Difference between revisions of "JED Entries Submission Checklist"

Revision as of 12:03, 9 April 2013

This article is designed to help Extension Developers (who want to be listed at JED) and JED Editors (consistence for entries approval) You may only submit up to 3 listings at one time. Bulk submissions ARE NOT ALLOWED without prior approval from the JED. If you are seeking bulk submissions approval, please open a support ticket on the JED after you have submitted 3 listings to be approved.

To be approved and listed in JED an entry must be verified in a 4 steps checklist process

You are now in first step

List A1 - General submission verification[edit]

Should we consider this entry? The files submitted
Item	What?	Publishable?
1	Joomla Core hack files?	No! Please contribute with code to Joomla Core
2	Other extensions hack files?	No! Please send code contributions to extension developer
3	Templates for Joomla	No!
4	Languages for Joomla	No Please contribute to Translations_Working_Group
5	Languages for extensions?	No! Please send file to extension author
6	User submit an extension created by others?	No! an extension must be submitted by the author
7	Forked extension?	Maybe! See requirements to be listed at JED: Forked Extensions

List A2 - Links verification[edit]

The web
Item	What?	Publishable?
1	Main Site works?	YES!
2	Download links	No File share sites. Points to a list of extensions.
3	Shortened URLs	No Remove and use full URLs
4	Documentation, Forum or Demo does not work?	YES! Those are not fundamental links: remove links!
5	Copy of extension not-uploaded?	No! If link its public available, download and include in the JED entry

List A3 - Author verification[edit]

The developer
Item	What?	Publishable?
1	User submit an extension created by others?	No! An extension must be submitted by the author Delete and email user
2	Developer blocked	No! Keep on pending list until user reinstated

List A4 - Name entry verification[edit]

The extension
Item	What?	Publishable?
1	Name conflicts with other extension	No! email developer
2	Name with full Joomla word	Maybe! Go for Step 2 Verification List
3	Name with part of Joomla word?	Maybe! Go for Step 2 Verification List
4	Name do not comply with Extensions_name rules?	No! email developer

Everything OK? Go for the next step!

TOC: JED Submissions Checklists[edit]

Table of Contents

Step A - Submission Checklist
Step B - Trademark Checklist
Step C - License Checklist
Step D - Installation and Functionality Checklist

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-This article is designed to help Extension Developers (who want to be listed at JED) and JED Editors (consistence for entries approval)
+This article is designed to help Extension Developers (who want to be listed at JED) and JED Editors (consistence for entries approval)  You may only submit up to 3 listings at one time.  Bulk submissions ARE NOT ALLOWED without prior approval from the JED.  If you are seeking bulk submissions approval, please open a [http://extensions.joomla.org/component/maqmahelpdesk/ support ticket] on the JED after you have submitted 3 listings to be approved.
 To be approved and listed in JED an entry must be verified in a 4 steps checklist process
 * '''You are now in first step '''
 ==List A1 - General submission verification ==
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 | 6 || User submit an extension created by others? || No!
 * an extension must be submitted by the author
+|-
+| 7 || Forked extension? || Maybe!
+* See requirements to be listed at JED: [[Forked_Extensions|Forked Extensions]]
 |}
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 | 1 || Main Site works? || YES!
 |-
-| 2 || Download link works || Maybe!
+| 2 || Download links || No
-* If not on shared host sites
+* File share sites.
+* Points to a list of extensions.
 |-
 | 3 || Shortened URLs || No
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 * If link its public available, download  and include in the JED entry
 |}
 ==List A3 -  Author verification ==
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 Table of Contents
 * Step A - [[JED_Entries_Submission_Checklist|Submission Checklist]]
-* Step B - [[JED_Entries_Trademark_Checklist|Trademark Checklis]]
+* Step B - [[JED_Entries_Trademark_Checklist|Trademark Checklist]]
 * Step C - [[JED_Entries_License_Checklist|License Checklist]]
 * Step D - [[JED_Entries_Installation_and_Functionality_Checklist|Installation and Functionality Checklist]]