First off, I’d just like to say thanks for all the positive feedback we got from PlusKit users. You guys are awesome!
We’ve had a ton of great feedback, and some great questions, a lot in private support emails – and I thought I’d take a minute and share some of the common ones for everyone here on the forum.
Basic Stuff
How do I get it?
Does PlusKit 4 work with RapidWeaver 7 (7.1, 7.2, etc.)
Yes! PlusKit 4 was built specifically to take advantage of the 7.1 and 7.2 API and features.
Does PlusKit 4 work with RapidWeaver 6 (5, 4, etc.)
No. PlusKit 4 needs the new API from the latest versions of RapidWeaver to work. But PlusKit 3 works very well on those older versions of RapidWeaver. So you should stick with that.
Buggy Stuff
It crashed. Help!
We want your info!!!
Getting crash reports, files that misbehave, or details of the crash are really helpful to us in fixing those crashes – even if it only happened just once – even if you’ve already worked around the problem. Sending us your crash reports (to: http://yourhead.com/support) will help other PlusKit users avoid that same crash in the future.
It doesn’t work with _____ and _____.
PlusKit is a powerful tool. And also a flexible one. Because there are many combinations of page types it works with, there are (very literally) millions of use cases. We test TONS of them, but we can’t test them all. If you’ve found one that doesn’t work, come talk with us. We’d love to see that example, get it working, and/or help you work around the problem.
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Breath. Take a walk around the block. It’ll be OK. It’s just software. We’ll get it working.
I know big new releases can be frustrating. And I know a few expletives can be cathartic. And sometimes that helps. So don’t worry, send your email anyway, we’ll just just overlook the exuberant bits.
@import Stuff
Can I import things into a Stacks page?
Yes! Content that you import into a stacks page will show up when you Preview or Publish a page. We recommend that you import simple pages into Stacks pages. The simpler the better.
Can I import a Stacks page into other things?
No. OK, that’s not really true. You technically can import a Stacks page into another page – but you definitely shouldn’t.
Stacks (and a lot of the more complex pages – like blogs, photo galleries, CMS’s, and stores) contain more than basic content. They include complex CSS and page structures that may not behave well inside of other pages.
PlusKit 4 includes some tips in the settings to help you decide which pages work well together. Read it. Know it. Live it. 
There are some very very limited use cases where doing even the “bad” stuff can yield good results. However you may need expertise in HTML to take advantage of those.
- If HTML isn’t your thing, then stick with the simple pages and you’ll be A-OK.
- If HTML is you, then awesome – go for it – but you’re probably going to have to work through the issues you uncover yourself.
Can I import a Stacks page into another Stacks page
You should really just use a Stacks Partial for that. Partials are infinitely more powerful and efficient.
Pricing
How much is PlusKit
PlusKit 4 is $19.95. If you own a previous version you can upgrade for about half off, or $9.95.
Who qualifies for the upgrade?
Anyone that owns any previous version of PlusKit.
If I bought PlusKit recently, can I get the upgrade free?
Of course! In fact if you bough PlusKit from YourHead Software at any time – yes all the way back to March 2016 – the serial number you already have will automatically unlock PlusKit 4. It just knows and works like magic. 
I bought PlusKit from you last summer (2016) how do I get the free upgrade?
You probably don’t need to do anything. Just install PlusKit 4. The existing serial number you were using will magically unlock PlusKit 4.
I need help finding my serial number
Contact our support folks. Make sure to include the email address you used to purchase PlusKit. http://yourhead.com/support
Who, What, Why
Who wrote/writes PlusKit?
LogHound Software built PlusKit but handed off the reins to me last year. YourHead Software (that’s me and Christi) took over PlusKit and have been making small updates and fixes since then. This is our first big LogHound software upgrade.
What is this?
PlusKit is a pretty interesting tool. It does something very simple in principle: it catches content as it’s being published and can modify that content on the fly. In practice that tends to be pretty involved – but has some very interesting applications.
The vast majority of user use PlusKit for the @import feature to bring content into a place where it doesn’t normally go.
Why the Upgrade?
RapidWeaver 7.1 introduced a variety of speed enhancements that included making extensive use of threading (running on more than once microprocessor at the same time). That’s great, but it comes with some new requirements. And the existing PlusKit publishing engine couldn’t quite do it. In many cases it worked, but in many cases it didn’t – or just wasn’t very robust (it crashed a lot).
There was just no simple way around these problems. So we put all our other projects aside about 3 months ago and redesigned the bit of PlusKit that does the “catch” and “publish”. This engine was rebuilt to be thread-safe and handle unexpected conditions more gracefully. In the process it also got a lot faster and more memory efficient.
But this was a huge amount of work – and about ¼ of our engineering budget for 2016. So we knew that it was time to pass the hat around and make this a paid upgrade.
If you have any other questions feel free to shout them out or send them to http://yourhead.com/support
If you need help with a specific issue, please post a new thread. The forum works best that way. 
We also have a Slack channel and you can come chat in real time: http://slack.yourhead.com
