The package creator wizard, step by step
This page is for designers who pack classes, content or a theme into an Exponential package in the browser. Nothing
on the site changes while you use the wizard; it only writes a new package into the local repository.
Before you start
- The
package/createpolicy (limited by type, creator and role); without it the button is greyed out. - For an extension export: exporting switched on (Exporting an extension as a package).
Step by step
- Open Setup > Packages (
/package/list) and press Create new package (/package/create). - Choose a wizard and press Start the wizard:
| Wizard | Exports | Its own steps |
|---|---|---|
| Content class export | Class definitions | Content classes to include |
| Content object export | Nodes or subtrees with content | Content objects to include, Content object limits |
| Extension export | Files of extensions | Extensions to include |
| Site style | Two stylesheets, images, a thumbnail | Package thumbnail, CSS files, Image files |
- Each step shows the list of steps at the top, "Step n of m", its name and what it asks for. Use Continue, Back (keeps what you entered) and Cancel (writes nothing). Enter in a field is Continue.
- Do the wizard's own steps. The class picker has a filter and "n of m selected"; the content picker has Add node, Add subtree and Remove selected; the options step sets classes, templates, siteaccesses, versions and languages.
- Package information: name (lower case letters, digits and
_), summary, description, version, format (Classic XML or JSON), license (Choosing a license), host and packager. - Package maintainer: person, email and role. This step is left out when your role may give no maintainer role. Use a public contact address.
- Package changelog: who and what. The last step shows the Review of the whole package.
- Press Create package. The package's page opens with Download, Install and the other actions.
When something is wrong, the step stays, a summary at the top lists the errors as links, and each field shows its error under it.
After creating
- Download writes
<name>-<version>.ezpkg(or Download as JSON). - Validate on the package's page checks it as an upload would be checked (Validating a package).
- To install it elsewhere, see Installing your package on a test site.
Related pages
- The package wizard
- Packages, section 8
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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