Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development: Creating Modules, Components, and Plugins with PHP Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Joomla! Extension Development: An Overview
• Why Extend Joomla!
• Customization versus Extension
• How to Extend Joomla!
• Components
• Modules
• Plug-Ins
• Topic Overview
• Creating Toolbars and List Screens
• Maintaining a Consistent Look and Reducing Repetitive Code Using HTML Functions
• Accessing the Database and Managing Records
• Security and the Preferred Way of Getting Request Variables
• Menu Item Control
• Controlling the Logic Flow Within a Component
• Configuration Through XML Parameters
• Packaging and Distributing
• Our Example Project
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Getting Started with Component Development
• Joomla!'s Component Structure
• Executing the Component
• Joomla!'s Division between Front End and Back End
• Registering Your Component in the Database
• Creating Toolbars
• Available Toolbar Buttons

• Summary

• Chapter 3: Back-End Development
• Creating the Database Table
• Creating a Table Class
• Creating the Review Form
• Processing the Data
• Creating a List Screen
• Editing Records
• Deleting Records
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Front-End Development
• Listing the Reviews
• Displaying a Review
• Generating Search-Engine Friendly Links
• Building URL Segments
• Parsing URL Segments
• Adding Comments
• Displaying Comments
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Module Development
• Registering the Module in the Database
• Creating and Configuring a Basic Module
• Recruiting Some Helpers
• Try Some Different Layouts
• Mixing it Up
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Expanding the Project
• Model, View, Controller: Why?
• Building Data Models
• Modeling All Reviews
• Modeling Individual Reviews
• Migrating to Views
• Viewing All
• Viewing One
• Switching Through Controllers
• Updating Links and Routes
• Reorganizing the Back-End Code
• Publishing Controls for Reviews
• Adding Pagination
• Management for Comments
• Additional Toolbars
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Behind the Scenes: Plug-Ins
• Database Queries
• A Simple Link Plug-In
• An Information Box Plug-In
• Searching the Reviews
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Configuration Settings
• Adding Parameters to Extensions
• Parameters for Modules
• Parameters for Plug-Ins
• Parameters for Components
• Summary

• Chapter 9: Packing Everything Together
• Listing All Files
• Packaging the Module
• Packaging Plug-ins
• Packaging the Component
• Including SQL Queries
• Creating Back-End Menu Items
• Extra Installation Scripts
• Distribution
• Summary

• Index