Differences between version 7 and 6 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]
  - [http://astore.amazon.com/bissellstore-20?node=110|bissell vaccum cleaner]
  - [http://astore.amazon.com/bissellcleaner-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=118|bissell bags]
+ - [http://astore.amazon.com/all_homeandgarden-20?node=51|Wine Accessories]
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  !! .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() |
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  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.
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  see also WikiFeatures:AutomaticFeatureInstall
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