Re: [libreoffice-website] Why are so many Extensions listed with no ability to download them?

For my dictionary extensions, I used the "externally hosted" option.  
Since I can have my offerings placed onto one of my domains, I can use 
that option.

So it links to the externally hosted file, instead of the hosting on the 
LO server system.

I wonder when this file extension stripping will get fixed.  When I 
tried to deal with the CMS editing for some of the pages for a project, 
I uploaded some files and the filenames were modified.  It replaced or 
removed the underline "_" character in the file names.  I did not like 
that.  But this stripping of the file extension type is a worse action 
to my feeling.

Hopefully it will be fixed soon.  Otherwise, some people might need some 
other way to do it.  For me, I would offer anyone who wants to have a 
place to host their .oxt files till the system works.  I could create an 
FTP account for them to upload their files to - limited folder size though.

If you want to have me place you files on one of my domains, I would.  
You can contact me off this list about options you could use, including 
an FTP accessible folder off one of my domains.



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On 11/20/2011 11:19 AM, Michael Bauer wrote:
> Yes I do. I've already emailed Andreas Mantke about this but I'll 
> gladly sum up my main points again. Please take this as constructive 
> criticism, I certainly want this project to succeed :)
>
> The process is fiendishly complicated and rather cryptic. Now, I 
> apologise for being slightly vague, having only one extension I did 
> not go through the process more than once and I wasn't making notes, 
> so this is from memory.
>
> 1) The window where one uploads the extensions is crackers. Mine is a 
> spellchecker, something.oxt. I selected the file and moved one. But in 
> the process of uploading, the .oxt was stripped and in some *other* 
> window where I was asked for a name (I think) it neither stated (nor 
> did it occur to me) that I have to add the .oxt onto the filename 
> again. Why? If I'm uploading xxxx.oxt, then the system should 
> recognise this. Also, I suspect that most people already have given 
> their desired name to their extensions, so the option of renaming 
> seems rather superfluous.
>
> At no point was there a warning either that my extension was 
> unworkable due to a lack of .oxt. Fortunately someone spotted this 
> when testing and we fixed it... but that's slightly mad.
>
> 2) Too many obscure windows. In the process, I'm asked to name and 
> version my extension several times but on neither occassion was it 
> obvious to me what actually went where in the end. For some reasons - 
> and I don't seem to be able to change that though I'Ve certainly tried 
> - mine is now called
> Current Release
> An Dearbhair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Spellchecker an-dearbhair
>
> and the Version is
> an-dearbhair
>
> I certainly didn't want the current release to be that long or the 
> version to be text... but I still can't figure how to amend those 
> bits. Maybe I'm just more used to it but the OO extension site was a 
> lot easier to handle.
>
> If you want to check out the mess I managed to create, see 
> http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/an-dearbhair-beag-scottish-gaelic-spellchecker
>
> Salude e trigu,
>
> Michael
>
>
> 20/11/2011 16:03, sgrìobh webmaster for Kracked Press Productions:
> > Any ideas about what is going on?
> > Any ideas on how a user can get the listed software?
> > Should we allow an extension/template be listed if there is no file 
> > to test out? 


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