Newbie question: How do I add some Q3 mods ?

[vince-mystery]

Hi,

I installed OA yesterday, and I've been playing it up until now, with some breaks for searching the net for new mods, maps, etc. And that's my case:
I've found a wiki page : http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/OpenArena/ModCompat and I've downloaded some zip files. However, I've got no idea how to actually add them to the game. My problem is that I have never played before any fps games but this one really plugged me in
Is there any FAQ, HOW-To or whatever where I can find step-by-step instruction? Or maybe you could help me.
Thx in advance.

Edit : OK, finally found it http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/openarena . It's a guide in french but you can use babelfish ( as I did) to translate it. It works.

[Sturryz]

ok here's what have to do
take the mods that you have and put them in the file that says
baseoa
that file sould be where you installed open arena to

[Kojiro_S]

Uuh... didn't mods have to be in their own custom folders outside of baseoa?
At least that's how I installed Excessive Plus on OA.