Extension Development for Joomla! 1.5 with PHP

This ebook is for you that a php grogrammer eager to create extension for joomla 1.5.

It let you create your extension and add features as quickly as pollible and make your work professional. Joomla is the hottest open source CMS. This book is based around the development of example extensions to create, find, promote, and cross-link restaurant reviews. Every chapter is step by step walkthrough, covering modules, packaging for distribution, plugins and components.You don’t need experience of developing extensions for joomla.

You need basic php skills and familiarity with the general operation of joomla.

Chapter 1 gives an overview of how Joomla! works. The example project used throughout the book is also introduced.
Chapter 2 begins the development of the component used in the project. Initial entries are made in the database and toolbars for the back end are built. The general filestructure of Joomla! is also introduced.
Chapter 3 walks through the creation of the back-end interface for creating, editing, and deleting records in the project. Database table classes are introduced, as well as common HTML elements used to make the project blend in with other Joomla! extensions.
Chapter 4 builds a front-end interface for listing and viewing records. Additionally, code to generate and interpret search-engine-friendly links is covered.
Chapter 5 introduces a module used to list records on every page of the site. The module takes advantage of layouts, where the same data can be formatted differently depending on how the code is called. Some of the code is also separated out into a helper class so that the main code generating the module stays simple.
Chapter 6 rewrites the component developed in Chapters 2, 3, and 4 so that it follows the Model, View, Controller design pattern. Controls over the publishing of records are introduced, in addition to an interface for removing offensive comments.
Chapter 7 develops three plug-ins. The first plug-in finds the names of records in the database and turns them in to links to those records. Finally, another plug-in is designed so that records are pulled up along with Joomla!content searches.
Chapter 8 adds configuration parameters to the component, module, and plug-ins. These are handled through XML and generate a predictable interface in the back end for setting options.
Chapter 9 expands the XML files used for parameters and adds a listing of all the files in each extension. Once this file is compressed along with the rest of the code into a ZIP archive, it is ready to be installed on another copy of Joomla! without any programmer intervention. Custom installation scripts and SQL code are also added to the component.