Joomla 1.5 Compact Installation and webservice API Topic is solved

[carmen_m_a_r_i_a]

Hello guys,

I just finished working on some adds to Joomla 1.5.
My purpose, while working for a hosting provider, was to have an API of some sort, that would enable hosting providers to offer their customers the possibility to install Joomla 1.5 into their account with only a click. I will appreciate if you will have a look at it and any comments are welcome.
- First of all, In class JInstallationController [installation/installer/controler.php] I added the method completeInstall which can do all installation steps at once.
- I created a new file [installation/installer/views/install/webapi.php] with the class JInstallationViewWebAPI, which is the same as JInstallationView from [installation/installer/views/install/view.php] but without any output, to be able to do all steps silently.
- I added a new method called getViewType() to JInstallationModel, with wich a specifiec view is selected in JInstallationController ::getView. The view is choosen based on post variable 'viewtype'.
- I also created an empty template in file [installation/template/empty.php] used in [installation/includes/application.php] for those who don't want to use the standard Joomla 1.5 template.
- In [installation/installer/models/model.php] I did some server side vallidation for ftp information, site name, admin email, admin password.

For testing I used a simple html file with a form containig the needed fields.

I think this patch will be usefull for anyone who wants to offer the Joomla 1.5 capabilities and make it very easy to install for inexperienced customers.
Regards,
Carmen Popescu