Submission - what's the second file? Rejection reason?
Two things about gadget submission.
1. When you submit a gadget you get two fields for files. The first is for a thumbnail, but the second one requires a ZIP file and it doesn't say what the ZIP is supposed to contain (at least in FF). So wht should it be?
2. I just submitted a WebGadget and it was rejected, sadly I didn't get any info as to why it was rejected so if somebody could get back to me on that I'd really appreciate it, since I can't fix things without any info. (It's definately not an IP problem, I wrote the game myself).
Here's the gadget url:
http://tapper-ware.net/patience/live/patience.xml
And my website:
http://www.tapper-ware.net/
The "second file" is a zip of your gadget, with the manifest at the root. Your manifest must be named gadget.xml, and it can only reference files relatively (ie, "foo.js", not
http://tapper-ware.net/patience/foo.js). All of this is explained on the
Web Gadgets section of Gallery's Dev Center.
Thank you... I simply looked at the tutorial and well, it doesn't really explain that all too well (or at all). A hint on the submission page would definitely be nice, since I, probably along with the rest of the world, expect fields to at least contain a description and a link to documentation.
Hmm... I can't find any submission guidelines on the page you linked and the guide (which I followed) has absolute paths as well http://microsoftgadgets.com/livesdk/docs/default.htm .Dear Live.com team, please get your act together on documentation, because this is frustrating, to say the least.
 Hans_Schmucker wrote: |
| Hmm... I can't find any submission guidelines on the page you linked and the guide (which I followed) has absolute paths as well http://microsoftgadgets.com/livesdk/docs/default.htm .Dear Live.com team, please get your act together on documentation, because this is frustrating, to say the least. |
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Yes, the gadget documentation is a little messy. It's also a beta (version 0.7, I believe). Most of the samples haven't been updated since they were created way back in late 2005.
As for "submission guidelines" on the page I linked, that's the "check list before uploading your Web gadgets" under "Web gadgets". From the site:
1) The manifest must be named gadget.xml.
2) All URL's in the manifest and javascript files that refer to local files need to be relative links. They should be set relative to the root directory the manifest resides in, and not have the full path. If not, the gadget will fail from the Gallery site.
3) All necessary files need to be zipped up into one package using winzip.
4) For submission, you can add metadata and an optional image for hosting on the Gallery.
5) The manifest file should be in the root folder for the zipped package.
