Joomla Day MN 2014 - Brad Markle
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The document discusses different options for adding functionality to a Joomla site, such as installing extensions, building custom components, or using template overrides. It provides examples of essential Joomla techniques like connecting to the database, retrieving user information, sanitizing input, and getting request variables. The author will give a live demonstration of building a component.
Joomla Day MN 2014 - Brad Markle
- 1. Creating Components without creating components Brad Markle @bwmarkle inmotionhosting.com
- 2. an extension What is a component?
- 3. plugins / modules / components What is an extension?
- 4. What is an extension? Components Plugins Modules
- 5. Which Components come already installed?
- 7. But what if you need
- 8. wiki forum classifieds site map glossary page support / ticket system
- 9. OPTION 1/4 Core hack:Just find the correct php files and edit them My site needs a _______.
- 10. OPTION 2/4 - Download an extension My site needs a _______.
- 12. OPTION 3/4 - Install additional software My site needs a _______.
- 17. OPTION 4/4 BUILD IT! My site needs a _______.
- 18. BUILD IT yourself Build a component Create a template override
- 19. Youre not going to learn it in an hour Component Development
- 21. Wha ha ha, excellent. Oh, you can write PHP?
- 22. Where do they go? Template Overrides
- 23. JOOMLA/components/ com_content/views/ article/tmpl/ default.php TEMPLATE_NAME/html/ com_content/ article/ default.php
- 24. What are they named? Template Overrides
- 25. default.php Applied to all **.php Applied on a case-by- case basis
- 26. How are they activated? Template Overrides
- 27. default.php No action needed **.php Edit Article Options Alternative Layout
- 28. I use this stuff every day Essential Techniques
- 29. // Get a db connection $db = JFactory::getDbo();
- 30. id name email username 1 John Smith johnsmith@domain.example johnsmith 2 Magda Hellman magda_h@domain.example magdah 3 Yvonne de Gaulle ydg@domain.example ydegaulle loadResult()
- 31. loadObject() id name email username 1 John Smith johnsmith@domain.example johnsmith 2 Magda Hellman magda_h@domain.example magdah 3 Yvonne de Gaulle ydg@domain.example ydegaulle
- 32. loadObjectList() id name email username 1 John Smith johnsmith@domain.example johnsmith 2 Magda Hellman magda_h@domain.example magdah 3 Yvonne de Gaulle ydg@domain.example ydegaulle
- 33. // get information on the current user $user = JFactory::getUser();
- 34. Prints human-readable information about a variable print_r
- 35. // Convert all applicable characters to HTML entities htmlentities
- 36. <script> // harmful code goes here </script> <script> // harmful code goes here </script>
- 37. <input type=text value=Howdy yall />
- 38. // because injections and 1064s arent fun addslashes
- 39. INERT INTO #__table (`id`,`message`) VALUES (null,Howdy Yall)
- 41. please work, please work, please work, please work, please work, please work, please work, please work, please work, please work, please work Live Demonstration