists.plone.org https://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup