How to get addon onto Minion

Grease · 05/07/15, 09:08 AM

Hey I'm completely new to the ESO and the ESO UI community, but I've got an addon that I'd like to have searchable on Minion, and I can't find any info on how?

Or do they handpick addons for it atm

**Baertram** · 05/07/15, 10:09 AM

No, you just need to package the folder of your addon as a ZIP archive and upload it here in this website as new addon.
Right upper menu side -> Author -> Upload
Minion will automatically add it then a few minutes later after it got acknowledged and released

Grease · 05/07/15, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Baertram

No, you just need to package the folder of your addon as a ZIP archive and upload it here in this website as new addon.
Right upper menu side -> Author -> Upload
Minion will automatically add it then a few minutes later after it got acknowledged and released

Ah yes thank you, I think it was just that my addon was categorized as a utility and not a standalone addon.

**Baertram** · 05/07/15, 11:52 AM

You need to put the lua files into a folder and zip the folder afterwards.
If you just put the lua files directly into the zip archive it will not be downloadable by Minion!

Grease · 05/07/15, 12:21 PM

I have a zipped file, containing a folder with the same name as the addon like this

[Zip file]-> AddonNameFolder->lua, xml and txt file

I put my addon now in the standalone addon category, but I still dont see it onto minion

It was first uploaded incompatible with minion, but then I changed it to above layout, could it be that it only scans completely new addons?

**Baertram** · 05/07/15, 12:29 PM

Your addon needs to get acknowledged first. Takes some time. If you see it at the last 200 addons it will be at minion shortly after this too.

***Cairenn*** · 05/07/15, 12:45 PM

Hey Grease,

Since you've removed the executables, I've gone ahead and moved it to the Chat addon category. Now that it's in an 'addon' category, it'll show up in Minion.

PS. If you want it in another category instead of Chat, let me know which one and I'll move it there for you.

Grease · 05/07/15, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Cairenn

Hey Grease,

Since you've removed the executables, I've gone ahead and moved it to the Chat addon category. Now that it's in an 'addon' category, it'll show up in Minion.

PS. If you want it in another category instead of Chat, let me know which one and I'll move it there for you.

Thank you

***Cairenn*** · 05/07/15, 01:03 PM

You're most welcome.