plugin loading help!

hey bukkit, i am trying to test out my very first plugin, but it gives me this error:
20:07:18 [SEVERE] Could not load 'plugins\plugin.jar' in folder 'plugins'
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Invalid plugin.yml
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.getPluginDescription(JavaPlug
inLoader.java:207)
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager
.java:132)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:227)
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.<init>(CraftServer.java:205)
at net.minecraft.server.ServerConfigurationManagerAbstract.<init>(Server
ConfigurationManagerAbstract.java:51)
at net.minecraft.server.ServerConfigurationManager.<init>(SourceFile:11)

at net.minecraft.server.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:111)
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:398)
at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:856)
Caused by: mapping values are not allowed here
in "<reader>", line 6, column 16:
description: This allows one to cloak thems ...
^

at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.fetchValue(ScannerImpl.java:73
3)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.fetchMoreTokens(ScannerImpl.ja
va:305)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.checkToken(ScannerImpl.java:17
9)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseBlockMappingKey.produce(Par
serImpl.java:563)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:161)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.checkEvent(ParserImpl.java:146)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java
:230)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeMappingNode(Composer.java
:237)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeNode(Composer.java:160)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.composeDocument(Composer.java:12
3)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer.Composer.getSingleNode(Composer.java:106)

at org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.BaseConstructor.getSingleData(BaseCons
tructor.java:121)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.loadFromReader(Yaml.java:480)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml.load(Yaml.java:411)
at org.bukkit.plugin.PluginDescriptionFile.<init>(PluginDescriptionFile.
java:42)
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.getPluginDescription(JavaPlug
inLoader.java:202)
... 8 more

 

an error with your plugin.yml, which is not correct. http://yaml-online-parser.appspot.com/ use this to validate. If it is still not working, post your plugin.yml here (between ['code][/code] tags please :3 (without the ' ))

 

Can you post your plugin.yml? The format is incorrect.

 

i did, this is what i get:
ERROR:

mapping values are not allowed here
in "<unicode string>", line 6, column 16:
description: This allows one to cloak thems ...

 

Check your indentation in the plugin.yml - be sure that you are using spaces not tabs and that everything is indented correctly