I believe that you need to add the following mime type to your server:
application/x-xpinstall
Elizabeth Bartmess wrote:
> I'm trying to get xpi working through the web. When I click on the link
> to barley.xpi on the Creating New Packages for Mozilla page, it brings
> up the install dialog. However, if I rightclick on barley.xpi and save
> it to a directory, and then create a html page that links to it, and
> save both to a web directory, and then try to access it via the web, I
> get a bunch of junk - it appears to be trying to read the xpi file,
> rather than install it.
>
> The same thing happens if I copy over the source of the Creating New
> Packages file and click on that to get to the .xpi file, although it
> works when I access it through the original.
>
> Any guesses as to what I'm not doing correctly?
>
> Thanks
>
> Elizabeth
