Google Chrome Popup Extension

A simple Google Chrome Popup Extension Template for starters

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• Getting Started
• Installation
• Usage

Getting Started

This package has been made to quickly get yourself up and running with making a new Google Chrome extension. The basic structure of this package is as follows:

- css/
	-- bootstrap.min (Edited, please see "important notes")
	-- custom.css (Contains small style tweaks, edit this file at your will)
- images/
    -- icon-16.png
    -- icon-32.png
    -- icon-48.png
    -- icon-128.png
		--- Please note, this is just a filler image for your extension.
- js/
	-- popup.js
- manifest.json
- popup.html
- README.md

Installation

• Please either clone this repository or download as a ZIP file.
• Extract the contents into your preferred working directory.
• Open your Google Chrome browser.
• Enter chrome://extensions/ into the address bar.
• Ensure "Developer Mode" is ticked/enabled in the top right.
• Click on "Load unpacked extension...".
• Navigate to your extracted directory, and click "OK".
• Your basic extension template should now be alongside your address bar, showing the Google Chrome logo.

Usage

This package is standalone. Please visit the Google Developer documentation if you wish to know more about Extension creating:

http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted.html

Files to edit

The main files you will need to edit are:

manifest.json

• This contains all of your extension information.
• The default popup window for this extension is called popup.html.

popup.html

• Contains the basic HTML boilerplate, edit at your will.

css/style.css

• Contains extension height and width.