I am using the self hosted control panel. For some reason, when I attempt to add the plugins that I have downloaded from the online control panel, the plugins do not sync. I do not want to continue to try as in it takes away from my API calls. I also attempted to upload the .zip files manually to the folder. This was not successful either. Can you please assist.

I wouldn't worry too much about the API calls. You have to really start downloading your project a lot before that becomes an issue. When you say they do not sync, do you mean that they aren't downloading in the zip file? Or do you mean that your app doesn't recognize them? Is it all plugins, or just some? If some, can you give an example?

When I click "Download Plugins from your buzztouch.com Control Panel" nothing happens. After that, I manually uploaded the .zip files to the plugins folder manually then clicked Refresh option. The error I received: "...directory contents are invalid because... Plugin directory does not exist:"

Okay - that's weird. Small bit of good news: that feature doesn't touch your API calls. First thing I would check is the file permissions on your /BT-server/files folder. Make sure it's set to 755. If it doesn't work, you can ftp the plugins in for the "super manual" method. It's sure to work. To do so, follow these steps: 1) Download the self-hosted version of the plugin from buzztouch.com 2) Unzip the file to your computer 3) Create a folder in the /BT_server/files folder on your server named the same as the plugin zip file. For instance, if you downloaded a plugin zip called "Cr_survey.zip", you should create a folder called "Cr_survey". 4) Upload the contents of the zip file that you unzipped to the new directory you created. After you've done that for all the plugins, go to the plugin management section of your self-hosted server and press the "refresh plugins" button a couple of times.

You're the greatest! That seems to be working, and the the plugins are all loading in. Thank you sir!

@Chris1 If I update a plugin, do I need to fully export a new .zip of the Android and iOS, and bring each into EEclipse and Xcode, or can I just replace the specific plugin's files in Eclipse or Xcode? It's just that with Xcode, we need to manually change the build architecture and signing, and drag the plugins in again... and Eclipse dealing with the keystore. Can we just drag the plugins in again? :) My BT Server seems to be handling the plugins updates. I'll keep checking. Also, I sent a PM.