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Developing Extensions for Joomla! 5

By : Carlos M. Cámara Mora
5 (2)
Book Image

Developing Extensions for Joomla! 5

5 (2)
By: Carlos M. Cámara Mora

Overview of this book

Joomla! 5 is a groundbreaking CMS that helps you take a significant leap into the world of content management systems. Joomla! 5 features a variety of impressive new features that align with current web standards and enable you to experience lightning-fast performance for optimal web page optimization, leverage the new code architecture, and tap into the WebService API, among others. This book takes you on a journey of extending Joomla's capabilities by developing your own extensions. The chapters not only explain the key concepts behind Joomla's architecture but also equip you with the latest techniques for crafting components and plugins. You’ll discover how to leverage existing features within Joomla! to empower your extensions and create tailored solutions. The book takes you from the initial stages of planning your extension development to a fully featured finished product. As you advance, you'll learn invaluable techniques for testing your extension, addressing common issues, and preparing it for publication. The concluding chapters of this comprehensive guide teach you how to test your extension for common issues, along with how to publish the extension for everyone to use. By the end of this book, you’ll have the confidence and skills to complete the cycle of extension development.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Developing Components
8
Part 2: Developing Modules and Plugins
12
Part 3: Extending Templates
15
Part 4: Distributing Your Extensions

Distributing Your Joomla! Extensions

In the previous chapters, we developed a great extension for simple project management. We worked a lot and developed a component, some plugins, a module, some overrides, and even a child template. That’s a lot of work to keep to yourself, so you probably want to release it to the world.

In this chapter, you will learn how to prepare your extension so that you can publish all the steps you need to follow to release it to the world, and even how to get paid for it.

By the end of this chapter, you will know how to create a distributable package with your development that can be installed on as many sites as possible. You will also know how to handle the database changes automatically and how to perform advanced tasks when installing your packages. Finally, you will see how easy it is to add a paywall to your extension and limit downloads to people after the paywall.

These are the topics we will cover in this chapter:

  • Creating...