How do I publish a widget to the catalog?

Publish your widgets to a central widgets catalog to make them available and deployable to others. You can publish widgets, content types, and recognizers to the catalog on the server. The published result is a widget document in the catalog application. The document name is the widget, content type, or recognizer name. The document contains description information and an XML extension attachment.

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You can publish a widget from the My Widgets sidebar panel to the catalog on the server. When you publish to the catalog, you can specify a category for that widget so that it can be provisioned to users who are subscribed to that category. A widget can be part of more than one category. You can control user access to categories using IBM® Domino® policy settings available on the Widgets tab in the desktop policy settings document or Eclipse preferences in the plugin_customization.ini file.

Note: The My Widgets sidebar panel does not display widgets that consist only of content types or recognizers.
Note: Only widgets that did not originate from the catalog can be published to the catalog. For example, you can right-click on a widget in your My Widgets sidebar panel that you've created and publish it to the catalog.
Note: You can also publish a widget from the Widgets and Actions tab in the Widget Management view by right-clicking on the widget and selecting Publish to Catalog.
To publish to the catalog from the My Widgets sidebar panel, do the following:
  1. Right-click the widget in the My Widgets sidebar panel.
  2. Click Publish to Catalog to open a new catalog document.
  3. Keep or change the default title. The title will appear as the widget name in the My Widgets sidebar panel or client sidebar.
  4. Specify a widget category for the new widget so that it can be deployed to users who are subscribed to that category. Specify as many category names as applicable.
  5. (Optional) Specify a widget type.

    You can optionally specify a widget type to sort the catalog items by type.

  6. (Optional) Specify a platform. Platforms are clients on which the widget can be installed.
  7. (Optional) Specify a thumbnail image for the widget in the catalog.
  8. Add a brief description in the Description field.
  9. Add a more detailed description or any specific usage tips or suggestions in the Details field.
  10. Click Save, or Submit for an XPage widget, to add the widget and its document to the catalog.
Note: You can publish a content type by opening the Widget Management View, displaying the Content Type tab, right-clicking the Content Type ID that you want to publish to the catalog, and clicking Publish to catalog.
Note: You can publish a recognizer by opening the Widget Management View, displaying the Recognizer tab, right-clicking the Recognizer that you want to publish to the catalog, and clicking Publish to catalog.