Updating the extension in the chrome web store
1. Login to your chrome web store developer dashboard at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/developer/dashboard
2. Click on the edit button as shown in the image below:
3. Click on the Upload Updated Package button as shown in the image below:
4. Before you upload the updated Git-Labels extension, ensure that you have done the following
- Ensure that there are NO comments found in the manifest.json file.
- Make sure that the version number found in the manifest.json file is HIGHER than the version number of the extension currently published in the store. For more information about version number for chrome extensions, you can visit https://developer.chrome.com/apps/manifest/version
- Ensure that the folder containing the updated extension is compressed into a zip file.
5. Click on the Choose file button as as shown in the image below. Select the updated Git-Labels zip file that you wish to upload and click on the upload button. If it uploads successfully, you will be redirected back to the edit page. If it does NOT upload successfully, there will be error messages in red
6. Notice that the extension icon is blank. To correct this you should upload a new icon by clicking on Upload new icon button as shown below:
7. A modal box will appear and you should click the delete button as shown below:
8. After the icon is deleted, the modal box will close and you will see the following image at the icon section:
9. Click on Upload new icon button and a modal box will appear presenting you with an option to upload a new icon as shown below. Upload the new extension icon that can be found at at /resources/icon.png
10. Select the desired visibility option near the bottom of the page as shown below:
11. Click on the preview changes button at the bottom of the page as shown in the image below to preview the changes that were made.
12. Click on publish changes as shown in the image below to publish your changes. You may need to wait up to an hour for changes to take effect.
