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| <h1>Update Site</h1> |
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| <p><strong>Update Sites</strong> are used to organize and export features so they |
| can be installed into Eclipse applications.</p> |
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| <p>To create an update site you must develop a site.xml file and build the site. PDE provides an |
| <a href="../guide/tools/editors/site_editor/site_editor.htm">editor</a> and |
| <a href="../guide/tools/project_wizards/new_update_site_project.htm">project</a> for |
| creating sites. A site will contain one or more <a href="feature.htm">features</a> |
| organized into categories.</p> |
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| <p>When the site is built, the included features (along with all plug-ins part of those features) |
| will be exported into an installable form. The exported plug-ins and features will be put into two |
| folders "plug-ins" and "features". Two other files, "content.xml" |
| and "artifacts.xml" will also be generated and contain metadata for the exported files |
| that make installing easier. These files, along with "site.xml", collectively form an Eclipse update |
| site. To make the update site available to others you must make all these files available |
| in a shared directory or web site.</p> |
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| <a href="../guide/tools/editors/site_editor/site_editor.htm">Site Editor</a><br> |
| <a href="../guide/tools/project_wizards/new_update_site_project.htm">New Update Site Project</a> |
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| <a href="feature.htm">Feature</a><br> |
| <a href="plugin.htm">Plug-in</a><br> |
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