J2.5:Developing a MVC Component/Introduction

Revision as of 09:55, 13 February 2012

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Requirements

You need Joomla! 2.5 or greater for this tutorial.

Introduction

Joomla! 2.5 is constructed using three different applications:

• installation (used for installing Joomla)
• administrator (used for managing content)
• public (used for displaying content)

The installation application is used once. The administrator and public are used through the concept of components. Each component has two entry points:

• one is located in the components directory (it is used for displaying content)
• one is located in the administrator/components directory (it is used for managing content)

Both are called com_componentname/componentname.php (the com_ prefix is a historical trace)

Developing the component

Developing a MVC (MVC) Component  Introduction  Developing a Basic Component  Adding a view to the site part  Adding a menu type to the site part  Adding a model to the site part  Adding a variable request in the menu type  Using the database  Basic backend  Adding language management  Adding backend actions  Adding decorations to the backend  Adding verifications  Adding categories  Adding configuration  Adding ACL  Adding an install/uninstall/update script file  Using the language filter facility  Adding an update server  Example of a Frontend Update Function  Example of Menu Parameters & Stylesheets

Contributors

• Christophe Demko