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Make a right click on the plugins node in your solution and choose Add > New Project. Now choose select the Smartstore project template. The physical location to store the project on your disc must be the plugins directory of your Smartstore repository.
Settings
Project name
Defines the name of the project. This will be used as the assembly name and the Smartstore plugin system name which is used to identify the plugin within Smartstore.
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Adds properties to the configuration view of the plugin. This section provides best practices implementation implementations for common properties like PictureMedia, HTML-Editor, etc.