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Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development

You're reading from   Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development 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.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782168379
Length 458 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Before you Start FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with Plugin Development 3. Getting Started with Module Development 4. Getting Started with Component Development 5. Backend Component Development – Part 1 6. Backend Component Development – Part 2 7. Frontend Component Development 8. Security – Avoiding Common Vulnerabilities 9. Packing Everything Together 10. Extending your Component with Plugins and Modules Index

Converting to the site module


What if we wanted to run this module on the frontend of our Joomla! site? This is really easy to do, just edit your installation XML file and change the client to "site".

<extension
  type="module"
  version="2.5.5"
  method="upgrade"
  client="site">

You should also update your version number, for example, 1.2.0.

<version>1.2.0</version>

Now zip up all the files again and install the module on your site. You will notice that in the Module Manager, it now shows as a site extension.

Publish your module and give it a module position, for example, position-7.

You will also need to set the menu assignment to determine which pages of your site the module will appear on, for example, On all pages, then you can click on the Save & Close button.

Congratulations, you've now created a frontend module, which should now be visible on your site.

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