PSA: WoW doesn't recognize/list your addons? Read here

[ThreeNill 3]

Downloading (or "checking-out") from Github nets you with a folder that has "-master" at the end of its name. You have to rename the folder and remove that in order for the addon to be detected by WoW.

If the appropriate people can pin this thread it would be great - this has been answered a dozen of times. (Could add more FAQ in the future)

 

Update:

Taking these two screenshots as an example (property of @CHIPTHECHIPMUNK)

https://postimg.org/image/ktp6tle2p/

https://postimg.org/image/60mut12lf/

 

You can see that the folder Bongos_v6.10.30 is actually a holder for the real Bongos addon and plugins folders. You have to extract the real addon folders in /Interface/AddOns in order to be detected.

Edited January 27, 2017 by ThreeNill

[altoholic 2]

That's even a little bit more complex... different authors use different ways of packaging their addon. Some put it in another folder. Some with instructions, some without. Some with a readme, some with none.

A client (crossplatform, please... Linux user here) who can automagically handle all these differences and keep my addons up to date would be great :^)

[drift 0]

Thanks for the heads up, I was wondering why I had no luck working that. 

[ThreeNill 3]

14 hours ago, altoholic said:

That's even a little bit more complex... different authors use different ways of packaging their addon. Some put it in another folder. Some with instructions, some without. Some with a readme, some with none.

A client (crossplatform, please... Linux user here) who can automagically handle all these differences and keep my addons up to date would be great :^)

The main issue people have is that if the addon is called "Something" you go and click "download" in GitHub and you get a file named "Something-master.zip" with the same folder inside, you extract the folder in your ../Interface/AddOns/ , launch the game but it's not there? Wat do? This is what I am trying to educate about. For people to delete the "-master".

Readme-s and instructions for how to actually use the addon is something else.

 

Edit: I got an example of what you mean, I will update the OP.

Edited January 27, 2017 by ThreeNill

[Athene 3]

The simple answer to the addon problems is that the folder must have the same name as the .toc file inside it.