Chapter 3. Embedding Rich Media Features with Joomla! Plugins

"Small details make a big difference".

I've always believed that small details are what make sites look great. I think this is also true in the case of Joomla! plugins. Plugins are the smallest of extensions, but they give us great potential.

Plugins can also be useful for other less technical site administrators, who will find the code easier to write than the usual HTML code. There are lots of ways in which plugins can help make our site better, and in this chapter we are going to see some of them, such as:

• Concept of plugins—what they are and how they work

• A code highlighter plugin

• captbunzo's Flickr Album Plugin

• SC jQuery, a library loader plugin

I hope you will like this chapter. Let's get started.