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Source code for the Advanced Joomla book from APress

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Advanced Joomla source code

What is this?

What is Advanced Joomla!?

A book from APress that covers advanced template design (including mobile), extension creation, and full site configuration.

Advanced Joomla cover

What is included in the source code?

All of the example code from the book organized by chapter and also by type (components, modules, etc.)

A variety of extensions including:

Modules

  • mod_twitter (ch6) — Module that uses the Twitter API to search using Twitter keywords and display relevant tweets
  • mod_bingnews (ch6) — Modules that searches the Bing news API and displays relevant new items
  • mod_flickr (ch6) — Searches the Flickr API for images that match a search term
  • mod_store_locator (ch6) — Google Map module that displays store locations configured in the module administrator interface
  • mod_facebook_like — Adds a Facebook Like button to specified pages

Components

  • com_article_librarian (ch13) — Displays list of article versions
  • com_article_stencial (ch12) — Templating engine for articles
  • com_form_builder — Allows construction of dynamic forms
  • com_ajax_request — Simple article insertion through Ajax call
  • com_barchart (ch13) — Create server-side bar charts with gradient fills

Templates

  • aj_dynamic (ch3) — Completely dynamic Joomla template

Widgets

Sample code of widgets demonstrated in Advanced Joomla.

  • chatango (ch2)
  • google_calendar (ch2)
  • google_map_wizard (ch2)
  • survey_monkey (ch2)

SQL statements

Query examples from chapter 9 and a PHP script to convert all Joomla tables from MyISAM to InnoDB.

Test scripts

Testing scripts from chapter 10 for JMeter and Selenium that can be used to test your Joomla site.

Copyright

  • Copyright © 2011 Dan Rahmel. All rights reserved.