Firefox Add-ons for Dummies

Testing
1. Create fsrtoolbar@dannyzhang.wordpress.com text file with no extension
2. Inside the text file, put in folder path of where install.rdf resides
eg. D:\Projects\FirefoxEntensions\SERPRank\dev\branches.3.0\fsrtoolbar\
3. Uninstall any existing version of the add-on
3.1 Close Firefox
3.2 Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\[currentuser]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ghbqw83s.Developer\extensions\
3.3 delete fsrtoolbar@dannyzhang.wordpress.com from there if one already exists
3.4 Start Firefox app

4. Installing the add-on
4.1 Close firefox app
4.2 Copy the text file to C:\Documents and Settings\[currentuser]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ghbqw83s.Developer\extensions\
4.3 Start Firefox

Releasing

Packaging file as zip but give it .xpi as extention

See this for instructions

http://roachfiend.com/archives/2004/12/08/how-to-create-firefox-extensions/#testing

Installing

to install xpi file to Firefox, drag and drop .xpi file on to FireFox Add-ons manager

source: http://www.browserland.com/how-to/how-to-install-xpi-and-jar-firefox-add-ons-and-themes/

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