Monday 6 February 2012

How to Make a Google Chrome Extension Free

Well. This trick is a new info to me which was given by my author Gaurav.
Chrome extensions are one of the most successful browser developer tool that we use. Before the entry of Google chrome ,this place was undertaken by mozilla firefox addons. What makes this post awesome by giving the complete tutorial to develop a google chrome extension by your own hand. Don´t think itÅ› a difficult job. I will explain with screen shots.
 1) Create a folder
2) place and edit file manifest.json like name,descripton etc.
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3) place icon named icon.png and html file named popup.html popup will be the main file which will appear after installing app        (names should be according manifest.json file)
4) Then  Google chrome--->settings---->tools----->extensions or chrome://settings/extensions 
5) Switch on developer mode by clicking the radio button given right hand side
 
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6)By clicking it You'll see 3 buttons
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7)  a) clicking on "Load unpacked extension" you'll see a box from that you can choose the folder of extension
     b) clicking on "pack extension" and choosing folder it will convert your extension into .crx format and give you a private key with                          that you'll be the owner of that app.Give .crx file to any of your friend if he wants your built app rather giving him the folder     
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Enjoy creating google chrome extensions

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