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Adding decorations to the backend[edit]

We like pretty things, and decorations tend to make things pretty, so let us add some decorations to the backend views.

Installation manifest[edit]

The changes to the installation manifest are the version number and addition of the menu image in the administrator menu section.

helloworld.xml 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<extension type="component" version="1.6.0" method="upgrade">

        <name>COM_HELLOWORLD</name>
        <!-- The following elements are optional and free of formatting constraints -->
        <creationDate>June 2011</creationDate>
        <author>John Doe</author>
        <authorEmail>john.doe@example.org</authorEmail>
        <authorUrl>http://www.example.org</authorUrl>
        <copyright>Copyright Info</copyright>
        <license>License Info</license>
        <!--  The version string is stored in the components table -->
        <version>0.0.10</version>
        <!-- The description is optional and defaults to the name -->
        <description>COM_HELLOWORLD_DESCRIPTION</description>

        <install>
                <sql>
                        <file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/install.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
                </sql>
        </install>
        <uninstall>
                <sql>
                        <file driver="mysql" charset="utf8">sql/uninstall.mysql.utf8.sql</file>
                </sql>
        </uninstall>

        <!-- Note the folder attribute: This attribute describes the folder
                to copy FROM in the package to install therefore files copied
                in this section are copied from "site/" in the package -->
        <files folder="site">
                <filename>index.html</filename>
                <filename>helloworld.php</filename>
                <filename>controller.php</filename>
                <folder>views</folder>
                <folder>models</folder>
                <folder>language</folder>
        </files>

        <media destination="com_helloworld" folder="media">
                <filename>index.html</filename>
                <folder>images</folder>
        </media>

        <administration>
                <menu img="../media/com_helloworld/images/tux-16x16.png">COM_HELLOWORLD_MENU</menu>
                <!-- Note the folder attribute: This attribute describes the folder
                        to copy FROM in the package to install therefore files copied
                        in this section are copied from "admin/" in the package -->
                <files folder="admin">
                        <filename>index.html</filename>
                        <filename>helloworld.php</filename>
                        <filename>controller.php</filename>
                        <folder>sql</folder>
                        <folder>tables</folder>
                        <folder>models</folder>
                        <folder>views</folder>
                        <folder>language</folder>
                        <folder>controllers</folder>
                </files>
        </administration>

</extension>

Testing your component[edit]

For details on how to install the component into your Joomla! site, refer to the information provided in Part 01.

File listing[edit]

Download this part[edit]

Articles in this series[edit]

This tutorial is supported by the following versions of Joomla!

Joomla 2.5

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