Can I install a widget from a .zip file?
Users can install a widget that is supplied to them as a .zip file.
About this task
Users can either drag and drop the .zip file into their My Widgets sidebar panel or use the Import menu option from the My Widgets sidebar panel.
This option is available for all supported widget types and enables the user to install a widget while working online or offline.
The widget definition (.xml) must be at the root of the zip file and the widget definition file name must be extension.xml.
To make provisioning widgets self-contained
in the .zip file, the updateSite URL in the widget definition must
be set to jar:${zip.root}!/
and the updateSite itself
must also reside in the .zip file.
The structure of the .zip
file must be as follows:
features
extension.xml
plugins
site.xml
When a provisioning widget's .xml definition is
processed, the updateSite URL is replaced with a URL to the embedded
updateSite in the .zip file. Note: Automatic update is not supported.