Bug 134231 - Adding an extension to the Extensions website is not user-friendly
Summary: Adding an extension to the Extensions website is not user-friendly
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Extensions (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2020-06-22 13:46 UTC by Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Modified: 2021-02-05 04:13 UTC (History)
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Description Jean-Francois Nifenecker 2020-06-22 13:46:42 UTC
Description:
Hi!

(contrary to the bugzilla on-screen hint when entering the new bug, there's no such thing as a component named "www", so I'm posting under Extensions which might be an oversight)

I've got 2 enhancement requests here:

1. Finding how to add a new extension to the Extensions website is cumbersome and very well hidden (several links in a row to follow). The Extensions website should have a visible option to get into the extension proposal process.

2. When the extension is added, its status is "draft". There's no information about how the publishing process is taken care of and what steps the extension author should take now.

And 3. (yes ;) What's the use of the three dotted button at the bottom left of the extension edition page (near "Save")? What's the use of the green round  + button at the bottom right of the extension edition page?

A documentation page should be set and be available. There's probably one but I can't find it.

Steps to Reproduce:
Go to the Extensions website and search for a way to publish a new one.
Finding you've got to click the About link is a surprise. Moreover, you'll have to click once more on some link hidden in a long sentence.

Actual Results:
Direct access to the extension management.

Expected Results:
A single click to go to the extensions manager.
Make the extension proposal prominent!


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Have some visible documentation about the extension management (proposals and updates).
Comment 1 Timur 2020-07-07 12:20:02 UTC
Via About there's link https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/home/using-this-site-as-an-extension-maintainer/.
AFAIK, this is infrastructure issue and that's not tracked in Bugzilla but in Redmine, see https://redmine.documentfoundation.org/projects.
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2021-01-05 03:48:33 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2021-02-05 04:13:13 UTC
Dear Jean-Francois Nifenecker,

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