"Inline" installation of extensions

Mihai Parparita

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Sep 23, 2011, 1:11:59 AM9/23/11

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If your extension is hosted in the Chrome Web Store, you may be
interested in the "inline install" option that is targeted for Chrome
15 (currently in the beta channel):

http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/inline-installation

This allows you to prompt users to install store-listed extensions
without leaving your site.

Feedback (and bug reports, if any) are appreciated.

Thanks,
Mihai

Brandon Thomson

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Sep 23, 2011, 2:18:56 PM9/23/11

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Really happy to see official support for this!

Any chance we can get the "Add to Chrome" strings for all the locales
in a json file or something?
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John Migman

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Sep 23, 2011, 1:46:32 AM9/23/11

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I have a problem with using it.

I had an app - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ofmbbmbcienhnnpbjihhbnakgkjiiino
I put a link tag in head of this site.
chrome.webstore.install() called by onClick=() event.

Error: Cannot call method 'install' of undefined

P.S. Chrome Beta or Chrome Canary both.

On 23 сен, 11:11, Mihai Parparita <mih...@chromium.org> wrote:
> If your extension is hosted in the Chrome Web Store, you may be
> interested in the "inline install" option that is targeted for Chrome
> 15 (currently in the beta channel):
>

> http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/inline...

Mihai Parparita

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Oct 19, 2011, 5:43:45 PM10/19/11

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On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:46 PM, John Migman <mig...@gmail.com> wrote:

Error: Cannot call method 'install' of undefined

Apologies for the late reply. If this is still happening, can you check that you don't have some script overriding the "chrome" object in your? If possible, can you create the simplest possible webpage that exhibits this problem?

Mihai

rcotrina94

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Oct 26, 2011, 5:36:33 PM10/26/11

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Hi! I have a web app » https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hnmdbeamhkbhfobfmoaemhpfcgejlbif
for http://physicsgames.tk and when i tried to use the inline
instalation i get nothing... what am i doing wrong?

Sorry for my English, i'm a spanic speaker

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Mihai Parparita

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Oct 26, 2011, 5:43:38 PM10/26/11

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The <link rel="chrome-webstore-item"> link must be in the <head> section of your page. You have a <description> element inside the <head> section, but <description> is an unknown tag which causes the <head> section to get closed early.

You can check this by looking at your page in the Chrome Dev Tools inspector; the <head> tag ends much sooner than it should.

I believe that removing the <description></description> lines should fix things.

Mihai

rcotrina94

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Oct 26, 2011, 6:01:49 PM10/26/11

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Thanks a lot! I got it! heheh

Thanks Mihai, Regarts from Peru!

Richard

On Oct 26, 4:43 pm, Mihai Parparita <mih...@chromium.org> wrote:
> The <link rel="chrome-webstore-item"> link must be in the <head> section of
> your page. You have a <description> element inside the <head> section, but
> <description> is an unknown tag which causes the <head> section to get
> closed early.
>
> You can check this by looking at your page in the Chrome Dev Tools
> inspector; the <head> tag ends much sooner than it should.
>
> I believe that removing the <description></description> lines should fix
> things.
>
> Mihai
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:36 PM, rcotrina94 <thefighte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi! I have a web app »

> >https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hnmdbeamhkbhfobfmoaemhpfcge...
> > forhttp://physicsgames.tk and when i tried to use the inline

> > instalation i get nothing... what am i doing wrong?
>
> > Sorry for my English, i'm a spanic speaker
>
> > On Oct 19, 4:43 pm, Mihai Parparita <mih...@chromium.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:46 PM, John Migman <mig3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Error: Cannot call method 'install' of undefined
>
> > > Apologies for the late reply. If this is still happening, can you check
> > that
> > > you don't have some script overriding the "chrome" object in your? If
> > > possible, can you create the simplest possible webpage that exhibits this
> > > problem?
>
> > > Mihai
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John Migman

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Jun 20, 2012, 5:29:24 AM6/20/12

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> If this is still happening, can you check that you don't have some script overriding the "chrome" object in your?

Hi! How i can check this?

Mihai Parparita

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Jun 20, 2012, 1:34:52 PM6/20/12

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In the Chrome DevTools, run dir(chrome). It should give you an expandable Object display, and you can look for the "app" and "webstore" properties.

Mihai

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> If this is still happening, can you check that you don't have some script overriding the "chrome" object in your?

Hi! How i can check this?

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Purav Mehta

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Jun 21, 2014, 1:25:52 AM6/21/14

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Hello Sir,,

My Site

http://chipsseller.in/

On Footer i putted link - add to chrome is not working i putted link on header

and this one in footer

<li><a href="javascript:chrome.webstore.install();">Add to Chrome</a></li>

then can u please tell me whats d issue

Thanks in advance , have a nice day

puravm...@gmail.com

James Mortensen

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Jun 21, 2014, 1:58:50 AM6/21/14

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Try getting rid of the "javascript:" in the href, then change href to onclick. Using JavaScript in the href is an outdated construct from 10 years ago....


<button onclick="chrome.webstore.install()" id="install-button">Add to Chrome</button>

That is a better example. Just read the docs for more info. https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/inline_installation. Good luck.

James

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