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Form Definition for Extension Packages

NEVER EVER CHANGE THIS FORM UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE CONFIGURE REPORT, AND HOW TO FIX IT

The first eight fields are inherited from PackageForm and should not be modified anyway.

Name: Type: Size: Values: Tooltip message:
Author text 60    
Version text 60   Numerical version number e.g. 1.2
Release text 60   Release identifier (usually the date)
Description text 60   one line description of the module
Copyright text 60   e.g. 2015, The Artist, All Rights Reserved
License text 60   e.g GPL (GNU General Public License)
Home text 60   e.g. http://foswiki.org/Extensions/PackageForm
Support text 60   e.g. http://foswiki.org/Support/PackageForm
Repository text 60   URL of source control repository e.g. https://github.com/foswiki/ExtensionName
  label   Make your package findable: select one or more characteristics to describe it. For example:
  • Admin - access control, admin tool, authentication, automation, caching
  • Data and Files - attachment, caching, database, email, import-export, statistics
  • Development - bugs, build, compatibility, debugging, documentation, helper extension, javascript utility, library
  • Exporting, Printing and Publishing - export, printing, publishing, office, pdf
  • Information structuring and Search - changes, classification, date and time, diagram, documentation, findability, search, tagging
  • Interface and Visualisation - accessibility, css, chart, diagram, drawing, editing, skin, source code highlighting
  • Multilingual and Locality - localisation, translation
  • Security - access control, authentication, encryption, spam
  • User interactivity - blog, calendar, comment, discussion, editing, forum, poll, questionnaire, subscribe to content
  • Workflow automation - workflow, process, control
  
ExtensionClassification select+multi 9   Classify the package
  label   Classify the package according to its type  
ExtensionType select 1 PluginPackage, SkinPackage, ContribPackage, WikiApplicationPackage Classify the type of package
  label   Describe what environments the extension has been tested on / should run on; for example
  • What Foswiki versions?
  • What TWiki versions?
  • Which browsers?
  • Which server configurations?
  
Compatibility text 60   Compatibility notes
IncompatibleWith checkbox 5   Foswiki versions the extension has been tested on and found not to work
  label   The URL of an image that will be used to illustrate the package in configure. This must resolve to an absolute URL in ConfigureImageGallery  
ImageUrl text 60   A URL where the image for this package resides.
  label   A URL where this package can be seen in action, if available  
DemoUrl text 60 http:// A URL where this package can be seen in action
  label   A URL where users can get support, and talk to other users of the extension  
SupportUrl text 60 PackageForm A URL where users can get support, and talk to other users of the extension
  label   What do you want people to do before making modifications to this package?  
ModificationPolicy radio 3 PleaseFeelFreeToModify, CoordinateWithAuthor, FollowsReleaseProcess What does the author wants you to do before making modifications to this package. FollowsReleaseprocess is only used for the set of default extensions that ship with Foswiki.
  label   A one-line newsflash for inclusion in ExtensionNews
NewsFlash text 80    
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