Differences between version 4 and 3 of »XpiPlugins«

+ The .xpi plugin framework allows easier extension installation (a
+ ConsumerWiki feature). Plugins come packaged in .xpi files (name blatantly
+ borought from http://mozilla.org/, but unrelated) and are simply enabled
+ by uploading them through a <form>.
+ These plugins can do almost the same, standard plugins can do. They
+ currently are plain PHP plugins. Future versions of plugins/feature/xpi
+ may allow everybody (currently password protected) to install features
+ and plugins, if they run managed within the sandboxed JavaScriptInterpreter
+ (or sandboxed PHP code with a LimitedWikiApi).
+ [http://erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net/downloads/contrib-add-ons/xpi/|/downloads/.../xpi/] holds a few example .xpi plugins:
+ - [http://erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net/downloads/contrib-add-ons/xpi/WikiGoogle.xpi|WikiGoogle.xpi]
+ - [http://erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net/downloads/contrib-add-ons/xpi/GoogleBackLinks.xpi|GoogleBackLinks.xpi]
+ ----
+ !! .xpi file structure
+ .xpi files are converted from source files (this is in fact unneccessary,
+ but looks more professional ;) into arrays and then get php-serialized()
+ and compressed. The internal fields are as follows:
+ | XPI | 0.1 | a version id |
+ | id | ~PluginName | - |
+ | type | "..." | there is only two types: "page" plugins and anything else |
+ | author | ... | a comment/desc entry |
+ | license | ... | a comment/desc entry |
+ | description | ... | a comment/desc entry |
+ | state | 1 | enabled or disabled (this is stored in the xpi registry) |
+ | code | <?php ... ?> | this gets simply evaled() |
+ ----
+ With the recent version of ==plugins/feature/xpi.php== installation
+ ("PlugInstall") of .xpi plugins is much easier, as it allows to insert
+ remotely located files and presents a dialog for click-and-run setup.
+ ----
+ see also WikiFeatures:AutomaticFeatureInstall
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