1. Creating components

In this category I will try to write about creating extensions in Joomla! First, I will start with creating components. This example, I took from Professional Joomla!, which I simplified, this is not MVC, as much as I think, but it is good as a...

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 | 1165 hits | Print | PDF | Report | Read more

2. Ajax finally.

After reading few books, digging Internet, finally I found way to use mootools Ajax in Joomla! Point is in format=raw. If you have any component, if you add format=raw in link, for example index.php?option=com_ajax&Itemid=60&format=raw you will see...

Tuesday, 19 August 2008 | 629 hits | Print | PDF | Report | Read more

3. Component name

When creating component, in manifest file, xml, name of the component must be name of file which are you using. This example will work: ...

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4. Ajax and custom function.

If you want instead of adding event to button in custom form to add ajax to some link (javascript function) here is how you can do it:Â function show(options) }); ajaxRequest.request(options); ...

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5. Adding javascript to Joomla!

If you want to add your javascript to Joomla! header from your component, you can do it like this: JHTML::_('behavior.mootools'); $doc =& JFactory::getDocument(); $js = " function show(options) }); ajaxRequest.request(options); } ...

Wednesday, 20 August 2008 | 258 hits | Print | PDF | Report | Read more

6. CRUD with JTable

CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) is the name given to the four common data manipulation tasks. The first thing we need to do in our class is to define the public properties. The public properties relate directly to the fields and must have exactly...

Friday, 22 August 2008 | 659 hits | Print | PDF | Report | Read more

7. Call to undefined method JException::setQuery()

If you are  receiving error like this: Call to undefined method JException::setQuery() Check connection to your database (if it is different then Joomla!). If everything is ok, then try something like it is described here.

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