Introduction to joomla2.5 component development: helloworld!

A beginner helloworld

The component is placed under the components directory.

1. You can create a new directory com_helloworld under the joomla root directory.

Note: All the created directories start with com.

2. Create helloworld. php In the com_helloworld directory.

Note: The name must be the same as the directory name!

Helloworld. php content:

hello world

Test:

Http: // localhost/index. php? Option = com_helloworld

This error is normal because we have not installed a proper method.

Continue to see the following

Ii. Perfection of helloworld

Use a regular method to develop an installable component, zip compressed file!

Create another folder com_helloworld.

Create in this folder:

Site/helloworld. php (front-end)

Site/index.html (front-end)

Admin/helloworld. php (background)

Admin/index.html (background)

Hellowold. XML (some configuration information for installing this component)

The following describes the content of each file:

Site/helloworld. php

Hello world

Admin/helloworld. php:

Hello World Administrator

Hellowold. xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><install type="component" version="2.5"><name>helloworld</name><creationDate>2011-11-09</creationDate><author>gao tong</author><copyright>Copyright Info</copyright><license>License Info</license><version>1.01</version><description>Hello World Test Component ...</description><files folder="site"><filename>index.html</filename><filename>helloworld.php</filename></files><administration><menu img="components/com_proforms/images/love.png" >COM_HelloWorld</menu><files folder="admin"><filename>index.html</filename><filename>helloworld.php</filename></files></administration></install>

The above configuration is more important to specify all files, correct!

<Administration> required. components must be installed on both the foreground and background.

Index.html

Leave it blank! Or:

Finally, package it into a zip file and you can install it.
Install this component in the background. You can see this component in the background component.
After opening:

Front-End test: http: // localhost/Administrator/index. php? Option = com_helloworld