do we update like any other addon or do we need to delete media sites first?
I wouldn't say go and delete mediasites only because many people I assume who use this addon have also added bbcodes which use MediaSites as a directory for their callbacks.
You should be able to just upload the entire contents of the UPLOAD folder to the forum root and overwrite all the files in the MediaSites directory and then just upgrade the addon via the xml.
I still have
BBcode MediaSites Pack 1.0.0
Is that an older version of this add on or is it by someone else?
I believe that was a version I put together before the RM was available for use. All of the bbcodes in this pack that I didn't make myself were posted in a community mediasite thread. Short answer: it is the same addon.
The addon title is still
BBcode MediaSites Pack, the archive name I used allows me to keep things listed on my computer here in order of versions. It is just that now I use AddonID+Version string to name the zip files...( this update being media_sites_package + 1000531 which I named media_sites_package_1.0.5_31 so I can identify the version quicker in my storage here)
Since 1.0.0 I have updated every bbcode at one point or another to keep up with sites that change their back-end up and/or more than likely their embed methods. Sometimes the embed is the same but the urls to the site pages change so while embeds already posted work , new ones wont be caught in the expressions. Some sites become unstable or their embedding features are removed and so on and so on and every one of these seems to be a little bit different at the very least
At any rate you should just be able to upgrade from that version to this one after uploading all requirements in the new zip archive. I haven't tested 1.0.0 to this one so if you want I can setup a testbed and try it for you but for the most part the only reason this is an addon is that it uses the addon system to install it and thus individual bbcodes are tied to the addon, I don't foresee a problem here...but like I said I can test it for you first if you like.
already mentioned it to him. I was wondering if he could get permission to add it into the package. the less add-ons, the better IMO.
I would ask him yourself if he minds it being added...he knows about the addon and if he wants it to be in here he would have said something I have to assume.
I tried to make it clear in the addon description that I am pretty much merely a steward of this addon and any bbcode that is tested as working, not adult in nature (see MUTT for these), not embedding from illegal type sites and could be of value to the general population of site owners running XF will get added if requested by the creator. In my opinion if his code works well, it is not really my choice as to add it or not, it is his and he should contact me if he wishes it to be added.