Download Chrome Extension CRX files on Your Computer
Chrome WebStore directly installs (dot)crx extensions without letting you first download them on your computer. This is a convenient way, saving you extra exercise of separate plugin installation. But often you need to download Chrome extension and save them in a different folder so that you can use them independently.
#. When you want to use them in a computer which does not have an internet connection. A saved extension file can be transferred in USB drives and can be installed offline.
#. When you want to back up an extension in case Google decides to remove it from the WebStore.
Saving Chrome Extension
Step 1. To download and save an extension, first you need to find the extension’s unique ID from its URL. For this, open its page and look at the last part of the URL after the keyword detail. This garbled text is its unique ID. For example –
If the extension address is – https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-mail-checker/mihcahmgecmbnbcchbopgniflfhgnkff
Then its ID is – mihcahmgecmbnbcchbopgniflfhgnkff
Step 2. Now, you will have to put that extracted ID in the following URL:
http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&x=id%3DEXTENSION_ID%26uc
Step 3. Paste this newly formed URL in another browser like Firefox or IE. This URL will download latest version of the extension. For example, from the ID we extracted, the download URL will be –
http://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&x=id%3Dmihcahmgecmbnbcchbopgniflfhgnkff%26uc
Please note %26uc suffixing the ID. Without this little code, the extension will not download. The download file will be automatically named as extension with its version number for your convenience.
Installing Saved Extensions
Chrome policies do not allow installing extensions outside the WebStore. However, there is a workaround for installing your saved extension or extensions from third party sites.
To install an extension outside Chrome WebStore , follow these instructions –
Step 1. Open your extensions page from Chrome Options > Tools > Extensions or typing chrome://extensions in the address bar.
Step 2. Now drag and drop your saved extension onto this page.
Step 3. Chrome will confirm the actions. Accept that and you are done.
So you see, manually downloading and installing extensions is fairly easy task. In absence of internet connection or in situations when you can’t sync Chrome, this is must-know technique every Chrome lover should know.
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Campus for Moms: Helping women entrepreneurs in Israel
What’s really inspiring (and just a little bit crazy) is that some people do both at the same time. Take, for example, Israeli entrepreneur Hilla Brenner, who raised $5 million for her first start-up when she was nine months pregnant. Earlier this year, I had the chance to meet Hilla and we began talking about how juggling work and kids doesn’t leave much time to invest in learning and developing new skills. We also discussed how maternity leave can be one of the few times when women can stop and think about their career. We asked ourselves: what could we do to help women with young children get access to self-development and career support and, in doing so, to help more women become tech entrepreneurs?
Campus for Moms is a baby-friendly start-up school for new moms, run by Google in partnership with Yazamiyot, a networking group for Israeli women entrepreneurs. The first course, which ended this week, included nine sessions led by successful entrepreneurs, investors, technology experts and others. The sessions covered personal success stories, finance, legal and presentation skills, and tech knowledge, like cloud computing. We arranged mattresses, bean bags and diaper-changing facilities so that the moms could take care of their young ones during the sessions. Four babies were born during the course and one new mum returned to the program less than a week after giving birth!
At the end of the course, participants presented their initiatives to venture capital funds and the course speakers. Their ideas are exciting—including a platform for teachers to create apps for their students, a fashion-tech meet up to encourage cooperation between local fashion-related start-ups, a 2G mobile ecommerce gateway for emerging markets and a bunch of other great initiatives.
The participants are continuing to develop their skills: two of the start-ups have joined the Campus Tel Aviv “Launch Pad” program, an intensive week-long bootcamp for entrepreneurs, and another will be visiting Campus London to meet with U.K.-based entrepreneurs.
The first course of “Campus for Moms” is over, but we’re gearing up for another course in October. We're also looking forward to sharing the tools and best practices we've developed at Campus for Moms with others, so they can help entrepreneurial moms in their communities. After all, whether they’re moms or not, entrepreneurs can always do with a helping hand with their “baby.”
via The Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/campus-for-moms-helping-women.html