new update site

[Kozak Karol]

Dear FiJI Team.

I am in the setup of update site for our plugin. i got bit confused using introduction. I am having our plugin on web directory available can you give me some tips how can I prepare my web directory?

 

I was following:

http://fiji.sc/Adding_Update_Sites

 

When I enter our new URL using Window: Manage Update Site I get error:

 

Do I need to insert any special file like db.xml.gz into our download folder?

 

Thank you for help.

Karol Kozak, PhD

Schafmattstr. 18

ETH-Hönggerberg, G7

CH-8093 Zürich

Phone: +41 44 633 94 74

Email:   karol...@lmc.biol.ethz.ch

 

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Karol,

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Kozak Karol wrote:

> I am in the setup of update site for our plugin. i got bit confused
> using introduction. I am having our plugin on web directory available
> can you give me some tips how can I prepare my web directory?
>
> I was following:
> http://fiji.sc/Adding_Update_Sites
>
> When I enter our new URL using Window: Manage Update Site I get error:

> [cid:image0...@01CE3969.B8668980]

>
> Do I need to insert any special file like db.xml.gz into our download
> folder?

Have you followed the part about adding upload information for your update
site? The way the updater works, you cannot just put your .jar file
somewhere and declare that an update site.

The idea is that you install your plugin into a Fiji directory, test it
thoroughly, then ask the updater to add an update site for uploading ( you
need SFTP, SSH or WebDAV {*1} access to that site and you need to tell the
updater about it). after that, you will need to tell the updater to upload
your .jar file. (The reason is that the updater will take care of the
history and dependencies)

Ciao,
Johannes

Footnote *1*: there is also limited support for synchronized local
directories such as shared Dropbox folders, but that does not seem to
apply to you...