The JCE system consists of an Editor Mambot / Plugin, and an Administration Component. Both are required to be installed.

It is very important that the versions of the mambot/plugin and component installed are the same, or marked as compatible (this information is usually available in the download description). New versions are usually released concurrently, and are not compatbile with older versions, unless otherwise stated.

Installing the Component

The Admin Component is installed using the Joomla! installer, accessed via the Joomla! Administration, using the menu links Installers->Components.

Installing the Editor Mambot

The Editor Mambot is installed using the Joomla! installer, accessed via the Joomla! Administration, using the menu links Installers->Mambots.

Once the mambot has been installed, various parameters can be configured by going to Components->JCE Admin->JCE Configuration.

Tutorials for this process are available here

Installing JCE Plugins

JCE contains its own installer to install JCE Plugins. This is accessed via the JCE Component menu, Components->JCE Admin->JCE Plugins, and then by clicking the Install button. The JCE Plugin installer is very similar to the Joomla! Mambot installer, and the same principle for installing a plugin applies.

Once a plugin has been installed, it's paremters can be edited by clicking on its name in the JCE Plugins list. An access level can also be set for the plugin or a number of plugins, and plugins can be published or unpublished (which either makes them available for use or not).