Embedding Modules in Your Joomla Articles
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- Created on Thursday, 14 February 2013 16:27
- Written by Andrew Eddie
I've produced a new slide tutorial about using Joomla's Load Module plugin. This allows you to embed modules in the body of your articles with simple {loadposition} and {loadmodule} tags. This is the most comprehesive tutorial available for the plugin, showing you all the options and variations available in Joomla 1.5, Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.
Protostar Module Positions in Joomla 3
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- Created on Wednesday, 06 February 2013 09:29
- Written by Andrew Eddie
I'm really excited about a new addition to the web site. I'm starting to document the Protostar template that comes with Joomla 3.
Component Videos for Access Control and Database Design Now Available
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- Created on Tuesday, 05 February 2013 09:20
- Written by Andrew Eddie
I've moved the next five Joomla component developer videos across to the public area. These cover access control and database design and include the following videos:
- 2.5 Adding Component Access Controls - Part 1 - this looks at the theory behind access controls in Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3.
- 2.6 Adding Component Access Controls - Part 2 - this looks at the code needed to provide access controls for a Joomla component.
- 2.7 Planning the Database Schema - this looks at the type of fields we need to consider in a Joomla component.
- 2.8 Creating the database table - this looks at actually setting up the database schema for a Joomla component.
- 2.9 Adding the Table Class - this looks at the JTable class used to connect a Joomla component with the database.
Read more: Component Videos for Access Control and Database Design Now Available
Thanks to Joomla Tutorials, Joomla Beat Podcast and Open Source Certified
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- Created on Monday, 04 February 2013 10:05
- Written by Andrew Eddie
I just want to say thanks to Joomla Tutorials, Joomla Beat Podcast and Open Source Certified for supporting Learn the Art of Joomla.
If you are interested in sponsoring this site, please visit the Sponsoring page.
Four Joomla Component Videos Now Available
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- Created on Monday, 28 January 2013 05:32
- Written by Andrew Eddie
I've started moving the next set of videos out of the subscription section. This set is about Joomla component development and the first four videos are:
- Hello world - this looks at the basic structure of a component and extension discovery,
- Introducing MVC - this is a simple visualisation about the model-view-controller paradigm applies to a Joomla component,
- Adding MVC to hello world - now we rewrite "Hello World" using MVC, and lastly
- Adding a toolbar - where we look at the administrator toolbar and also some of the language files.
