How to Develop Joomla Plugins
OSTraining
Course Summary
This class follows on from "How to Develop Joomla Modules". Now that you know the basics of Joomla development, you'll learn how to build plugins. These powerful extensions act on Joomla's trigger events to perform almost any task that you can imagine.
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Course Description
This class follows on from "How to Develop Joomla Modules". Now that you know the basics of Joomla development, you'll learn how to build plugins. These powerful extensions act on Joomla's trigger events to perform almost any task that you can imagine.As you follow along with these videos, you'll build a plugin that shows the author information on articles.
You'll start by setting up a development environment, then you'll build the structure for the plugin.
Once the plugin is working, you'll build the functionality, plus create layout and language features.
Cory Webb has been building websites with Joomla since the Mambo days in 2003. He founded Cory Webb Media in 2008 to focus full time on helping businesses and organizations get online and up to speed with Joomla. He has written a book for Joomla beginners titled "Beginning Joomla Website Development" and has spoken at Joomla Days, Joomla User Groups, and the Joomla World Conference on topics ranging from social media to Joomla in the Enterprise. Cory taught live Joomla classes with OSTraining in Austin and Dallas.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction
Introduction to Joomla Plugin DevelopmentFree
Your Joomla Plugin Development Environment
Creating the Plugin
Building the Structure for a Joomla Plugin
The XML Manifest File for Your Plugin
How to Add Parameters to a Plugin
Plugin Functionality
The First Features for Your Plugin
Control the Output Display of Your Plugin
Integrate User Profile Data With Your Plugin
Create a Layout File for Your Plugin
Additional Triggers for Your Plugin
Using Regular Expressions in Your Joomla Plugin
Extra Features
How to Create Plugin Language Files
How to Package a Joomla Plugin
Joomla Plugins Quiz