diff --git a/plugins/howto b/plugins/howto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a4e2751530381b4be9a0fe31ce1985b7889f9640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/howto
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+1) Create your plugin and put it in this directory (preferably)
+2) Add the plugin reference in config.xml
+3) Load the configuration information in ConfigurationTTool
+4) Use the plugin facility as shown in src/avatartranslator/toexecutable/MainFile.java