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At the end of (my) day I found a (temporary) solution which keeps me going until someone explains to me how to do it better: Instead of messing around with the default function I know got my controller executing the right function. I did this with the following peace of code in my main component fil...

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...hmmm. Well, I got it going, but it simply feels wrong :-( I went back to the controller and added the model that I needed in my login view to the 'display'(!) function. Even though that does not seem to me to be logical it does the trick. argh - lots and lots of confusion at the end of a long day...

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Hi, What I trying to do: I created a login view which the user access by clicking on a link on my navigation bar. The link I created using the joomla administration site (see attached image). Joomla creates a link which points directly to the view and NOT to the controller. The below code now tries ...

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Hi Denise,

Thanks a lot for your reply. That is so simple that I am nearly embarrassed not to have worked that one out myself

. I was thinking way to complicated,

Thanks again,

Uwe

uweD

Hi,
I was wondering whether it is possible to change the default component that Joomla uses straight after it starts up. Normally that is 'com_content'. I would like to change Joomla to use my component instead.

Is that possible?

Thanks,
Uwe

uweD

Hi Bill,

I personally believe that the best way to achieve that is create your on module for that navigation bar. That way you have the control over that part of your markup.

Cheers,
Uwe

uweD

Hi,

I can only say go for 1.5. It is pretty reliable. I have not experienced anything so far stopping me being enthusiastic for Joomla 1.5. Why spending time on 'yesterdays' technology?

Cheers,
Uwe

uweD

Hi,

Feel free to add a link pointing to my site...

I have not done any work on that tutorial for a long time now. I am currently working on a new project which I will document in a more structured way.

Cheers,

Uwe

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Hi mtlNews, Your solution did not work for me as I ran into the same problem. But I compared the JS includes in the admin area and the front page where I tried to use the calender. One libraries is missing on the front end - don't ask me why... Anyway: I added the following lines and everything seem...

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Hi mtlnews,

Thanks for that! I will try it at work tomorrow. Thanks a lot for your help,

Uwe

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Hi, I try to use the Java Script showCalender() function on the front end. This works fine on the back end <?php JHTML::_('behavior.calendar'); ?> <input type="text" class="inputDate" id="dateFieldXYZ" /><input type="reset" value="..." onclick="return showCalendar('dateFieldXYZ','d-mm-yy...

uweD

Hi Guys, I wrote this demo component a little while ago. The component is called 'messagboard' and offers the user to leave a message which gets stored in the table 'jos_messageboard'. The intention is a) to show a working example of a small component so that other 'Joombies' have a starting point t...

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Sorry for reacting so late, and thanks for your help,

I simply missed that posts

Uwe

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No - But I have meanwhile rewritten the silly thing and surprise it works. It told me that everything was fine, but the data bas table was not created. Anyway here is my new xml file and suddenly everything is fine. One of those things I guess... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYP...

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Hi, Can anyone see from this xml file below, why the joomla installer doesn't execute my SQL file? I can install my little demo component, but the tables are not being created. Have I missed something in the xml? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE install SYSTEM "http://dev.joomla.org/...

uweD

Thanks for that, that's excellent.

uweD

I believe that you should specify your question a bit. What kind of answer do you expect?

uweD

Hi, Took me long enough to understand - here is a little diagram explaining how I think the model view controller works. (please correct me if you think that I am wrong!!) Most of the components that I have found in Joomla! have static views as 'entry points' to the component. They have no model and...

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OK, and another question more or less in the same direction: I try to add a link to he main menu using the add menu item dialog. This link supposed to point to the create view of of my component xyz. The problem that I have that this link does say anything about the task my component is supposed to ...

uweD

Hi all, And another question with regards to views: With a view usually comes an xml file which describes the view, It has the name of the view (obviously with xml as extension). It pretty much looks like that: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <metadata> <layout title="Create Objects"> <messag...

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Hi, hmm, that's gonna be difficult to describe but here we go: I created a component 'xyz'. This component is developed using the Model View Controller concept. Going to the menu manger to add a new Link to my component onto the main navigation bar the 'Add Menu Item' dialog lists my component as ex...

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I had a look at the discussion- see it is still an ongoing process,

Thanks for pointing that out

Cheers,
Uwe

uweD

Hi, Just a short question: I created the ZIP packages of my component, my modules and my plugins last night. Is there any way that I can now put these zip archives together into one big package? In the end I would like the user to be able to install everything in one go and not installing every pack...

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One last word on this topic: I put my experience with plugins in a little blog http://www.uwe-duesing.com/index.php/joomla-blog. Might be helpful to others, cheers, Uwe

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Ian, I am very pleased to say: I am there - finally. The last bit of my trip around and around the biock was especially stupid: I just forgot to enable the plugin in the end. Was a long day after all, Thanks a lot for your help, what a great situation to have you reading and writing(!) within ...

uweD

Thanks for that very detailed explanation Ian,

yes that answers my question,

Cheers,
uwe

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Hi Ian, Thanks for your help mate, but still no go. My XML file looks like that <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <install version="1.5" type="plugin" group="search"> <name>object Search</name> <author>Uwe </author> <creationDate>August 2007</creat...

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Hi ianmac, That brings me back to my start of this long journey : I just can not make it work that way. Have a look at that code, maybe you know whhy. This plugin listens for the same event; <?php defined('_JEXEC') or die(); jimport('joomla.event.plugin'); class plgSearchBar extends JPlugin{ v...

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Hi Ian, I am simply struggling with understanding the joomla! framework properly. You see, what I am trying to do is. 1. My component performs a search. 2. My module presents the user with a navigation bar to navigate through the search result. To do this (I believe) I need to create an event, and s...

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well, well I certainly have found some answers to my own very questions from the beginning of $this->post. If they are right answers... who knows ;) (anyone?). -> how to trigger an event -> how to register an event / how to code a plugin which reacts to an event -> how to code a plugin which r...

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