Step 2 - Creating Your Repository

Okay, so you have your rss feeds and you have your app files, its time to create your repository!

Your repository structure needs to be as such:

/repository/ | -----index.xml - This is a list of all the apps in your repository -----repository.xml - This is the information for your repository /repository/download/ - App zip files must be stored here. This is where boxee tries to download them. /repository/[app name] - Doesn't have to be, but this is where I usually store my app info at. Like a copy of the descriptor, any images and thumbnails, and the rss feeds

Okay, so lets start with the two files that go in the main directory of your repository:

repository.xml. Here is the current link for mine.

<repository> <id>com.fuzzthed</id> <url>http://www.fuzzthed.com/repository</url> <name>Fuzz The Destroyer Repository</name> <thumb>http://www.fuzzthed.com/repository/fuzzthed/ftdthumb.png</thumb> <description>Applications created or hosted by Fuzz the Destroyer.</description> </repository>

I'm not going to go into great detail here but hit me up on the forums if you have any questions. The main thing to remember is to make sure your <id> here matches the beginning of the id of the app we did on the last page. If it's not, it won't work.

next : index.xml Here is the current link for mine.

Notice there is no 4kidstv on there. That's because I didn't actually create the full app and so it won't be going on my repository.

here is what the index.xml would look like if 4kidstv was the only app I had.

<apps> <app> <id>com.fuzzthed.4kidstv</id> <name>4kidstv</name> <version>1.0</version> <description>4kidstv.com - tutorial kids shows muahahahhahah</description> <thumb>http://www.fuzzthed.com/repository/tutorial/4kids.jpg</thumb> <repositoryid>com.fuzzthed</repositoryid> <repository>http://www.fuzzthed.com/repository/fuzzthed</repository> <media>video</media> <author>Fuzz The D</author> <copyright></copyright> <email>Chupacabra@gmail.com</email> <type>rss</type> <platform>all</platform> <minversion>0.9.7</minversion> <url>rss://www.fuzzthed.com/repository/4kidstv/4kidstv.xml</url> </app> </apps>

Hmmm.. look familiar? It should be almost identical to the descriptor.xml file we made on the last page with the exception of the <apps> and </apps>

Alright so now you should have all your files, just need to upload them to the appropriate directories as shown at the top. Just to clarify you should have

/repository/index.xml
/repository/repository.xml
/repository/download/com.fuzzthed.4kidstv-1.0.zip
/repository/4kidstv/4kidstvthumb.png (should be 200x200 btw)
/repository/4kidstv/4kidstv.xml

Alright, so you should be all set to test it out! Go into boxee and add the address of your repository.xml into boxee. (in the above example it would be www.fuzzthed.com/repository/fuzzthed/)

Everything working great? Then add it to my All-in-One Repository.