WoW Addon Manager beta - An addon manager for all versions of WoW

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Lund259 ... and rename all the folders accordingly.

What do you mean by this?

Originally Posted by Lund259 In the future i plan to implement some sort of online search to install addons from.

Do you mean using the site's bandwidth without actually giving the site any visitors? Or something else?

[Lund259]

Originally Posted by Seerah What do you mean by this?

I think a lot of new players are intimidated by the whole process of downloading addons on github, unpacking them, renaming the folders to match the .toc files etc, and that's what i'm trying to make more user-friendly. Right now you just provide the zip file and the application will take care of everything for you. I think it'll help new users enter the addon scene.

Originally Posted by Seerah Do you mean using the site's bandwidth without actually giving the site any visitors? Or something else?

Well i definitely have no intentions of stealing visitors from anyone. Like i said, i'm just trying to make the whole experience of installing addons more user-friendly. I haven't figured out where or how to source the addons yet. I'm still thinking about the best approach.

[semlar]

Originally Posted by Lund259 I think a lot of new players are intimidated by the whole process of downloading addons on github, unpacking them, renaming the folders to match the .toc files etc

Typically users simply click the download button on wowinterface or curseforge and extract the addon to their addon folder, so this is a curious description of the installation process.

[Lund259]

Originally Posted by semlar Typically users simply click the download button on wowinterface or curseforge and extract the addon to their addon folder, so this is a curious description of the installation process.

When you download an addon from github it won't work if you extract it directly into your addon folder, because the archive will be named according to the branch you downloaded. Healbot-master for example. I have had friends who got confused why the addons from github wouldn't work out of the box.

This is one of the things that the application can take care of for you. Especially if you have an archive with multiple addons nested in different folders, it is much easier to just let an addon manager install it for you.

I agree installing addons isn't exactly rocket science, but i think newcomers and lazy people (like myself) will find the application useful. It also gives you a nice overview of your installed addons.

Also i just needed some project so work on in my spare time. Might as well release it. Then people can use it if they want to.

[StormFX]

Originally Posted by Lund259 When you download an addon from github it won't work if you extract it directly into your addon folder, because the archive will be named according to the branch you downloaded. Healbot-master for example. I have had friends who got confused why the addons from github wouldn't work out of the box.

Your example is an exception, not the rule. Generally-speaking, people should only download from GitHub if a properly-packaged release is available on the release page. An add-on that's packaged properly will be structured in such a way that user only has to extract the package to their add-ons directory. Users shouldn't be downloading repo/branch packages.