Continuing on with the creation of Alchemy Plugin videos, I’ve just added a new one to show how to upload a bunch of multimedia items into SDL Tridion.  The video is posted after the jump.
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Upgrading Alchemy within SDL Tridion’s interface
The last few versions of Alchemy have allowed you to update it’s software directly within the CMS.  As we make improvements to the API and new functionality, it is key to update to the later versions.  To show you how simple this process it, i’ve made a quick recording to walk through the process.
SDL Tridion Ohio User Group
This years SDL Tridion User Group in Ohio is a wrap. SDL came to present their road map for the Tridion platform. I presented some updates to Alchemy and a number of plugins that are under development.
Alchemy Training Video 5: Adding CSS and JavaScript to our Tridion Popup Window
In this Alchemy Training video, I’ll demonstrate how to use the Resource Group Class to easily add CSS and Javascript to your SDL Tridion / SDL Web GUI Extension.
Alchemy Training Video 4: Creating a Popup Window
In this forth Alchemy Training Video I’ll show you how easy it is to create a popup window for your plugin.
Creating an Alchemy Plugin 3: Ribbon Toolbar and Context Menu
When building a GUI extension it’s best to only show your functionality when relevant, this behaviour starts with the buttons you add to the Ribbon Toolbar and the Context Menu.
How to install (and uninstall) Alchemy for Tridion / Web
If you’ve still not given Alchemy a shot, I’ve created a couple of videos to show how easy it is install (and un-install) the framework within your SDL Tridion / SDL Web Environment.
Creating an Alchemy Plugin 2: Sample project overview and refactoring
In this second video, I perform a quick review of the Alchemy Starter Project (SP).  The SP provides a basic hello world project.  It’s recommended to go through the project and rename some items and add your own icons this, this is all covered.
Creating an Alchemy Plugin: Step 1 – The tools
I’m going to be presenting a session at the Tridion Developer Summit next month that walks everyone through the creation of an Alchemy Plugin, so I thought I better get some practice!  I also thought it would be useful to record this practice into a series of mini videos, so here goes with the first video of the series.