• mikeh
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Topic: Extend Downloader Plugin

Extend Downloader Plugin
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This plugin will allow you to download and install items form the extend from within your website.

You can currently download:

  • Plugins

  • Themes

  • Languages

Installation:
1. Drag the contents of the zip file into your websites plugin folder.
2. Go to plugins->download plugins in your website

Concerns:
This extend downloader only downloads the plugin zipfile from the Get-Simple extend and then extracts the files into the correct folder on your website.

Some plugins require more steps to succesfully work (ex: News Manager). I recommend you read the documentation (the entire description & optionally support thread as well) for the plugin before installing it.

Not all extend items will be able to be downloaded & installed. If there is an error in a plugin or theme download attempt, this plugin will notify you of the error and instruct you to manually install it.

Screenshots:

http://michaelhenken.com/external/extend-downloader.jpg

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2 Reply by webmonkeyukcom (edited by webmonkeyukcom 2011-12-21 17:03:51)

  • From: Lincolnshire, UK
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Re: Extend Downloader Plugin

great work, got an error initially tho, disabling the custom fields plugin fixed it tho\

sorry for the blue scribbles!

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Re: Extend Downloader Plugin

webmonkeyukcom wrote:

great work, got an error initially tho, disabling the custom fields plugin fixed it tho\

sorry for the blue scribbles!

Whoa, that is weird! I am not sure how that could happen.
I investigated the errors and cannot replicate this. I will look into it some more and let you know my results

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  • Registered: 2010-09-23
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Re: Extend Downloader Plugin

Hi Mike,

This is such a great plugin; one of the hardest things with GS has been keeping the pluigns up to date.

Here is my wish list for this:

1.) Ability to filter the list by Latest tested version
      this would allow one to only display plugins compatible with the current site version

2.) Filter by installed state
      this would allow the user to display only installed plugins, for example if you wanted to update
      or it would let you display only non-installed plugins, so you could browse things you don't have

3.) ability to collapse/expand each plugin listing, to make the page shorter and quickly browse the plugins by title.

thanks again for all your great contributions to get simple!

-marc

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Re: Extend Downloader Plugin

alienee2 wrote:

Hi Mike,

This is such a great plugin; one of the hardest things with GS has been keeping the pluigns up to date.

Here is my wish list for this:

1.) Ability to filter the list by Latest tested version
      this would allow one to only display plugins compatible with the current site version

2.) Filter by installed state
      this would allow the user to display only installed plugins, for example if you wanted to update
      or it would let you display only non-installed plugins, so you could browse things you don't have

3.) ability to collapse/expand each plugin listing, to make the page shorter and quickly browse the plugins by title.

thanks again for all your great contributions to get simple!

-marc

All great suggestions. I will incorporate all of these into the next version.

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Re: Extend Downloader Plugin

Hi Mike, nice plugin.

Maybe you can incorperate a simple search bar and/or an A to Z links bar so you can go quickly to the plugin beginning with that name. Maybe a tag-cloud (maybe with a checkbox to enable/dissable)?


I was wondering what file permissions it sets by default when unzipping. I think it uses 755 by default for all files. Maybe you can change it so it uses 755 for folders and 644 for files?

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Re: Extend Downloader Plugin

Hi Mike,
I downloaded and installed Extend Downloader, but it doesn't seem to work. The plugins I was trying to update were i18n and i18n Gallery. When I clicked "Update" on each, nothing happened. Nothing downloaded and nothing updated.  I am hosting it on dreamhost if that matters.
Appreciate any help.
Dominic

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