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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| What Is Joomla! Development? | |
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| Developing for Joomla Is Not Difficult! | |
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| Joomla Programming: | |
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| What Do You Need to Know? | |
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| Extending Joomla: Let Me Count the Ways | |
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| Which Extension Type Should I Use for My Project? | |
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| Using Joomla as a Platform or Framework | |
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| Summary | |
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| Getting Your Workstation Ready for Joomla! Development | |
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| Requirements to Run Joomla | |
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| Tools of the Trade | |
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| Other Tools | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Joomla! Works | |
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| Tour of Joomla Folders | |
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| Joomla Platform | |
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| Web Programming versus "Normal" Programming | |
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| Anatomy of a Joomla Execution Cycle | |
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| Naming Conventions (Conventional Wisdom?) | |
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| Global Objects | |
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| Overview of Database Tables | |
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| Summary | |
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| Extending Joomla! with Layout Overrides | |
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| Template Basics | |
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| Copy Template | |
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| Template Layout Override of Latest Articles Module | |
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| Change the Look of a Component: User Registration | |
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| Alternative Layouts | |
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| Adding a New Menu Item Layout | |
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| How Do Layout Overrides Work? | |
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| Nonlayout Overrides | |
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| Summary | |
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| Extending Joomla! with Plugins | |
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| What Is a Plugin? | |
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| How Do Plugins Work? | |
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| Plugin Types: Where Can You Insert a Plugin? | |
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| Tour of Selected Core Plugins | |
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| User Registration Plugin | |
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| Improved User Registration Plugin | |
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| Adding Parameters to Our Plugin | |
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| Using Plugins to Override Core Classes | |
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| Plugin Best Practices | |
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| Summary | |
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| Extending Joomla! with Modules | |
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| What Is a Module? | |
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| Tour of a Core Module | |
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| Show Articles by the Current Author | |
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| Summary | |
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| Components | |
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| Controllers and Models | |
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| What Is a Component? | |
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| MVC Design Pattern | |
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| Back-End Weblinks Component | |
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| Summary | |
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| Components | |
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| Views, JForm, and Front End | |
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| Views and the display() Method | |
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| WeblinksViewWeblink View | |
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| Back-End Weblinks Summary | |
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| Front-End Weblinks Component | |
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| Summary | |
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| Components | |
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| Example Component Back End | |
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| Example Component Functional Overview | |
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| Detailed Design | |
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| Back-End Files | |
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| Subscriptions Manager: Subscriptions Screen | |
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| Subscriptions Manager: Add and Edit | |
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| Language Files | |
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| Installation and Configuration | |
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| Summary | |
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| Components | |
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| Example Component Front End | |
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| Files Overview | |
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| Installation XML File | |
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| Component Entry Point | |
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| Default Controller | |
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| Subscription-Category View | |
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| Subscription View | |
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| Language File | |
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| Packaging the Component | |
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| New Functionality: Back- End Subscriber Report | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working with Your Database | |
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| Database Overview | |
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| Creating and Modifying | |
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| Tables with DDL Commands | |
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| Using phpMyAdmin | |
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| Using SQL Data with DML Commands | |
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| Designing the Table Structure | |
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| Working with the Database Inside Joomla | |
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| Summary | |
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| JavaScript and MooTools in Joomla! | |
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| What Is JavaScript? | |
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| How Does JavaScript Work? | |
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| What Is MooTools? | |
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| How JavaScript and MooTools | |
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| Are Used in Joomla | |
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| Built-In JavaScript Features | |
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| Using MooTools Extensions | |
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| Using AJAX in Joomla | |
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| Using Other JavaScript Frameworks | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using the Joomla! Platform as an Application Framework | |
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| What Is the Joomla Platform? | |
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| Why Have a Separate Project? | |
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| What Can the Platform Be Used For? | |
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| Platform Example Programs | |
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| Subscription Monitoring Example | |
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| Summary | |
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| Crash Course on PHP and Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| PHP File Structure | |
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| PHP Syntax Basics | |
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| Common Operators | |
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| If Statements | |
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| Switch Statement | |
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| Looping Statements | |
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| Alternative Syntax | |
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| Variables | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Constants and Current Directory | |
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| Functions and Methods | |
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| Including Files and File Types | |
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| Object-Oriented Programming Basics | |
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| Simple Debugging | |
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| Some Advanced Code Techniques | |
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| Joomla! Filter Types | |
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| HTML Filtering | |
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| Using Filtering in Joomla Applications | |
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| JHtml Methods | |
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| Calling JHtml Methods | |
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| JHtml Class Methods | |
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| HTML Folder Classes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |