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Provide users with extra docs on-plugin-install and make filters for plugin store
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The plugin store currently offers the ability to one-click install all plugins
- There may be some plugins that are not really usable on web if they are desktop specific
- There are also some plugins that may not really be usable in a one-click situation (requires config editing)
- There may also be some detailed procedure needed to find out how to use (e.g. navigating to specific menu to pop up a view)
It may be useful to add filters, so desktop plugins are not shown on web
It may also be useful to popup a little docs, or provide a link to the docs, after install
Metadata would be in the plugin store's plugins.json file
Example json attributes
desktop:true/false web:true/false pnp:false // "plug and play" e.g. can be used without hand editing config
example:non-admin filter settings on web pnp:true web:true
Therefore, a desktop-only plugin would have web:false and be filtered out
May need version range filtering
Extra: popup a doc location, which helps orient users once they install
docsLocation: "http://mysite.com/plugindocs"