bridge wants the nonexistent "plugins" directory in Joomla 1.0.11

[lightinthedark]

Hi,
I'm creating a site which needs both cms and forum goodness, so after reading up on the options and possibilities I installed Joomla 1.0.11 and SMF 1.1 final (which I think went final today?). No problems so far.
Then I went to install the bridge (http://www.simplemachines.org/download/index.php?thanks;filename=smf_1-1_bridge_joomla_1-5.zip as indicated on the bridges download page, though I notice that the file name ends in "...1-5.zip" and the link said version 1.1.6). during the installation i got the following errors:

Warning: chmod(): Unable to access /mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/plugins/system in /mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/administrator/components/com_smf/install.smf.php on line 107

Warning: chmod(): No such file or directory in /mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/administrator/components/com_smf/install.smf.php on line 107

Warning: rename(/mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/administrator/components/com_smf/bots/SMF_header_include.php,/mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/plugins/system/SMF_header_include.php): No such file or directory in /mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/administrator/components/com_smf/install.smf.php on line 108

Warning: rename(/mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/administrator/components/com_smf/bots/SMF_header_include.x,/mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/plugins/system/SMF_header_include.xml): No such file or directory in /mounted-storage/home11/sub002/sc16989-DAIY/shining-mongoose.net/wwwroot/administrator/components/com_smf/install.smf.php on line 109SMF Bridge Component

I checked the permisisons, and all the folders show as writable (are owned by the wwwroot process and are set to 777 aswell).
I looked at the source, and sure enough there's the line "chmod ($mosConfig_absolute_path . '/plugins/system', 0777);" followed by a couple of renames also directed towards the plugins directory. I checked the directory structure of my Joomla install and found that the problem is due to me not having a "plugins" directory at all. I re-downloaded Joomla 1.0.11 just in case I had accidentally deleted it somehow  but it's not in the download either.

My question is this:
Should I have a "plugins" folder? I don't think I should... in which case has the bridge always had this issue and everyone just ignores it or is it a new one just for my personal enjoyment? Why is there a call to a non-existent directory, and what can I do to fix it?

Thanks in advance for the help folks.

Hello
:-Lightinthedark

P.S. I'm pretty sure the component isn't installed properly due to this as I get a "restricted access" message when I try to go to its config page, or a load of missing language file errors on the forum signup config page.

[Orstio]

The link is wrong.  I'll post here again when it is fixed.

[Orstio]

Alright, now it is fixed.
http://www.simplemachines.org/download/?bridges

[lightinthedark]

That'd do it.
Seems to be working a lot better now (ie at all ). Now I've just got to configure then read the thread on multiple forums... *scurries away*

Hello
:-Lightinthedark