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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 2. Getting Started with Plugin Development FREE CHAPTER 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

Backwards compatibility for Joomla! 2.5


The code we have used in the previous example is all available in Joomla! 2.5, so we can install this same module on a Joomla! 2.5 site and it should work. We will change the version attribute to indicate that this module will work on Joomla! 2.5.5 or greater. In fact, this module isn't using any legacy MVC classes, so it would also work on earlier versions of Joomla! 2.5, but it's a good idea to put the oldest version of Joomla! you have tested this on and are willing to support.

Making changes to the installation XML file

Edit the file /administrator/modules/mod_latestextensions/mod_latestextensions.xml and make the following highlighted changes.

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

Also adjust the version number to 1.1.0.

<version>1.1.0</version>

Tip

If you try installing a Joomla! 3 module on a Joomla! 1.5 site, you will get an error as Error! Could not find a Joomla! XML setup file in...

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