Learning Joomla! 3 extension development / Tim Plummer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plummer, Tim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joomla! (Computer file).

Web sites--Authoring programs.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

vi, 439 p. : ill.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, UK : Packt Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Plummer Timothy John: Tim Plummer is a Joomla! enthusiast and extension developer who has been building websites for over ten years, and specializing in Joomla! since 2008. Tim has developed and maintained several popular components, modules, and plugins, which are listed on the Joomla! Extension Directory, in addition to his day job in IT for a multinational manufacturer. Tim lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife, Tamlyn, who runs her own design agency and two kids, Zane and Ava-Lily, who keep Tim very busy. At university Tim studied Engineering, and he has a Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunications Engineering degree, however his passion in IT has been his career focus. Tim is very active in the Joomla! community; in January 2012 Tim took on the convener role for the Sydney Joomla! User Group (JUG), and he has been coorganizer for the annual Joomla! Day Sydney conference since 2011, taking on the coordinator role in 2013. Tim has run Joomla! development workshops at Joomla! Day conferences and various JUG groups throughout Australia, and is a regular presenter at the Sydney JUG.

Summary:

If you have ideas for additional Joomla 3! features, this book will allow you to realize them. It’s a complete practical guide to building and extending plugins, modules, and components. Ideal for professional developers and enthusiasts. Clear steps to create your own plugins, modules, and components for Joomla 3 Guides you through extending your components by allowing them to interact with modules and plugins Introduces you to packaging your extensions for distribution to other Joomla users Enables you to secure your extensions and avoid common vulnerabilities by gaining some white hat hacking experience In Detail Joomla 3 is the first of the major open source content management systems that was meant to be mobile friendly by default. Joomla uses object-oriented principles, is database agnostic, and has the best mix of functionality, extensibility, and user friendliness. Add to that the fact that Joomla is completely community driven, and you have a winning combination that is available to everyone, and is the perfect platform to build your own custom applications. "Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development" is an integrated series of practical, hands-on tutorials that guide you through building and extending Joomla plugins, modules, and components. With Joomla having been downloaded well over 35 million times, there is a huge market for Joomla extensions, so you could potentially earn some extra cash in your spare time using your newly acquired Joomla extension development skills. We will start with developing simple plugins and modules, and then progress to more complex backend and frontend component development. Then we will try our hand at ethical hacking, so you will learn about common security vulnerabilities and what you can do to avoid them. After that we will look at how you can prepare your extensions for distribution and updates, as well as how you can extend your components with various plugins and modules. Finally, you will end up with a fully functioning package of extensions that you can use on your own site or share with others. If you want to build your own custom applications in Joomla, then "Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development" will teach you everything you need to know in a practical, hands-on manner.

Contents:

Intro

Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development

Table of Contents

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more

Why subscribe?

Free access for Packt account holders

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Before you Start

Extension types and their uses

Plugins

Modules

Components

Languages

Templates

Libraries

Packages

Joomla! versions that your extensions should support

What's new in Joomla! 3

Licensing and GPL

What business model should I adopt?

Tools you need to develop the Joomla! extensions

Coding standards

Legacy MVC versus new MVC

Upgrading a Joomla! 2.5 component to make it Joomla! 3 compatible

To fork or not to fork?

Summary

2. Getting Started with Plugin Development

Plugin types

Plugin event triggers

Where do I start?

Creating the installation XML file

Creating the plugin PHP file

Zip it up and install your plugin

Adding the parameters to our plugin

Adding the language files

3. Getting Started with Module Development

Backend versus frontend modules

Backend modules' installation location

Frontend modules' installation location

Creating the module PHP file

Creating the view

Connecting to the database

Zip it up and install your module

Packaging your module for distribution

Backwards compatibility for Joomla! 2.5

Making changes to the installation XML file

Adding the CSS styles

Packaging for distribution.

Converting to the site module

Translating your module

Adding a help file

Template overrides

Watch out when updating

Alternative layouts

Making your module responsive

4. Getting Started with Component Development

Creating the component installation XML file

Creating a simple component

Creating the entry point

Creating the access XML file

Creating the config XML file

Setting up the database

Discover the extension

Creating the controllers

Creating the model for the list view

Creating the model for the edit view

Creating a form

The form XML file

JForm field types

Accesslevel

Cachehandler

Calendar

Captcha

Category

Checkbox

Checkboxes

Chromestyle

Color

Combo

Componentlayout

Contentlanguage

Contenttype

Databaseconnection

Editor

Email

File

Filelist

Folderlist

Groupedlist

Headertag

Helpsite

Hidden

Imagelist

Integer

Language

List

Media

Menu

Menuitem

Modulelayout

Moduleorder

Moduleposition

Moduletag

Password

Radio

Rules

Sessionhandler

Spacer

Sql

Tag

Tagnested

Tel

Templatestyle

Text

Textarea

Timezone

Url

User

Usergroup

Creating a view

The list view

The view.html.php file

The helper file

The view layout file

The edit view

Installer script

Zip it up and install your component

5. Backend Component Development - Part 1

Adding additional fields

Adding fields to the model

Category field

State field

Media field

Company field

Phone field

URL field

Description field

Language strings for new fields

Adding fields to the view

Alternative method for displaying fields in the view.

Adding fields to the database

Adding columns to your view

Adding simple columns

Click to sort by column

Status column

Ordering column

Toolbar buttons and component options

Component options

View filters and search

Sidebar filters

Changing delete to trash

Filters and search

6. Backend Component Development - Part 2

Pagination

Adding views and submenu items

The categories view

The preview view

Submenus

Access Control List (ACL)

Global permissions

Component permissions

Category permissions

Article permissions

Access level

Multi-database support

7. Frontend Component Development

Getting started on the frontend

Adding CSS

Adding sample images

Creating another view

Menu item parameters

Adding a category filter on our menu

Using component options

Width and height parameters

Translating your component

Updating data from the frontend

Creating the list view

Creating the edit form

Using ReCaptcha in your component

ReCaptcha without JForm

Using our click-to-call plugin with this component

Integrating a third-party comments extension

8. Security - Avoiding Common Vulnerabilities

Why you should care about security

Path disclosure

SQL injection

Local File Inclusion

Remote File Inclusion

Cross-site scripting

Cross-site Request Forgery

Some quick advice

9. Packing Everything Together

Creating a package

Setting up an update server

Managing database changes

Updating the PHP files

Getting listed on the JED

10. Extending your Component with Plugins and Modules

Creating a search plugin

Creating a smart search plugin

Creating a featured portfolio module

Adding tags to our component

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781782168386

1782168389

OCLC:

855969622