Packaging and distributing pattern plug-ins

To enable pattern users to use your user-defined pattern, you must create a pattern archive from the pattern plug-ins. The pattern archive is published to a pattern community site, which is either a website or shared file system directory. The pattern user can download and install the pattern archive from the pattern community site. The following tasks describe this process:

• The pattern author creates a pattern archive, see Creating a pattern archive.
• The pattern author uploads the pattern archive to a patterns community site, see Uploading a pattern archive.
• The pattern user downloads and installs the pattern archive, see Downloading and installing a pattern archive.

If you want to uninstall a user-defined pattern, see Uninstalling a pattern archive.